Leon slowed his pace to match hers. "What did she tell you?"
"That she lived near Moab."
"That's all?"
"Pretty much." Thallia thought back over years of conversations with Evalyn. "She talked about Utah. The desert. The weather. People she knew. But never Olympia Springs."
Leon absorbed that. Evalyn hadn't merely neglected to mention the name of the town. She had kept it from her family.
"What about the Stone House?"
Thallia shook her head. "I didn't know it existed until the attorney contacted my mother."
That stopped him again.
Thallia caught his reaction. "You find that strange too."
Leon chose his answer carefully. "I find it interesting."
"That's sheriff language."
A quiet laugh escaped him. "Maybe."
Thallia resumed walking. "Journalist language would be suspicious."
Leon
