Coveted Justice (Cowboy Justice Association Book 15) by Olivia Jaymes

Author:Olivia Jaymes [Jaymes, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blonde Ambition Press
Published: 2022-07-04T18:30:00+00:00

16

Tanner’s campaign barbecue with a group of educators had turned out well. They were receptive to his education plan, and they asked good questions. They weren’t afraid to challenge him, and he was definitely going to take some of their suggestions onboard. He’d never been a teacher in the trenches, but he had nothing but respect for the profession.

The press, on the other hand, wasn’t as enamored with his speech as the rest of the attendees. They didn’t want to talk about classroom ratios and teacher pay. They wanted to talk about Marty’s murder and Tanner’s drinking. Any other subject simply didn’t interest them.

Honestly, he didn’t mind talking about his alcoholism, but it was clear that the discussion upset his daughter Amanda whenever it was brought up. She and Josh had come along to this campaign stop today and now he wished he’d left her at the office. She was standing off to the side with Josh, her expression growing more troubled with every passing query from a reporter out to score a big headline.

Just as the questioning was starting to die down, a young man stepped forward. Tanner hadn’t seen him before, but he was wearing press credentials.

“What about Wade Bryson? And his son?”

“What about him?” Tanner replied, keeping his tone even. They all wanted him to go on a rant about crime and serial killers. He wasn’t going to do that. He also wasn’t going to toot his own horn about catching Bryson or his son. They’d done that as a team. Ultimately, Logan was the hero in this story. “He’s dead and his son is behind bars.”

“But the two daughters are still at large,” the young man pressed. “Should the public be worried about them?”

“We don’t know what Bryson’s daughters knew or didn’t know. We don’t know if they had any part in the crimes. They may be as much a victim as anyone else, and they’ve disappeared to protect their privacy.”

“So you think that they’re innocent?”

“I’m saying that we simply don’t know enough to even conjecture. If they are innocent, then I can’t say that I blame them for not wanting to be known. If they aren’t, well…that’s a whole different story.”

“But they could be killers?”

The man was persistent, Tanner had to give him that. Was he some sort of true crime junkie? There were far too many of those these days.

“They say that the average person walks by thirty-six murderers in their lifetime,” Tanner said. “If that’s true, then many people might be killers. Statistics show that about half of murderers are never caught, let alone prosecuted.”

“I would imagine in your line of work, Tanner, that you’ve walked by a lot more than that.”

“You’re probably right but that’s the nature of law enforcement.” Tanner was done with this line of questioning. He didn’t want to run for governor on his record of bringing in serial killers. “Are there any other questions?”

It looked like the young reporter wanted to ask one more but Brian, Tanner’s campaign manager, tapped the man on the shoulder motioning to him to step away from the crowd.

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