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him. His car was in the lot of an old drive–up restaurant that had gone out of business a few years ago and people used to advertise cars for sale and extra parking for special events. Basically, it was a place no one paid attention to or gave a lot of thought to what cars were there. It was a good place to hide in the open.
    C’mon, turn around, dammit, I muttered to myself, wanting the person to turn around before I got too far past to see. As I slowly drove by, the man finally turned slightly to look over his left shoulder before he opened the driver’s side door. Almost as if he knew someone was watching him. I looked back at him in my rearview mirror and my heart nearly stopped as I confirmed my suspicion.
    The man was definitely Dirt. He was back in town.

Chapter 10
    A re you sure it was him?” Katy asked the next morning when we were on the phone. I had tried calling her last night, but hadn’t been able to get hold of her. She had gotten my voicemail this morning and called me, frantic. I didn’t blame her. I was still a little freaked out myself.
    “I’m positive.”
    “Did he see you?”
    “I don’t think so. He was in the parking lot at Charlie’s, and I don’t really think he noticed my car even. Not that I’m the only black Kia in town, but I think had he seen and recognized my car, I would have been able to tell by his body language.”
    “Did you call the police?”
    “Of course I did.”
    “What did they say?”
    “They would check it out. I’m presuming he was gone by the time they got there or they would have let us know, but at least we know where he is for sure. Well, semi–sure, I guess.”
    “Yeah, here. That doesn’t make me feel good.”
    “I know, but since the police know he’s here they can hopefully spend more resources looking for him. It narrows the area they would be looking, or at least that’s what sounds logical to me.”
    “Presley, this scares me. What do you think he wants?”
    “I don’t know, Katy. I think we just need to be careful and observant. I don’t think he would be here to hurt us or anything.” At least I was telling myself that. There was nothing for him to gain by doing so, but then he had obviously come back here for a reason. I just couldn’t even begin to guess what that could be. “What are your plans today?”
    “Well, your mom called mine and, thankfully, she is going with her to these meetings most of the day. I owe you one for that. So Chris and I were going to do some last minute shopping for vacation clothes. He has to work later today and when he’s at work, I was just going to finish up some of the decorations. The centerpieces for the tables still need assembly.”
    “Why don’t I come over and help you with that so you’re not alone. I can stay until Chris gets home.”
    “OK, we can open some wine and make a fun evening out of it,” Katy said.
    “Sounds good.”
    By the time we got off the phone, I was in the parking lot waiting for Tobey, who had texted that he was running late.
    I went in to grab us a couple of coffees, even though I had drunk three cups already this morning. You could never have too much coffee, and my body was so used to it that the caffeine didn’t affect me. Unless I didn’t have any. Then I was a bit of a wreck.
    By the time I walked out with two large cups in my hand, Tobey was pulling up. As I walked over to his car, he rolled the window down to take one of the cups.
    “Wow, such service,” he said with a chuckle.
    “I try.”
    “Hop in.”
    I walked around to the passenger side, got in, and looked at Tobey. “So what did you find out?”
    “One of the ladies and one of the men don’t seem to be in the area any longer, but the other three are,” he said, grabbing a legal pad from the back seat and handing it to me. “It’s better than nothing. Here are the names and addresses. I thought it best to surprise them by showing up instead of calling. They probably aren’t going to want to