Chapter Thirteen
Tanya was frozen in shock. After I’d quickly stepped around Tanya to make sure there was nothing we could do for Howard, I put an arm around her and helped her out of her house and to my car to wait for the police. By this time, Tanya was shivering despite the heat of the day, so I turned on my seat warmer for the passenger seat.
Burton was there within three minutes, giving us a grim nod before striding into the house to check the scene for himself. It didn’t take him long before he came back out and walked in our direction.
I opened my car door to get out, but Tanya put a hand out. “Stay.” She hesitated and said, “Please. I don’t want to go through this official stuff without a friendly face.”
I wasn’t so sure my face looked at all friendly. In fact, I had the feelin
