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"I don’t know So with you"
He didn’t question her assertion, knowing her instincts were as keen as his own He looked at the deputy at the desk "I need Chief Inspector Ralston’s home address And Sheriff Miller’s, too"
TRISH DROVE WHILE Jared continued to try to reach Darcy When his other line beeped, he looked at the screen and saw Kelley’s naot your e- me in the loop"
"It’s your case, Kelley I hope you can close it"
"I’m on my way to the airport now I’ll be back there to talk with Miller , I thought you’d be interested to know that I poked around his background a little thisand discovered his second cousin was aide to the lead detective on the Prophet case in Melanced at Trish and ed direction
"Thank you," he said to Kelley "Have a safe flight"
"Try not to get blown up before I get there It’d be nice to roan, her head throbbing Blinking, she tried to h her like a bullet, setting her heart racing Her jaw ached fro that stuffed her ure out where she was So wet touched her cheek, followed by the soft stroke of a tongue
Columbo The German shepherd lay beside her on the floor in an unknown bedroom The room was shrouded by drawn curtains and cloaked in eerie quiet
She rolled to the side and ed to prop herself up with an elbow The rooht off a wave of nausea, knowing she’d choke with the gag in her ainst the side of the bed, she sucked in air through her nose like a swi on the floor near an antique dresser
Chris’s sheriff badge
A chillon her conversation with Jied to sit up, her gaze falling to the standard-issue handcuffs on her wrists Chris’s cuffs Fear settled like a rock in her gut
She jerked as she heard a door open somewhere in the house, then close, followed by heavy boot steps crossing hardwood floors, increasing in volu and they paused
Struggling to her knees and then her feet, she was frantic to get to the door and get help
The bell rang again and the screen door creaked open Knocking ensued
"Miller? It’s Deputy Caht tears to her eyes She was fu backward, she fell onto the bed Relief poured through her when Jiun in his hand
"Make a sound," he said softly, "and I’ll shoot Cameron as he comes in Understand?"
Outside, Jared knocked and called out again Tears coursed down her face, her brain trying to process the feverish brightness of Jim’s eyes She’d never seen hi now…
"He can’t come in here without a warrant," Ji a deadly weapon "If you’re quiet, he’ll leave and live another day"
It sees heaved for breath, spots swiun to point at her chest "After everything I’ve done for you…Daain"
JARED STARED AT the police cruiser parked at the curb in front of Miller’s house and shoved a hand through his hair He called the station and asked what kind of personal vehicle the sheriff drove
Trish stood on the sideith her hands on her hips "Miller is hugely territorial, but we get a suspect in custody and he bails?"
"He knows so we don’t"
"You like him for this? The fires or the vet? Or both?"
He went to the cruiser and set his hand on the hood, feeling the heat that told him the car had very recently been driven "Do you?"
"No" She looked at the house "I’m not keen on Quinn, either"
"Let’s run by Ralston’s"
As they pulled away frorew He dialed Darcy’s phone again