Colton's Fugitive Family by Jennifer Morey

Author:Jennifer Morey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-13T13:37:34+00:00

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Demi entered the pawnshop with Lucas and Queenie the next afternoon. She’d opted for her favorite pair of skinny jeans that had beads on the back pockets. She wore that with a gray sweater that flared at the waist and high-heeled boots. The sexy girlfriend again. Lucas wore black jeans with a white button-up and tactical boots. He looked good in anything. She’d sneaked peeks at his rear a few times, as well as his profile, square jaw, sloping nose and that thick, reddish-brown hair and those dark eyes that sometimes smoldered when he looked at her.

A run-down brick one-story in an area near Rusty’s bar, Nigel’s would have been an ideal place for Devlin to buy guns. If they could trace where he purchased them, maybe they could follow his steps and gather more evidence against him.

The pawnshop had posters and paraphernalia hanging on the walls. Glass display cases lined the sides and back, and a row of shelving ran down the center. The dirty light-tan linoleum floor had to be about thirty years old. Queenie looked up at Lucas, who gave her a hand signal. The dog went right to work. Before coming here, he had presented Queenie with an article of clothing from Devlin’s condo to let her know that scent was the one he wanted her to search for.

Appliances lined the front and blocked the barred windows. A multitude of items ranging from clothes to toys filled the shelving, and in the display cases more valuable things like watches and jewelry gave testimony as to how they’d gotten here. People hard on their luck or battling addiction may have traded their possessions here.

She walked with Lucas toward the back. A short, bald clerk with a round stomach stood behind the counter, blinking his eyes until they opened wider. He must have been very bored before they arrived.

“Can I help you?” He saw Queenie sniffing the rows of the shop. “Is that your dog?”

Demi went to the counter with Lucas, who handed the man the receipt and a photograph of Devlin. “We’d like to ask you a few questions about a purchase this man made. Do you recognize him?”

“Your dog won’t go to the bathroom in here, will it?” The clerk took the photo and the receipt, looking at the photo first.

“She’s well trained,” Lucas said. “Do you recognize that man?”

“He does look familiar.” The clerk examined the receipt and then looked at the photo again. “Yes, yes. I do remember this man. Angry fellow.” He looked up at them. “He tried to buy a gun and when I refused, he argued. He offered to pay twice its worth. When I again refused, he grew very angry. I almost called the police. I had to threaten to.”

“What did he buy?” Demi asked, catching a glimpse of Queenie heading to the back of the shop where the office must be.

The clerk looked at the receipt again and then went to his computer and clicked the mouse a few times before he entered a number.

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