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the night when she arrived. He seemed unimpressed with what she told him.
    “Lindsay, he isn’t officially a missing person until tomorrow morning,” he informed her as he locked up for the night, leaving a dispatcher inside and a young deputy.
    “You know Jace, Sheriff. He’d never leave Sara and Dougie like this.”
    The old man frowned. He knew how devoted Little Bend’s best hope was to his younger siblings. He sighed and opened the door back up, gesturing for her to come with him.
    “Dan, the Turner boy went missing,” the sheriff told his deputy. “Take a statement from Lindsay and see if Bob will keep an eye out for the truck.”
    Lindsay was relieved. Bob was on patrol and Dan minded the store while their aged sheriff went home to sleep. Little Bend never saw more than shoplifters, speeders, and the occasional fender bender.
    Dan Dooley was in his mid-twenties, sandy-haired, and a few years older than Lance. Lindsay didn’t like him and never had. Rumor had it he was seeing Marnie behind Cam’s back. 
    Dan might be seven years older and a cop, but Marnie was eighteen and hardly jail bait. He was good looking, but the smile never quite reached his eyes. He seemed annoyed to have to take a report from her. His pleasant demeanor vanished when the sheriff walked out of the station.
    “Don’t you think this is a waste of time, Lindsay?” he asked in irritation as he got all the forms under the counter. “He’s a Turner, for crying out loud. Did you look to see if he’s sitting next to his old man in the bar?”
    “He doesn’t drink, Dan,” she informed him coldly. “He’d never leave his brother here all day. Didn’t you think it was a bit odd?”
    Dan glared at her. “We don’t sit here and eat donuts all day, Lindsay. I didn’t know Dougie was still here until Miller came in and closed up for the day.”
    “I know Jace. Something’s wrong. He’d never leave the kids.”
    “Ok, just calm down and fill these forms out,” Dan said in irritation. “I have to go in the back and send a patch out to Bob. If we find the kid; I’ll call you.”
    “Thanks, I appreciate it.”
    Dan eyed her with a knowing grin. “Do you want to know something, Lindsay? I always had a crush on you when I hung out with Lance.”
    She gazed at him without expression, not interested in knowing what he thought at all. “Yeah, well had my brother known, he would have nipped it in the bud. He was awfully protective.”
    “You hear from Lance these days?”
    Lindsay frowned as she took the clipboard from him. “No, he hasn’t called at all. When he calms down, he will. The thing with our Dad and Margene was getting to him.”
    Dan’s eyes seemed to linger on her in a way that made her aware the sheriff’s deputy still had said crush on her.
    “Margene will get bored with him. Maybe he’ll go back to your Mom.”
    “That’s not happening. The divorce is final in June.”
    “I’m sorry Lindsay. I always liked your Mom.”
    “She’s having a rough time, but she’ll be ok.”
    Lindsay filled out the papers as Dan left her to dispatch the missing persons report on Jace. The guy came back after several minutes and looked slightly disturbed. He made a call and took the papers from her. Within minutes, Sheriff Wilson came back through the doors, looking wide awake and alarmed.
    “Dan, you tell Bob to get a crew up there from the State Police pronto,” he called to his deputy, eying Lindsay gravely as he approached. Something in his face made her feel cold all over.
    She dreaded asking. “What is it?”
    Sheriff Wilson looked uncomfortable and ashen-faced. “Lindsay, Bob found the truck. He found Jace. He’s dead, honey. I’m sorry.”
    Lindsay stared, too stunned to react. Jace wasn’t dead. This wasn’t happening. One word escaped her.
     “How?”
    He looked visibly shaken and upset and looked away from her tearful gaze. “Bob said he found him dead. I’m sorry Lindsay, but you have to go home now and