Cody followed Caleb into the nearest gas station an hour later, after everyone agreed on a plan of action. Caleb parked near the entrance and told Cody he needed to gas up. That simple comment sent Cody’s mind down a dangerous path.
“Firemen,” Cody announced.
“What about firemen?”
“That’d be a group of professionals who probably won’t be swayed by Robin,” Cody said. “We should call in a fire alarm or something.”
“Good thinking.”
“Yeah. I mean, maybe one or two will be into him, but the rest have to be big, burly guys,” Cody said. But, if the firemen realized it was a false alarm, then they’d leave, Robin would be tipped off, and would race over to the house on Clearclay Park. Therefore, the fire shouldn’t be faked.
He’d set one house ablaze on Tanglewood Road, he could easily do it a
