Betrayed, I Rise novel · Chapter 19 of 32
Chapter 19: Heron Point
"Which land?" I said.
"Four lots," Troy said. "Two on each side of the yard."
"The old ice house, the net shed, the fish plant that closed in '09, and the lot with the burned trailer."
"They all sold last fall," he said. "Same month. To a company nobody in town had ever heard of."
"Heron Point Holdings."
"New signs on every fence by Thanksgiving. Private property, no trespassing, a little bird on them."
The creative director was looking from him to me.
"I think," she said carefully, "I'd rather not hear the rest of this."
We thanked her.
She walked us to the side door and locked it behind us without another word.
We drove home with the thumb drive in my fist.
I didn't let go of it once.
Back at the yard, I went straight to Troy's laptop and opened my own photos.
Salt Creek, Before.
I scrolled through every frame from that first week.
The welder. The shrimp boats. The diner.
And there, in the background of a shot of the dog asleep by the fence, a small white sign on the chain-link.
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