Claimed by Him (New Pleasures Book 1) by M. S. Parker

Author:M. S. Parker [Parker, M. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belmonte Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-06-19T18:30:00+00:00

“What do you mean you let him go?”

The desk sergeant sighed. “Look, all I know is that his dad showed up with a lawyer, and ten minutes later, they were all leaving together.”

“He’s been giving girls to sex traffickers in exchange for drugs, and he just walked out?” I was getting louder, but I didn’t care. Shawn had told me exactly what he’d done, and I’d given his statement to the cops, along with an audio file of the recording I had of the conversation.

“Miss, I’m not one of the officers on the case. All I know is what I told you.”

“Who were the officers on the case?” I asked.

“Who’d you speak with before?”

I pinched the bridge of my nose and reminded myself that he was just doing his job. “Officer Lennard.”

“Lennard’s still here.” He jerked his thumb over his shoulder. When he saw the surprised look on my face, he added, “Guy’s a pain in my ass. Someone needs to bug him for a change.”

“Glad to help,” I said as I walked past the sergeant.

After a few feet, I was able to recognize the stout, middle-aged man I’d talked to before. Before, I’d assumed that the vibe I’d gotten off him was his disgust at what Shawn had done, but now I wondered if he had an issue with work, or with me.

“Officer Lennard?”

He raised his head, scowling as he saw me. “That kid’s family is going to sue your ass off and don’t think for a minute I’m going to defend you.”

“I don’t care about him right now,” I said. I didn’t add that I’d make sure someone heard about it later, but for the moment, Shawn wasn’t foremost on my mind. “I found Meka Ludwick.”

“Who?”

“The fifteen-year-old who’s been missing for a week,” I said, grinding my teeth together. “The one that kid gave to sex traffickers because she wouldn’t sleep with him.”

“There’s no evidence he did anything,” Lennard said, “and some half-assed, forced confession doesn’t cut it. Tomorrow, I’ll probably be arresting you on attempted kidnapping and other charges.”

I made a dismissive gesture. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” I blew out a harsh breath. “Listen, I found Meka and at least four other girls being held prisoner by several armed men. We need to go rescue them now before they’re moved.”

“And how did you come about this information?” He leaned back in his chair, as if he needed to make it more obvious that the concept of actual police work was foreign to him.

“It doesn’t matter,” I snapped. “This isn’t about search warrants or anything like that. These girls are in serious danger, and I’m reporting it to you in the hopes that you’ll get off your ass and get them.”

He leaned forward then, round face flushing. “Listen here, you can’t come in here making all sorts of wild accusations and insulting officers of the law. I know who you are, Rona Quick.”

“That’s good,” I fired back, “because I know who you are too. You’re the one I’m going to tell Theo Ludwick to sue if anything else happens to his daughter.

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