But if not Elias, then someone had been following him, waiting for the chance to slip him the note.
He heard a shuffle in the dirt behind him and he stuffed the paper back into his pocket before spinning, his suspicions heightened.
“Sorry to disturb you, didn’t know anyone was out here.”
Chad found his eyes finally staring at Brett Ellers as the cop stepped forward. He got to see his eyes at last, a sterling blue intensified by the cerulean sky above them. He was still in his uniform, the sun’s glare catching his shiny badge. Chad blinked.
“My grandmother’s garden…it was always a place of solace for me.”
“You’re Chad…”
“Silas’ son. Guilty as charged,” he said, suddenly feeling awkward. He shifted from one foot to another. “By the way, thanks, Chief Ellers, for what you said earlier t
