Where's Sheriff Lamar?
He's out on a call.
They drove out toward the highway. Bell told the deputy about the caldera. Torbert listened in
silence. He rode looking out the window. After a while he said: I got the report from Austin.
What do they say.
Not much of anything.
What was he shot with?
They dont know.
They dont know?
No sir.
How can they not know? There wasnt no exit wound.
Yessir. They freely admitted that.
Freely admitted?
Yessir.
Well what the hell did they say, Torbert?
They said that he had what looked to be a large caliber bullet wound in the forehead and that
said wound had penetrated to a distance of approximately two and a half inches through the
skull and into the frontal lobe of the brain but that there was not no bullet to be found.
Said wound.
Yessir.
Bell pulled out onto the interstate. He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel. He looked
at his deputy.
What you're sayin dont make no sense, Torbert.
I told em that.
To which they responded?
They didnt respond nothin. They're sendin the report FedEx. X-rays and everthing. They said
you'd have it in your office by in the morning.

Part 3