Today’s excerpt is from Bigfoot
Bait, the second of three Bob Becker books. On reaching the state of Washington, the
searchers are closing in on the kidnappers.
Enjoy and have a wonderful day.
m.j.
By the time Tank
again tried for sleep, Jim’s group had made strides toward finding Biden…and
Clay. About the time Jim and Holly
reached Reardan, Bob was in Waterville.
He found the station where Biden had gassed up on his third try in the
town.
Before calling
Jim, he consulted his map of the Wenatchee National Forest, given to him by
Jim. He puffed up his cheeks, blew the
air out, and sighed. He realized what
they had done to this point might turn out to be the easiest part of tracking
down Biden and Clay.
When he did call
him, Jim answered, “More good news, Bob?”
“Yeah. I’m at the station in Waterville. He was here.
Got real lucky. The clerk at the place not only remembered
him, but remembered him from last year…when—drum roll, please—he asked how to
get to Entiat. Fella remembered because
he told me Biden was real snotty each time—even when asking for help. So I’m headed to Entiat. Check your map for how to get there. Guy here told me it was about a forty-five
minute drive—first down one side of the river, then up the other side. As the crow flies, about five or ten
miles…but we ain’t crows.”
“Let me know
what you find out there. Good luck.”
Bob wondered
about having used up quite a bit of luck already, but kept quiet before heading
to Entiat. When he got there, he decided
if Biden was hopefully meeting Clay there, they might both top off their tanks
before heading into the forest. His luck
held. The first station he stopped at
had a country store as part of the property.
The clerk there
wasn’t busy, so Dan walked up and smiled.
“Looking for two guys. You mind
taking a look at their pictures?”
“You some kind
of cop?”
“Private. Looking for them because we think between
them they kidnapped three young college gals.”
“Show me the
pictures.”
The clerk
instantly recognized both Biden and Clay.
After asking if he could check out the security camera footage for the
time of their visit, the clerk immediately agreed. While reviewing the surveillance tape there,
he noted Biden and Clay made no contact with each other, but left almost in
tandem. Within minutes he was on the phone to Jim. “Got the bastards. Better yet, pretty sure where they went from
here. Back down the road here about two
miles or so is Forest Road 51…also called Entiat River Road. They turned in that direction when leaving
the station here. By the way, while here
they acted like they didn’t know each other, but Clay followed right behind
Biden when he left. Which of course
means we head into this damned big forest.
This is gonna be a pip.”
Jim
laughed. “Nobody said this was gonna be
easy.”
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