22 - Ambush
They stared at the Emporium as they drove past it. A white piece of paper with the word CLOSED was taped to the front door. Talon glanced back at his grandfather and noticed the depressed expression on the man"s face. "It"s okay, Buck. We"ll have you back in business before you know it."
Buck didn"t reply.
Talon slowed as he neared the cutoff to the cabin. The silver mailbox bore the initials J.E., and the address, but he wondered if he shouldn"t remove the letters to prevent anything like this from happening again. People who knew him, the people who mattered, knew where he lived, or knew where or how to reach him.
He wove through the trees, following the narrow trail that led to the cabin. When they reached the house, he stopped the truck and killed the engine, but he d
