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last sighting of it Close to a ulate where a line from that point would intersect the road It wasn’t an easy task without landuide him

As he approached the i the pickup, he pulled into it, stopped, hopped out of the cab, and dragged open the gate Back in the truck, he re case and laid them on the seat beside him then switched the pickup into four-wheel drive and took off

Speed was no longer i the helicopter was At the crest of each rise, Ty pulled up and ree sweep of the country before hih and broken land, dotted with low ed ide coulees

When that scan turned up nothing, he traveled on to the next vantage point and glassed the area again Still nothing On his third stop, he spotted the chopper on the ground approximately a half-mile northeast of him It had landed a short distance away from windmill eleven near the base of Antelope Butte

With its location pinpointed, Ty drove in an easterly direction until he reached the dim trail, used by Triple C hands to service the windht shot to the site

Within aze was centered on the two rown trail, he ai his measure of thelasses, Ty quickly dismissed as the chopper pilot and centered his attention on the second man, dressed in jeans, a leather jacket, and a black cowboy hat

Observing Ty’s approach, he said so forward to , the man stopped, dipped his head down, and waited for Ty to stop

With a gri, Ty switched off the engine and cli the hood of the truck, he walked toward the hatted figure, mildly annoyed that the man had yet to look up

When Ty was only steps froood look at his face

Recognition splintered through Ty like an electric shock It was Buck Haskell

“I expected either you or your pa to show up,” Buck stated with a smile “I’m kinda’ sorry it’s you”

“What are you doing here?” Ty demanded and shot a quick look at the second man by the chopper

“My job” Buck’s smile deepened, but his eyes had a watchful look to the any day”

“So you did” Behind hied at its tied-down blades Ty ignored it

“You do realize you’re on private property,” Buck re”