She had faded blond hair and a careworn face.She seemed confused and unsettled by his appearance.
“I visited Cordelia the day after the tornado,” Wade said.“She wasn’t feeling well, and she mistook me for her grandson.”
“I can see why.You look exactly like my brother, Cameron.It’s uncanny.”
“What happened to him?”
Janice shrugged.“We don’t know.He ran off a long time ago.Got expelled from A&M his freshman year, and… couldn’t face the music, I reckon.”
“Did anyone report him missing?”
“No.He was grown.”
“What did he get expelled for?”
“He never said.”
Wade took out his notebook.“Do you know if he argued with someone before he disappeared?”
“Why are you asking that?”
“I’m investigating a cold case.”
“You think he was involved in a crime?”
Wade didn’t answer.“Do you remember the names of anyone he interacted with?His friends, enemies, coworkers?”
Janice stared down the hallway, considering.“He hung around with other jocks, and he dated a lot of different girls.All the girls liked him.Most of the boys did, too.If he had enemies, it was the players on the rival team, or guys whose girlfriends he messed around with.”
“Any specific person you can think of?”
She shook her head.“It was thirty years ago.”
“Did he have a vehicle?”
“Yes, he did.He drove a blue Camaro with a racing stripe.”
Wade put away his notebook and gave her his card.“Let me know if you remember anything else.”
She accepted the card.“Do you have family in Lost Lake?”
“My mother.”
“What’s her name?”
“Wynona Hendricks.Used to be Nolan.”
Her eyes lit up with recognition.“Wynona Nolan?I remember her.She came every summer to stay with her grandparents.”
This was news to Wade.His great-grandparents were both dead.Wynona had taken him and Billy to visit the ranch a couple of summers when they were kids.He hadn’t realized Wynona had spent her summers here, as well.
“How old are you?”Janice asked.
“Thirty.”
She nodded thoughtfully.“You should talk to her.”
“About what?”
