“Hopefully, we won’t end up in direct conflict with Isaak Crowin.”

“I guess you don’t think he killed my mom, then?”

“According to my friends, he hasn’t left Springwater the whole time I’ve been gone.”

“I’m not asking if he did it himself. It seems like you don’t think he ordered someone to do it, either?”

“As I’ve said, if he wanted me dead, he would have killed me a long time ago. Don’t get me wrong, I ...