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at his awkward apology? Or, was it something else?
    Looking her way, for the first time Jacob noticed that her eyes were pretty—not just the same shade as her mother’s and her brother’s. And that she really was a petite woman. Why, the top of her head barely reached his shoulder.
    And her brown hair was dark, the color of darkly brewed coffee. Or perhaps it was mahogany? Whatever the color, it made her pink cheeks look pretty. And her hazel eyes shine bright.
    With a bit of surprise, he realized that none of these things took him completely by surprise. He’d noticed her beauty before. He shook his head. If Deborah ever found out what he’d done to her brother, she would certainly hate him all her life.
    And there was a very good chance that she’d make sure everyone else in Crittenden County hated him, too.

Chapter 5
    â€œAlthough I never knew Perry, I can’t help but feel sorry for him. It’s never easy to change a person’s perception of you. Sometimes it stays with you forever.”
    L UKE R EYNOLDS
    S itting at his desk in the back of Mose’s dusty office, Luke Reynolds read over his notes, and then read them over again. Everything on the assorted sheets pointed to one person. And though he didn’t like the direction the facts had taken, they had to be right. If there was one thing he’d learned after a decade in law enforcement, it was that facts didn’t lie.
    Leaning forward, he braced his elbows on the imitation wood of the ancient metal desk. Flipping back a few pages in his notebook, he reread the interviews he’d conducted with Lydia Plank and Walker Anderson. With Perry’s parents and sister.
    With Frannie and the Millers, and Abby Anderson and her girlfriends. Yep, he had to be on the right track. But what was going to be the best way to prove it?
    Mose rapped his knuckles on the desk as he entered the office. “When are you going to start helping me out with the rest of the work around here? Every time I go out on a call, I leave you here hunched over your notebook like an old miser.”
    Luke sat up, the muscles in his back sending shock waves of distress as he did so. “An old miser, Mose?”
    â€œYou know what I mean. You’re hunched over when I leave, and still in the same position when I get back.”
    After slowly getting to his feet, Luke stretched. “I’ll start answering more calls when my boss hires me on for real.”
    Looking troubled, Mose scratched his head. “You know these things take time. Got to get the funding approved, ya know.”
    â€œI’m teasing you. I went and talked to the department over in Paducah. I think there might be a spot for me on their force.”
    â€œIs that what you want?”
    â€œIt’s close enough to what I want.” What he wanted at the moment was to hang out at Frannie’s inn and relax. But since their wedding was going to be put on hold until Frannie’s father got used to the idea, Luke made do with working as many hours as he could.
    Plus, until the right person was tried and convicted for Perry Borntrager’s death, his work wasn’t done. “Paducah is a whole lot smaller than Cincinnati, but they’ve got their share of city problems. Because that’s what I’m used to, I think it will be a good fit. Plus, it’s only thirty miles away.”
    â€œI can see how you might feel more at home in a city environment.”
    Now that the subject of his future employment was settled, Luke motioned to Mose’s chair. “Have a seat and look at these notes, would you? I’ve drawn some conclusions, but I need your brain. Tell me what you think, would you?”
    Mose settled into his own chair, and after taking time to clean his reading glasses with a bandanna he retrieved from his pocket, he slipped them on and picked up the report. As he flipped back and forth through the notes, his posture changed.
    â€œJacob