“What marker are you talking about?”

“The blue survey post,” Samuel explained.

“Brandon told me he was going to hide a key and some crucial evidence near that marker so it wouldn’t be found if his truck was searched.”

“Did he tell you why he was hiding it?” I asked.

“He said that if anything ever happened to him, his wife would be smart enough to find it,” Samuel said softly.

Those words echoed through my head, filling me with an overwhelming mix of love and sorrow.