“Okay. We have Travis telling his brother—or at least implying—that you two were the perfect couple. Then the two of you break up and he heads back down to Texas, either home or to where his brother’s living. Chances are he cried on Matty’s shoulder then…then it gets strange.”
“Meaning the whole new name thing then going to Oregon?”
“Yep.”
“They might have had a falling out.”
“That would sort of negate Matty having a reason to come after you.”
“I suppose. Maybe…” Clay paused in thought. “What if Matty was into something illegal by then? What if both of them changed their names, either to get Matty out from under or because Travis, being who he was, let himself get drawn into it because he needed affirmation that someone, Matty this time, needed him?”
“That’s one possible scenario. Ac
