Chapter 14It was midafternoon when Lee arrived in Covington, Tennessee. He picked up a rental car and drove the short distance from the airport into town. He cruised past the town's focal point, a beautiful red brick courthouse with steep stone steps leading to huge white pillars. Beyond the courthouse and an adjacent park, he turned left and moved through the downtown area toward the post office. He stopped in one of four parking spaces outside, three of which were unoccupied. He went inside, where he found one service window, unmanned, and two adjoining alcoves, each with mailboxes on three walls.
Lee hunted until he located box 1731, the address designated for delivery of Carl Miller's retirement checks. The box is about knee high and located at the back of one of the alcoves. He looke
