He Came to Redstone to Forget His Past — Then a Dying Sheriff Whispered His Father’s Name
CHAPTER 9
The tunnel exploded.
The train crashed.
Fire spread through the underground tracks.
Caleb found Clara beneath the wreckage.
Doc found the ledger.
Samuel arrived with townspeople.
For the first time, ordinary citizens stood together.
Farmers.
Blacksmiths.
Storekeepers.
Women who had lost husbands.
Children who had lost fathers.
They had finally decided they were done being afraid.
Pike escaped.
But not before taking the gold records.
Caleb chased him.
They reached an underground chamber.
Gold bars lay stacked against the walls.
But Pike wasn’t looking at gold.
He was looking at one metal box.
Inside was the original government ledger.
Proof of the corruption.
Caleb reached him.
“Give it up.”
Pike smiled.
“You think this changes anything?”
Caleb looked around.
“The town does.”
Pike laughed.
“People forget.”
Caleb shook his head.
“Not this time.”
Pike reached for his gun.
A shot rang out.
He fell.
But Caleb hadn’t fired.
Someone else had.
