Chapter 5 — The Woman in the Store

Two days later a blonde woman in her mid-thirties came into the hardware store.

She bought a box of brass screws, paid cash, didn’t meet his eye, and hurried out.

Ellard watched her through the front window — watched her cross the street to a black truck parked at the curb, lean into the driver’s window, and kiss the man inside.

It was Radley’s truck.

It was Radley.