As the day went by guilt haunted the man that was known as Bob Martin. He was in full protect mode. 'The best way to keep my freedom is to find out who the murderer is. He knew that he was on borrowed time, because the police were looking for his car. There were never very many people e up by the cabin. It was in a very remote place and that is why the two idiots had brought Sally there.
He thought and thought about what the men had said to him. Larry was very nervous and when Sally had come into the room he had panicked. IF he hadn't been such a nervous wreck Sally might not have thought anything of him. But, because of the way Larry acted and Steve had put her back in the bedroom, he was sure that Sally would remember him.
Bob had asked them what Sally was doing there? They had said that Steve's children were coming up there to spend sometime in the woods with her cousins. They had not been there yet, but were due to come that afternoon.
His cabin was just down the road about five miles away from the cabin where Sally had been kept. There was little or no traffic on the road and it seemed to him that perhaps his wife might have seen someone on the road that day.
As Bob went into the house he was worried and his wife Donna could see the worry on his face. "Bob, what is wrong? You have been a nervous wreck for the past week. Does it have anything to do with the kidnapping of the little girl? Come on you need to tell me. I will not tell anyone about what you tell me and they can't force me to testify against you." she nearly begged him.
Bob was now a very worried man and he knew that Donna would stand by him. He went into the refrigerator not wanting anything, but wanted her not to see his face. They had been married too long and she knew his thoughts. "I was wondering if you saw a car on the road the day that they found those two men murdered." he asked her.
"I was not feeling well that day, remember? I was sleeping in the back of the house and didn't hear or see anything. What about you?" she asked him.
Bob shook his head and said "No I saw no one and I certainly didn't see that poor little girl out in the woods. I can't imagine that she was out in the woods overnight. It is truly a miracle that she was all right.. He cleared his throat and told her "I am the man,, though that the police are looking for. I am such an idiot. I saw Sally at the cabin the day before. Steve told me that she was up here to have a visit with her cousins, Sally came into the room and looked fine. I didn't know they had kidnapped her." he pleaded to his wife.
Donna couldn't believe what her husband had just said. He had seen Sally and not known about the kidnapping. Their home had no television and neither one of them went into town very often. They had not heard about the kidnapping until after the murder. Their son had heard about it when he had gone into town.
Barry Martin was just nineteen and was on his way back up to his house when he thought about the black car that the police were looking for. He had a feeling that the police were looking for the family car. What he wanted to know was who was the lady that had been driving the Chevrolet Impala that day? He had seen a lady going up the road that morning. He had not seen her come back down the mountain, though. As he came into the driveway he thought that he would speak to his mom and dad about what he had seen.
Donna and her husband had heard their son Barry come into the driveway and were sitting at the front window to the small cabin as he came in. That was when Barry told them about the while Impala that he had seen on that morning. They were talking about what they had seen when there was a knock on the front door.
Bob looked out the window and saw a tall man with gray hair standing at the front door. He did not look like a police officer. It was a rare occasion, when they had visitors. He opened the door and found himself face to face with Paul Drake.
Paul introduced himself to the people in the cabin and Bob looked at his family. He needed to tell someone what he knew. It certainly had not been their friend who had murdered the two kidnappers. So he asked Paul to take a seat.
"Paul we moved here years ago for our privacy. But Sally and her family had come here many weeks out of the year. They were very nice people and we were devastated when they were killed in the accident. Many hours I work in the woods and saw a car in the cabin driveway. It had caught me by surprise, because I had not heard it drive by. As I came to the door to find out who was there I was met by Steve. I knew Steve and when he said that he and his friend had come up to the cabin for a family get together I had no reason to think anything of it. I saw Sally and she said nothing to me. She did not look scared, she took a video game and went back to her room."
Paul, had wondered about the black car that had been seen. He had actually stopped by the house because of the black car in the driveway. "Is there anything else that you heard or saw?" he asked.
That was when Barry spoke up "I saw a woman go by in a white Chevy Impala. She was driving up the road the morning that the men were murdered."
Paul was now very interested in what he was hearing. "Did you get a good look at her?"
Barry nodded and told him "Yes, pretty good. I would know her if I saw her again." he told her.
Paul then took out some pictures. There the young man said yes this is her. "
That was when Paul knew who the murderer was now he needed to prove it. He thanked the Martins and went out to his car and called Perry.
