“Watch the road, please,” I murmured.
As the counter neared the twenty-five minute mark, only dense woods lined the road.
“I’d ask if you see anything, but there’s nothing to see,” Alexandra said, staring out the passenger window.
I spied the outline of a mailbox in the distance and I bit my lip.“This might be it, but… maybe we should just pull that U-turn.”
Mickayla turned on her blinker, slowed down, and turned onto the lane.The farther her small sedan bounced along the dirt path, the more I knew we were in the right place.
One hundred yards later the path veered to the left and I saw the ramshackle farm house.Unlike Alexandra, my breakfast hadn’t faded; it threatened to make a comeback.
“We really shouldn’t do this,” I muttered.
My spine stiffened when I heard the roar of a motorcycle approaching from behind.
“If Ryan has come to get you, I’m going lose it,” Mickayla said.
Alexandra turned in her seat.Her hazel eyes widened with a mixture of alarm and curiosity.“That isn’t your brother.I can’t imagine why they sent Tundra to come after us.”
“Tundra?”Mickayla said, her eyes darting to her side mirror.“Shit,” she whispered.
“Isn’t that better than your brothers showing up?”I asked.
“No…and yes,” she said.
“You’re being clear as mud,” Alexandra said.
“Aren’t you going to stop?”I asked.
“Hell, no.We made it this far, we’re going to check on that dead body that you and my brother hid.”
Alexandra pointed a finger at Mickayla.“None of the brothers are talking about the specifics of what happened out here, so how did you hear about that?”
“There are instances when Lark and my brothers act like I’m invisible.Most of the time that doesn’t bother me, and then there are the times I use it to my advantage.Like now,” Mickayla said.
The roar of Tundra’s bike got louder, then I saw him pass us and pull to a stop about twenty yards in front of the car.
“That stubborn man,” Mickayla muttered as she stopped the car and put it in park.
She immediately unbuckled and exited the car.The way she stormed over to Tundra I could practically see her anger rolling off her in waves.
“That’s quite the reaction,” I said without thinking.
Alexandra gave a dry chuckle.“You catch on fast, Ivy.”
I unbuckled my seat belt.“Well, since we’re here.I guess we should take a look around.”
Alexandra twisted her hands up, then unbuckled and got out of the car, too.
Tundra looked past Mickayla, shaking his head.“Get back in that car, ladies.”
Mickayla glanced over her shoulder at us, then scowled at Tundra.“It won’t take that long.Help us or don’t, but we’re doing this.”
Tundra crossed his arms on his burly chest and scowled down at Mickayla.His scowl was terribly fierce and more than a wee-bit frightening.
I wandered toward the side of the house and couldn’t stop myself from gazing up at the two-story structure.It had to have been beautiful back in its day.If it weren’t so far from Jacksonville, it was the kind of property I’d love to buy and renovate on my own.
“You look at that house like you’re remodeling it in your head,” Alexandra said, walking beside me.
