The information from Jarin and Alina fitted in perfectly with his knowledge about the Silverstone family and the reason for Doug's flight down to Palmerston North two days after their contact with him.
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The truck that headed up the windy road towards White Water Lodge could easily be mistaken for an army vehicle. In fact, Doug had found out that it was a surplus New Zealand Defence Force truck. The military signs had been painted out and replaced by a small White Water Lodge logo on the doors. Everything else including the fawn paintwork had remained. New though, was the canvas canopy that had been reinforced by a steel frame and the rear doors were also steel and bolted together by an outside lock.
Doug, who watched from a lookout above the road nodded grimly as the vehicle rumbled ar
