Page 84 of Critical Alliance (Rocky Mountain Courage 3)

Terra blew out a breath. “I appreciate the memorial commemorating my mother, your father, and Erin’s stepfather, as well as others, but that seems like a lot of effort on our part. I can’t speak for the county, but my guess is they don’t have the resources.”

Mackenzie moved around the plaques. “Wait a minute. Only two plaques have been destroyed.” She looked from the plaque for Terra’s mother to the one for Alex’s father. “That could mean something.”

Alex looked at Terra. “I agree. We talked about this. It seems I’m not the only one to see the obvious. You could ask your father about that time. He left after your mother died. Maybe there’s more to it than we already know.”

Like him, maybe Terra wasn’t sure she wanted to know. Stirring up the past was never good for anyone. But perhaps that’s what the vandalism was all about.

“I’ll see what I can find out,” she said. “In the meantime, I’m heading home.”

“We should go too.” He dreaded unearthing secrets best left buried.

He glanced at Mackenzie. In her case, he was pretty sure someone had already stirred up the past, and he and Mackenzie had to walk the path through the valley that held more than shadows of death.