Young Adult
Cover art by: Richard Stroud
Lynne Garrett returns to Virginia City, Nevada,
to be in a friend’s wedding expecting a simple, quiet ceremony set amidst the
charm and antiquity of the famous old mining town. Instead, the wedding plans
and a life are threatened.Excerpt:
“You don’t understand,” Frank began,
but before he could explain Tony sprinted away from the ranger.
“Hey, wait! Stop him!” Frank looked
beseechingly at the ranger. “He’s the one causing the trouble. Are you just
going to let him get away like that?” Frank was getting angry. “Darn it! He was
attacking me. I’m the innocent party here,” he spurted in exasperation.
“Call the Virginia City Sheriff’s
Office. Sheriff Jake Potter’s my fiancée’s father. He should have a Missing
Person’s Report out on me by now,” Frank stated.
Frank rubbed his sleeve across his
forehead smearing sweat and dirt as he tried to convince the ranger to check.
“Sorry, there aren’t any phones out
here. I’ll radio for a phone patch from the emergency radio in my truck. If
you’re telling the truth, I’ll get a report to the other rangers up the valley
to watch for them.”
They walked to the ranger’s pickup
outside his office. He radioed a dispatcher and asked for a relay to Sheriff
Potter’s office. As they waited, the ranger sat with the door of the truck swung
open. Frank leaned against the cab, resting and listening to the two-way
conversation.
The ranger turned back to Frank and
apologized, “Sorry I let him get away. I thought you were the one causing the
trouble.”
“Thanks for your help, anyway. Guess
it would be kind of hard to tell just who started the squabble,” Frank grimaced.
“I’m sure you can understand. When
people started complaining about the way you guys were running into them, I came
looking and that’s how I found the two of you. How was I to know who was right
and who was wrong?”
“Sure,” Frank agreed reluctantly,
trying to mask his disappointment at losing Tony.
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