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She didn’t keep any secrets about how much she hated her family.

She’d been the literal pain in my ass for years, all because she gave zero fucks about anyone. Not even her family.

“No, only that they were going to ask her to come to my graduation.”

That’s right.

Leo was graduating at fourteen.

Smart fucking kid.

It was the talk of the town.

He’d graduated with full college credits in his associate’s and nearly his bachelor’s in science.

Kid was definitely going places.

It wouldn’t surprise me if he moved out of this town and never looked back.

“Okay, thanks, Leo,” I said. “I’ll go take a look.”

He nodded once, swallowing hard.

“Call his sister,” I said to Olsen, one of my other deputies. “Get her down here.”

He nodded and left, leaving me the time to go up and check out the scene.

There were no obvious signs of struggle.

Both of them were in clothes not suitable for a Montana winter.

They had frost clinging to their faces, letting me know they’d been out here a while.

“What do you have?” I asked the medical examiner.

“Not much,” he said. “On first glance, looks like they froze to death. No obvious signs of a struggle. Looks like they just sat down and froze.”

“Hmmm,” I said. “I’ll go check out the house.”

As I moved through the house, I didn’t see anything out of place.

No signs of struggle.

Nothing blatantly obvious that would’ve suggested this was anything but an accident.

But something was off.

I knew it.

I could sense it.

I had nearly twenty years of law enforcement experience, and I knew when to go with my gut.

I picked up the first phone I saw and unlocked it.

No passcode.

I slid to the call log.