“You’re not still thinking your cousin is behind this, are you?” Heather asked quietly.
“It doesn’t make any sense,” he admitted. “And I’m probably just being paranoid. But, Christ. For eleven years, I’ve wondered what he would do to me when he got out. Eleven years of building a solid life for myself and putting distance between me and the mistakes I made. And him being out of prison…. Everything’s just a little too close to the surface again.”
She slipped her arm around his waist and rested her head on his shoulder. She didn’t say a word, but her silent companionship was all he needed.
They were still sitting like that when the cavalry arrived. Jim Robinson along with his foreman, Andy Epperson, and Shane had followed Austin back, and they all showed up the same time as John, Nick, an
