Chapter 25

It galled Rowan to have to sit back and let someone else work the scene. This...taint from her life in Houston had followed her to Wishful and touched on someone she cared about. Robert didn't need the stress of worrying about all this shit. There was a reason she hadn't told him any of it. She didn't know how she was going to hide it now.

Chief Greer had come himself when Nash made the call to report the vandalism. He came to join her on the porch. Rowan knew before he ever opened his mouth that they hadn't found anything.

"Let me guess - no fingerprints, no tracks, no signs of tampering other than the graffiti itself. You've got no leads on who this might have been or where they might have gone."

"Not right off, no. I need to ask you some questions. Can we go inside where it's a mite warmer?"

"Sure." Only once they'd settled in the kitchen and Nash started puttering around to make coffee did Rowan realize she was chilled through.