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asked.
    â€œWhen it rains they use choppers to fan dry the cherry blossoms.”
    â€œI did not know that.” Macy handed the bag of caramels to Gina and checked her phone. Aiden Marsh was calling. She signaled to Gina that she’d be a few seconds and walked to the front of the vehicle.
    â€œHey, Aiden,” said Macy. “Nice to hear your voice.”
    â€œDetective Greeley, I was relieved to hear you’re on the mend.”
    â€œOh, I guess you’re calling me in a professional capacity.”
    â€œUnfortunately, that is the case,” said Aiden. “We’ve found two bodies at a business park midway between Walleye Junction and Wilmington Creek. It looks like they’ve overdosed.”
    â€œInteresting, but why are you calling me?”
    â€œInitially I thought this was routine, but there’s a dark blue van with Idaho plates parked nearby. It matches the one from the surveillance video at the gas station where Philip Long was abducted.”
    â€œDid you run the plates?”
    â€œIt’s stolen. The ME took fingerprints and we got a match with what was found at the house where Long was kept. It looks like we’ve found your kidnappers.”
    â€œHave you identified them?”
    â€œCarla and Lloyd Spencer, both lifelong residents of Walleye Junction. They’re both addicts. They may have been after cash to buy more drugs.”
    â€œThere are easier ways to get cash than kidnapping. Can you send me the address?”
    â€œWill do. Where are you now?”
    â€œStanding next to the drainage ditch.”
    Aiden broke character. “Are you okay?”
    â€œBarely.”
    â€œHang in there.”
    Macy climbed onto the passenger seat and told Gina to head north toward Wilmington Creek.
    â€œChief Marsh, I appreciate the heads-up,” Macy said. “We’ll be there in twenty minutes.”
    Gina pulled out onto Route 93. “Who was that?”
    Macy hesitated. She and Aiden had been seeing each other for nearly a year. There was really no reason to be so secretive about their relationship, but she’d only told her closest friends and family and even then she’d been cautious in her remarks. There’d been so much upheaval in her life over the past year. There were times she couldn’t decide whether she actually liked Aiden or was just using him as a crutch to get through it all.
    Macy dug her hand into the bag of caramels.
    â€œAidan Marsh,” she said, popping one into her mouth. “Wilmington Creek Chief of Police. They found two bodies. Looks like an overdose. Prints match our kidnappers.”
    Gina’s voice went flat. “Job done then.”
    â€œYou sound disappointed.”
    â€œMy mother-in-law moved in yesterday to look after the kids while I’m away. Would have been nice to make it worth her trouble and mine. I packed for a week.”
    â€œSounds like you were betting against me solving this.”
    â€œNah, just needed a break. Trying to work and find time for the house, my husband, and the kids is exhausting.”
    *   *   *
    Fields of dark, tilled earth surrounded the small business park. A woman who ran a bakery out of one of the units had spotted the couple lying side by side in the long grass near where she usually parked her car. It didn’t occur to her that they might be dead until sounding the horn failed to wake them. She’d been so upset she’d stayed in the car until the police arrived.
    Gina parked outside the temporary perimeter the forensic team had set up and offered Macy another caramel before cutting the engine.
    â€œSweetheart,” said Gina. “Are you sure you’re ready for this?”
    Macy kept her eyes on Aiden Marsh. Though she’d never admit it, her mother was right. There was something about a man in uniform and as usual Aiden’s was nicely pressed. He was deep in conversation with the head of the forensics