It was unusual that the villain in this crime was a white man. An armed offender had broken into the remote farm — there was clear evidence of where the man had cut the security fence and entered — and a gun battle had ensued after the owners surprised him attempting to abduct a child. Furey and van Rensburg had stopped the kidnapper’s vehicle, and the man had allegedly fired at them and attempted to escape on foot with the child. The two ex-police officers had returned fire and killed him.
A niggling feeling told Isaac there was more to this crime than met the eye, but he was happy to see these two troubled souls at peace for the moment. The older woman, van Rensburg’s mother, bustled noisily into the house and Sannie’s two children ran past her.
Tom and Sannie turned and hugged the children.
Isaac put his cap back on, got into his car, and drove out the front gate.
