In any case, I was grateful that no one went to the sheriff’s house to ask more questions.
Something that worried and annoyed me in equal parts, however, was that apparently no one noticed that Ajay Singh, the gas station cashier, had disappeared. Or the rest of his family. When I asked Luke about it, he answered dryly that he had located Sanjay and had taken the trouble to demand that he leave and take with him anyone else related to his dead brother. None of those actions satisfied me, but what else could be expected? Luke and Kaylee administered the “territory”; they had the final word and they were strong. They wanted to protect themselves and the people of the county. I could only feel sorry for Ajay again. I had always liked him, and not in a million years would I have believed he w
