Chapter 9
Without trying to track down Owen Lafferty, I figured I’d tapped out on the knowledge I could gain talking to the family members who were present the day Mathis was murdered and, other than a few names I’d gleaned from Faye and a bit of a time line from Brian, I didn’t have much.
Horace Bailey still lived in town. He didn’t know me but I knew him to see him. I figured if he’d talk to me, he might have a little different perspective to offer up, especially where it came to Tanner Mathis.
When I got back into town, I turned off the state route onto the street he lived on. I didn’t have any hoops to go through to find him. He was in his front yard, digging in flower beds, planting what I assumed to be tulip bulbs in advance of winter.
Bailey was sitting on a low stool when I app
