“God, I must smell like a horse after a long run. Ugh!” June sniffed.
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“There’s someone back there but it’s blurry, to begin with, then in the next shot, they seem to be heading toward the photographer. It appears in the first photo as if their undivided attention is solely on Jackson. Then in the next shot, as they head toward the photographer you can clearly see they are angry.”
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By the time they’d set up camp, Nigel was on his hand-held device talking with his base camp and when he was done, explained the other crews hadn’t found anything thus far but there had been a development.
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“Nigel, can we take a minute and see if the clues add up to anything? I keep revisiting your idea that the manner he’s dropped them has meaning and it’s teasing my brain; I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it matters.
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“What about Roland, would he leave everything to a trusted friend?”
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They woke early, made coffee, ate snack bars and were on their way quickly.
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“I’ve solved a few of those cases. Sometimes it can be good news, sometimes it’s simply tragic. There’s nothing worse than having a family member disappear off the face of the earth…the not knowing can eat away at the family forever.”
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“If Jackson was the intended target, Roland’s presence might have caught them off guard. Maybe they didn’t know how to handle the situation and took him along too, or maybe they needed him.”
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There’s nothing worse than having a family member disappear off the face of the earth…the despair of not knowing eats away at the family forever.”
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“Yeah, glad to have put that particular chapter of my life behind me.”
“Were you the terror of the neighbourhood, Nigel?” June asked with a grin.
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“Ok, you can get up now.”
June did so, moving slowly. “Where did that come from?”
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“Northwest.”
“A warning shot?”
“Not sure but I’d say we’re getting close enough to make someone nervous.”
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For the remainder of the night, they took turns keeping a constant vigil. The situation was unnerving and June admitted she was relieved Nigel was there.
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Page 3 June woke at first light but not before Nigel. Between the heavenly scent of freshly perked coffee and the added aroma of a […]
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Later sitting by the fire with a cup of coffee and rations in hand, she pulled the notebook out to examine its contents.
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Thought I’d share with you, where I went and the changes in a previously shared story. As you may be aware, most of my original […]