Page 110 of Deadly Target (Rocky Mountain Courage 2)

Erin had said similar words to Nathan when they were hiking to the dam.

“When someone is under tremendous pressure, they often give something away ... Think back and try to remember everything he said.”

Nathan’s mind was caught up in those thoughts as he sped through town to hand Delmar over to be further questioned. He thought back to his conversation with Dad by the river and tried to remember every word Dad had said.

Almost everything had carried weight. Dad had called Celia. He was working on a cold case. Dwayne had given him the articles. Lives were at stake. It was all there, just loosely connected. But what else had he talked about?

Think, Nathan, think.

Headlights flashed at him and a car honked.

“Watch out!” Delmar shouted.

Heart pounding, Nathan gripped the steering wheel and swerved back into his own lane, then pulled over to the side of the road and stopped the car. He needed to think.

“What are you doing?” Delmar asked.

“I thought we could fish here today before everything’s ruined.”

Dad’s statement had struck Nathan as odd, even within the context as Dad explained. The dam had suddenly collapsed—possibly bombed?—so that statement fell in line with everything else that had happened, but there was something else he’d referred to.

He turned to Delmar.

“What do you know about the new copper mine?”

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