Page 21 of Kingston (Savage Dragons #2)

“What do you suppose caused him to change his mind about the confession? He seemed proud of the fact that he’d been caught after killing so many people.

Last I heard, he was going to write a book about how not to get caught.

I think he said something along the lines that amateurs should never kill anyone to leave it up to the professionals.

” Kings asked how anyone was supposed to get to professional status when they didn’t start with the first one.

“That’s not a good question that I’d be going around asking if I were you. ”

“Yeah, I think you’re right. It did make more sense in my head before I said it.

” He thought of something else but kept it to himself.

The man had murdered thirty-five women, he’d told the police, and he’d never been caught.

He’d even given the names and places where he got rid of the bodies.

“Keep me informed about Waggoner. We don’t need any more surprises where he’s concerned. ”

For the rest of the afternoon, people were brought in who were friends of the couple who had been killed, the Warfield’s.

The young couple had been a nice addition to the town when they’d been alive.

Outgoing and friendly. They’d even help out when they were needed with babysitting or snowplowing their driveways in the winter months.

However, they never had anything good to say about the Connors.

He would have hated to have been their neighbors.

He might well have gotten into it with them as much as their neighbors did now.

As for Trevor, known as Matt back then, they couldn’t believe that such a horrid couple had such a polite young man. And when he was out and about, he always looked so depressed. Now people understood why he had looked like that.

Waggoner was brought up, but not by name.

It was June who had said they’d had to go to the expense of hiring someone to find their boy.

The judge asked them how they were planning to pay the kidnapper, and they told them they were going to make Trevor tell them which stock to buy and sell so they’d be able to pay him.

Jack said that a million dollars would have stimulated the economy a great deal if they’d been able to get the money. The judge just rolled his eyes.

In the end, there was enough evidence to have a trial for the couple.

They were pissed off and made everyone at the stationhouse aware of their feelings about it, too, when they were told they’d have to go back to jail to await the trial, he’d heard from Brenin’s friend.

Tomorrow was going to be the pretrial hearing for Waggoner, and he was nervous about what he was going to say about Skye and the relationship she supposedly had with him.

But they’d be there tomorrow, or however long it took for him to be sent to jail, too.

The Connors’ date was mid-October, and hopefully Waggoner’s would be around the same time.

It would be good to get them over with at the same time, but he knew that was a long shot.

With the number of witnesses that the prosecution had, it was going to be a long time in coming to hear if they were going to prison or not.

Now all they had to do was wait for Waggoners’ trial, and they’d be able to adopt Trevor.

Going home, they were headed to Brenin’s home for dinner that night.

He had wanted to try a new pizza place that had popped up seemingly overnight, and they were going to go there and share with him.

Brenin was a food nut and would try things that he always thought should be left for someone else. He even liked kale.

Trevor asked to stay home, and they let him.

He was only ten years old, but there was a houseful of staff there in the event something went wrong.

He said that he wanted to finish a book he’d been reading, and Kings couldn’t fault him there.

Kings would rather read a book than just about anything in the world.

Particularly when you were at the end of it.

~*~

“You know, I don’t know that I would have ever thought of starting a fire with one of the dragons.

That was brilliant of you.” Skye thanked Kaida and told her that there wasn’t any sense in wasting good flames.

They both laughed. “It’s nice that they can fly around without anyone taking shots at them.

I know that it has to be at dark, but Tucker told me that they see better at night than they do during the day anyway.

And it’s good for them to be up there flying around.

It makes them less stressed, I was told. ”

“Kings said that the other two cousins are non-dragons. I had to ask him what that meant. He said that while they had the superpower of dragons, they couldn’t shift, and the other three had wind.

I guess it’s a powerful bit of wind, too.

It could knock buildings over without much in the way of effort.

” The two of them were seated near a fire pit and enjoying the warmth coming off of it.

Tucker had started it for them without shifting.

It was one of his superpowers by having a mate.

He had flames all the time. “Are you going to go to the courthouse in the morning?”

“I’m going. I’ve been called as a witness to testify against Jason.

” She told her that she’d not known that.

“They called me the other day and asked if I’d be willing to do that.

Trevor wanted to as well, but he’s a minor, and they said they didn’t want to traumatize him.

I think what we went through was traumatizing enough. ”

“I’ve been meaning to ask you if you’ve heard anything more about the mayor position?

Is Ace going to run against him?” She said that he’d filled out his application and filed it the other day.

“We’ve been getting calls about him running.

It seems people really want someone new in the position, and they don’t seem to care who it is at this point. ”

“I heard that too. But Ace doesn’t have any skeletons in his closet, so I’m not worried about that.

But his being new to the area might be something that gets him fewer votes.

Tucker is having fun with the campaign and getting posters made for him.

I think he might never run for office, but he could certainly get your name out there when asked.

” She laughed and thought of how many signs she’d seen in other people’s yards in the last few weeks.

People really wanted someone else in the position.

“I’m thinking that Mayor Trail might be in for a shocker with his posters saying that the best man is in office now.

Ace will hopefully give him a run for his money. ”

They talked about the town and the list of things that Ace was going to fix when he was in office.

She knew, too, that he was looking into grants and other things to bring in money so that the town could be brought back to its former glory.

The sidewalks were the most important thing right now, as the pool had been closed up for a few weeks now, with fall coming on.

She had a feeling that as soon as Ace was in office—if he won that is—that things would be fixed so quickly that it would be as if nothing was wrong. Ace had a good head on his shoulders.

“Did you hear that there is a company looking to purchase land not far from here? It’s going to be in Zanesville, but closer to our end of town than downtown.

I think that the factory makes sheets or something like that.

Tucker has a friend who is also looking to expand his shirt and sweater company a bit more as well.

They’re here now, but they want tax breaks, too, or they’ll just move to another town that will give it to them.

That’ll be a lot of jobs that will be lost because of it.

” She told Kaida that she didn’t get around much, so she had missed that.

“Tucker has his hands in a lot of things nowadays. Since the town was pointed out to him and how bad of shape it’s in, he’s been taking walks around the little town to see what else he can see that needs improvement.

The school was able to get a grant that they’re using for new computers for the teachers to use to teach classes.

That was all on Ace. He took it to the school board meeting last week and got with the principal.

He must have gotten on it right away because they heard back from them within a week. ”

“This town needs a newspaper. Or at least some kind of flyer that would tell good news like this. Don’t you think?

” She told her that they had a newspaper, but it only came out once a week, and by then all the good news was already spread around town by the people living here.

“I’ve never seen it. I’ll have to keep an eye out for it from now on. I wonder where I can find it.”

She told her where she’d been able to find it. “I pick one up every time I go to the store. I don’t know if there is a place in town you could get it, but then I’ve not been around as much as Tucker has been. I’ll ask him. I’m betting that he has a good idea where we can get one.”

Pulling out her phone, she made herself a list of things that she wanted to find.

There were already several things on her list, but she wasn’t worried about finding them.

The next trip to Columbus would find her the special sheets she needed for their bed, and there were snacks that Trevor wanted that they just didn’t carry around here.

She loved that he was eating healthy and taking good lunches to the school he’d been going to.