Chapter 7
Marcus opened the door, ushered Maudette out of the Sheriff’s department, and closed it behind her. He collapsed in the wooden chair at his desk, rubbed his eyes, and collected his thoughts for a few moments.
He’d learned all Maudette knew about these two women, which wasn’t much. He learned when they had checked in, what they had said to Maudette, and not much else. It had taken less than half an hour to sort through Maudette’s story, but he was already exhausted.
Is this ever going to end? What’s going on in this damn town?
These past few days had been nonstop. First Lester Hayes’s drunk driving incident and then the bar fight – not to mention the shootout in Haven – and now?
A murder. A real life murder. The last one was…
The truth was, Marcus didn’t know. Maybe
