"
"He grew up in
the valley?" Kerney asked.
"He came here as a foster child the state placed with an older couple. They adopted him and found
out they got more than they bargained for."
"How so?"
"Let's just say he had a hard time adjusting to our
ways. He went straight from high school into the
service and didn't come back much after that. His
adoptive parents died in their sleep from carbon
monoxide poisoning about fifteen years ago. A leak
- in the bedroom wall h
- eater is what killed them. Walt
inherited the propert
- y."
"I enjoyed passing the time with
- you," Kern
- 4 horizontal and vertical saws (to 32 inches)
- ey said. "Good luck r
- eplacing that
- thermostat."
"I'll get it done," Gundersen said as he pulled the
screwdr
- 72-ton hydraulic press
- iver out of his p
- ocket.
Kerney le
- ft Gundersen to his ch
- ore and went
looking for Shaw's house, which he spotted without
difficulty from the highway. There was no sign of acti