Morning came, and with it the tension both men had been able to dispel returned.
While they ate breakfast Joey kept glancing at Glenn with a worried frown. Glenn finally stopped eating, saying, “If someone’s after me, or anyone in town, I’m going to find them first.”
“How? You don’t even know where to begin.”
“That’s where you and all the deputies and volunteers the chief can spare come in. Start a search of vacant properties, both in town and outside of it.”
“I’ll suggest it, if he hasn’t already thought of it.”
“Hopefully he has, if he’s as good at his job as he should be.”
“He is. What about you?”
Glenn tapped a knuckle against his lips. “I think I’ll take a stroll through downtown. Maybe hang out at Harv’s place for a while, and then head back here.”
“You’re setting yourself up? No way!”
“Actually I’m not. I want to look at the area the way I would if I were here on a job, obviously something I’ve never done before. To my way of thinking, since he was up on the rooftop over the bookstore, whoever his target is must be someone who passes by there on a regular basis, works close by, or hangs out at Harv’s garage. The man’s not going to give up; I just have to figure out what other spots he could use. I doubt he’ll go back to that roof unless he’s stupider than even I think he is. As far as that goes he probably won’t use any roof now.”
“Just… be damned careful,” Joey said as he got up to take his dishes to the sink. “I don’t want to be dispatched to a shooting and find out you’re the victim.”
Glenn came up behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist. “Not going to happen.”
Turning in his arms, Joey looked up at Glenn. “See that it doesn’t. I kinda, sorta would miss you if it did.”
Glenn cocked an eyebrow. “Only kinda, sorta?”
“Okay, maybe a bit more than that.”
“I’m not feeling the love here.”
“Damn it, Glenn, if anything bad happened to you I’d die. Is that love enough for you?”
“Yes,” Glenn said softly. “That’s more than enough. I promise I’ll be very careful.” Dipping his head he kissed Joey. “Now you’d better get moving or you’ll be late.”
Joey nodded, gave him a lingering kiss in return, then snagged his hat from the hook by the back door and headed out.
You be careful too, Glenn thought as he rinsed the dishes and put them in the dishwasher, because if the man is after me you’d be good bait if he needed it. And if anything happened to you… His mouth tightened. Slamming the dishwasher door shut he went to get ready for his trip into town.
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