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That hung there.
He was adamant.
“We haven’t had any taken, and I certainly am not drugging anyone. Jacy, get the paperwork and make copies of the invoices in and out so Director Blackhawk can have the information.”
The man headed out.
“I can assure you that we haven’t lost any,” he said. “And as for our staff, we were all hired by your husband. I’m sure that we were vetted first.”
Oh, she was well aware.
“We’re just covering our bases here. Are you by any chance related to anyone who works here?” she asked, hitting all the main points in case it wasn’t the Stormchasers. A lot of people on the rez had dogs.
Hell.
She had a dog.
He scrunched up his brow.
“This is the weirdest conversation I’ve ever had,” he admitted.
Yeah, welcome to her world.
“Are you?”
He nodded.
“Jacy is my cousin. Our mothers are sisters.”
When she glanced over at Gene, they both shared the same look.
And the man caught it.
“What are you thinking? That we abducted someone and use Chloroform on them? Well, how outsider of you to blame the Native first.”
She stopped that then and there.
“Hold your horseys, Doc. This is my job. I’m just trying to keep people safe here. As for me blaming the Natives first, I’m on aRESERVATION. The crime happened here and was perpetrated by someone here. Who else am I going to blame?HIM?” she asked, pointing at Gene.
He was theONLYNative in the room.
The man said nothing.
So, she continued.
“How long have you lived on the reservation?” she asked.
“Since Mr. Whitefox hired us seven months ago. The rates of rabies and animals being put down with guns is appalling. When he heard about them shooting the hell out of a rabid German Shepherd, and the dog didn’t die at first because the shooters were drunk.”
That was horrifying.
She didn’t know that her husbands vetted the people here, but she wasn’t shocked. Callen was pretty thorough. She’d bet Ivan did it for him.
Honestly, the man was getting worked up for no reason. She wasn’t chasing him as a suspect. They’d only been here seven months, but the Stormchasers…they had popped up again in her questioning.
When Jacy came back in, he handed her the paperwork.
“It shows how much came in and went out.”
