Chapter 36
My heart leaped into my throat when I saw the rifle pointing at me. I instinctively shot my arms up. The man standing at the door looked large. He was both tall and thick, with salt and pepper hair and strong features. I put him in his mid-sixties and by the looks of him, he’d spent a great deal of his life in the sun.
“I … I’d like to come down and talk with you.”
“Well, then come on down. I won’t shoot you.” He lowered his weapon.
I moved backward down the steps, trying not to slip.
“You okay?” I asked Alana.
“Uh, huh.”
“Can you please tell me what the hell you two are doing in my barn?” he asked.
“My name is Sam Parker. I’m a private investigator and this is my intern, Alana. We’re investigating the people next door but couldn’t go on the property due to the large no
