She licked her lips. He saw the woman continuing to look all around as if she were trying to decide which way to go and she looked like she was shivering. “We’ll be taking good size roads until we get a lot closer to the lodge. Neither of them had eaten anything since Winnipeg except part of a bag of chips and it was already having an effect on her. “Bill, we have hired a private detective to look into the loss and if we find some other explanation something may change but for now I have to hold you responsible for the loss for not following approved procedures to keep your eyes on the case at all times when it was in your custody. He’s been my best friend since I got here. I think your reasons for doing things are very smart. The power of it, what it looked like, and the feeling he got when he held it in his hand.
