Total pages in book: 65
Estimated words: 63702 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 319(@200wpm)___ 255(@250wpm)___ 212(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 63702 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 319(@200wpm)___ 255(@250wpm)___ 212(@300wpm)
I press a hand to my chest, so saddened by what I’m reading. Colt’s sister was killed in a hit and run. That’s horrible. The worst kind of thing that could happen to someone, and even more so the person who did it fled the scene and never returned. How could anyone do such an awful thing?
I go out of that article and keep reading more only to find out that to this day the person who killed Jeannie hasn’t been found. Whoever it was got away with it, and nobody saw the scene. The man, who remains unnamed, has no recollection of the night, stating that they were both drunk and the car came from behind them. He claims that one minute he was walking and talking to Jeannie, the next he was waking up in hospital.
How horrible.
How absolutely terrible.
Did Chloe know about this? Is that why her and Colt had a falling out? Because something like this would turn someone incredibly bitter. I know I would be, especially if the person wasn’t found. He has gone on to live his life never knowing who did this to his sister, not to mention dealing with his son in prison. It’s a lot for one person to take. Perhaps it broke him.
“Hey there!”
I glance up, totally consumed by what I’m reading, to see Bonnie standing at the barn door with some boxes of food in her hands. The scene immediately fills my nose, and my stomach grumbles. Bonnie laughs. “I figured you’d be hungry.”
“I was just reading about Colt’s sister,” I tell her as she hands me a box filled with a burger and some delicious fries.
“Oh, so sad, isn’t it?” She frowns, sitting down beside me and opening her box, too. “Western told me about it. He said Colt has never been the same since.”
“Do you think that’s why he and Chloe broke up?”
Bonnie shrugs. “Western said Chloe was away when it happened, and when she returned home Colt was just never the same and the two of them started fighting. It makes sense, a man like Colt isn’t going to take something like that well. He’s going to let it get him bitter.”
“That just doesn’t explain why he’s so angry at her, though,” I say, popping a fry into my mouth.
“Well, maybe it got too much for her and she left without an explanation. That would make sense. He loses his sister, feels like his world is crashing with his son in prison, and she up and leaves.”
She’s right, that would be crushing.
“It still doesn’t make sense to me why Chloe would just leave,” I murmur. “It’s just not in her nature. Something must have happened; she must have seen or heard something to make her think that was the best option otherwise it just makes no sense to me.”
I think back to the note I found.
Did Chloe see something she shouldn’t have, something Colt doesn’t know, and someone threatened her, making her leave to protect him and herself? That could make sense. I decide to tell Bonnie about the note. She uncovered so much about Western and basically cleared his name, so I know she’s the right person to help me dig for information.
I go and get the note and then return, handing it to her and explaining how I found it and how Colt said he didn’t write it. Bonnie stares down at it, then looks back up at me, her face puzzled. “Well, this sure is ominous, isn’t it?”
“Do you think maybe Chloe saw something she shouldn’t have and someone was threatening her to keep her quiet?”
Bonnie purses her lips. “You know, that would make sense. It could also explain why she just left. Perhaps she was told to leave and never return.”
It’s the only thing that even remotely seems to make sense.
“Colt is a biker,” I think out loud. “There is a chance she witnessed something that relates back to the club somehow and she had no other choice but to leave.”
Bonnie nods. “If you like, I’m happy to help you investigate it. I love nothing more than a good mystery. It’s why I’m still here, in love with a biker who is, without a doubt, the most difficult man I’ve ever met.”
I laugh. “They sure are something else, aren’t they?”
She rolls her eyes with a grin. “You have no idea. Give me your aunt’s full name and anything else you can think of. I will start doing some digging, figure it out. We should go talk to some people in town, try and figure out anything we can to start matching pieces up. It might help us at least have somewhere to start.”
I find a piece of paper and write down everything I can think of, handing it to her.
“Colt threw a picture in the fire earlier of him and Chloe at a café. I caught the name before he threw it in. We should go and check it out. It’s a few hours away, but I wonder if that place holds any secrets.”