knees. 'The porter said the compartment Cooper and Rebecca shared
looked as though it hadn't been occupied.'
'Yes, I remember.'
'So where are her clothes? ' 'Cooper's things were also missing,
weren't they? ' 'No, ' he answered. 'His saddlebags were in the
luggage compartment.'
'Maybe Rebecca's satchels were thrown out the window.'
'The sheriff assured me that he and his men searched the area. They
were looking for Rebecca, and they would have found her bags. They
didn't.'
'Maybe the men who shot Marshal Cooper let her take herthings with her,
' she said. 'That would be a good sign, wouldn't it, that they plan to
keep her alive? ' 'But they wouldn't want to do that, ' he argued.
'They'd want to silence her as quickly as possible.'
'Because they think she's the witness? ' 'Yes.'
'How awful, ' she whispered. 'Poor Rebecca. She wasn't even there.'
The matter-of-fact comment caught his attention.
'She told Cole and me she was.'
'She what? ' Grace asked, clearly flabbergasted.
'Rebecca said she witnessed the robbery. She gave us a detailed
accounting of what happened and descriptions of the men she saw. '
'She couldn't have, ' she argued, shaking her head.
'She could have and she did.'
'If you'll remember, I told you I was in the bank too. Rebecca was
probably just trying to protect Jessica and me and she lied to you.'
'Why are you assuming she lied? ' Before Grace could answer the
question, he said, 'Jessica also told us she was the witness. She
didn't give us any real details, though, but Rebecca did. She told us
everything.' She shook her head again.
'No, that isn't possible.'
'I'm telling you she gave us specific details, ' he insisted. 'What's
wrong? ' 'It doesn't make any sense.
