“What kind of data can you get me on it?”
“Manifests are on their way to you now.”
“Again, I owe you.”
Trip laughed. “I’m getting around to asking you for something.”
“What’s that?”
“When I’m ready, I’ll let you know.”
When I checked the time, I was surprised to see that almost an hour had passed since I led Mila to the piano. I could still hear her pounding keys, as she put it.
Knowing she used it for stress relief made me anxious to saddle Ike up again and ride out.
I opened my laptop and perused Marshall Livingston’s flight manifests. Unlike Adler, he hadn’t spent any time in Texas at all.
I walked down the hallway and eased the library door open. Mila looked up and stopped playing.
“I wanted to let you know that I’m headed to the barn.”
She stood.
“You can keep playing.”
“No, I need to stop. My shoulders are starting to ache. Plus, if you wouldn’t mind, I’d like to go with you.”
“Wouldn’t mind at all.” I sent a message to Boon, letting him know we were on our way out. By the time we got to the barn, both horses were saddled up and ready to go.
“Feel any better?” I asked once we were out on the open range.
“Yes and no. I vacillate.”
“That’s to be expected.” So did I, to be honest. There was something obvious I was overlooking. I just needed to stop trying so hard, and it would come to me. I took a deep breath, trying to figure out the best way to tell Mila that Edge had located Adler, and what the neighbor had said about him and Sybil.
“I’ve been thinking about Adler—”
“I have something to tell you.”
Mila pulled Sage to a stop. “What?”
I dismounted and held onto Ike’s reins. Mila did the same. “Let’s walk.”
“Decker? Whatever it is, just say it.”
“Adler and Sybil knew each other. That’s where he was, at her house. A neighbor told Edge he’d been there before.”
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bsp; “That’s why he was traveling back and forth to Texas? To see my sister?”
“So it seems.”
“Why?”
“I don’t have the answer to that question yet, but I’m working on it.”
When Mila stopped walking, I did too. Her fists were clenched, and she had a look on her face that I hadn’t seen before.