I kept telling myself that I would explain all of this to you once I fully understood what was happening, but I should have trusted you from the very beginning.”

I lowered the paper for a moment, my eyes filling with tears.

Paige stepped up beside me.

“What does he say in the letter?”

“I’m still reading,” I whispered, wiping my eyes before I went on.

“For the past several months, I have been trying to figure out why commercial vehicles are using the north mountain pass late at night.

I initially assumed it was routine county roadwork, but none of those trucks ever appeared on the official county schedules.