When he got back to the motel, Teague called Slater, catching him just before he was going to take off with his family to go to a movie, and filled him in on the new information he’d gotten from Hoyt.
“Not much,” Teague admitted. “Just that there were no burns, but two of the kid’s fingers were broken and a third fractured. Yeah, it could have come from fighting his abductor but…Damn it.”
Slater chuckled. “You didn’t ask if any skin was found under his nails.”
“Nope. I’ll ask tonight. We’re meeting for dinner since we were interrupted this morning.”
“Dinner? You actually broke through his attitude enough to have that happen?”
“It took some fast talking. He wasn’t exactly happy to meet with me at first. If you hadn’t let him know I was coming he’d probably have shoved me out the door b
