Colorado Manhunt by Lisa Phillips

Author:Lisa Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-09T14:32:42+00:00

TWO

Lauren made quick, random turns down the residential streets of Sweetwater. Not that there were very many streets. Behind her, she could hear the sirens from cop cars arriving back at the diner. She glanced in the rearview mirror. There was no sign of the bad guys in the black sedan behind them. She eased off the gas, and after a couple more turns, she was fairly certain no one was following them. She would call the police later and return to Sweetwater to give them a statement describing what had happened if they needed one from her.

She continued down the road until it led to a wooded area where they were no longer in front of any houses. She steered toward the side of the road, stopped and put the SUV into Park. Then she pulled out her pistol and pointed it at Jason.

He’d been looking at the side mirror. He turned and saw the gun, and his eyes widened. “Easy,” he said. “What’s going on?”

“Put your hands on the dash. Keep them where I can see them or I’ll shoot you.” And she was prepared to do that. For all she knew, this guy really was Matthew Cortez and she’d just helped a man who’d participated in a murder get away from the cops. Her own father was a con man—she knew anyone could be fooled by a skilled liar.

“Are you part of some kind of rival criminal gang who’s also after my brother?” Jason asked, his voice hardening. “Is that what’s going on here?”

“Hands on the dash,” she repeated. “Move slowly.”

He complied. Glaring at her all the while.

Without taking her eyes off him, she reached into the file folder tucked beside her seat and pulled out a full-size printed picture of Matthew Cortez that had been taken in the bail bond office a couple of weeks ago. She brought it up to eye level so she could glance back and forth between the photo and the man claiming to be Matthew’s twin brother.

“If you still thought I might be Matt, why’d you drive me away from the shooters?”

“I’m a bounty hunter, not a vigilante,” she said. “I don’t want to see anybody shot up by a couple of thugs.”

Plus, his concern for the safety of the people in the diner and the parking lot had her thinking he wasn’t the hardened criminal she was looking for. But that appearance of concern could have been a calculated ploy to win over her trust.

Now that she was looking at the photo alongside the actual man in the vehicle with her, Lauren could see the difference between the two brothers. Both were handsome men. But along with the scar over his eye, Matthew looked like he’d had his nose broken at some point in his life. He also looked haggard, with a hint of exhaustion in his eyes that said he’d need a lot more than just a few nights’ sleep to have the same robust look of good health that his twin brother had.

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