This is one of the places where you could probably put a bit more local color - like "piney woods" or a specific place name.
When I was ten my father took me out into the woods in East Texas
Interesting - I like this little detail about her.
“Numbers are logical. And you can turn up evidence of fraud just as well through finances as through trailing a suspect.
“Donald Blake.” “Really. You do know that’s Thor’s alias?” La Cantara gaped at her. “What?” “I wouldn’t be surprised if it were a fake name.” “No. I spoke to his wife,” La Cantara protested. “Was her name Jane?” “Yes….”
He was just beaten-down enough to be believable.
