Chapter 19Pete had remained quiet through the entire interview, but I could tell something was on his mind. When Billy returned, he took a seat at the table with the rest of us and asked, “Anything on this Sam Smith guy?” Carol cleared her throat lightly. “I ran Sam Smith and naturally came up with a million hits. I decided to try something else since we know this kid is dangerous, at least when the demon is around. I combined Sam Smith and electrocution and found an article in the crime section of the Amador County paper—Amador is one county over from Calaveras County, where Calvin grew up. From there I hacked the sheriff department's data base. The body of a man was found, electrocuted, in a seedy motel room in Ione, which is not that far from Valley Springs. It was last year, about the

