Dead to Rights by Lisa Phillips

Author:Lisa Phillips [Phillips, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Two Dogs Publishing, LLC
Published: 2024-08-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

“Ican’t believe he told me to get lost so he could talk to you alone.” Jax clicked the locks on the truck as they approached it.

Kenna had the same reaction when Preston said that to them almost as soon as they entered his hospital room. However, considering she hadn’t let it happen, there wasn’t much for Jax to grumble about. “Just as long as he does what he said and hires a company that will protect him even if it’s just in case, I’m not going to worry about the rest of it.”

Jax’s phone started to ring, cutting off whatever he had been about to say. “It’s my sister. I sent her a text about the Willowbrooke Resort and the time we spent there when we were kids.”

Kenna nodded, wondering if she should offer to take a wander and maybe make a call of her own while he spoke to his sister. She was curious enough about Lainey to want to listen in and definitely meet the woman someday, but the fact his family came in a package deal that involved his parents made Kenna hesitate.

Not that she thought there was something wrong with them. More that it was wrong with her. She had no idea how to navigate family life. Once they broke the seal on making it official with his extended family, she’d be all in—no going back. Not just the two of them, but also holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas with his relatives.

Things she had little experience with, and a whole lot of anxiety. Kenna wasn’t sure she wanted to think about the fact it was easier for her to go up against a deadly serial killer than it was to bite the bullet and meet Jax’s mother. Probably she’d simply left it too long, built it up as too big now and should’ve done it months ago.

Jax shifted the phone away from his mouth. “Are you getting in, Kenna?”

She held the door open and climbed into the passenger seat.

“That’s what I thought,” Jax said. He started the car and the call connected to the car Bluetooth, Lainey’s response coming through the speakers now.

“You don’t remember anything about that trip?”

Jax pulled out, driving away from the medical center. Kenna didn’t know where they were going, and maybe he didn’t even have a plan of what they should do next. She decided to be content spending time with him and having not much purpose in mind—except for the fact that there was a case to work.

“Isn’t that where we played in the gravel?” Jax said. “I remember a lake, and the waiter gave us Jell-O.”

Lainey was quiet for a few moments. Then she said, “That’s it?”

“What else am I supposed to remember?”

“I’ve always wondered why you never said anything to me. The research I’ve done says it’s a trauma reaction, where you block out something horrific because your mind doesn’t know how to process it.”

“Lainey, what are you talking about?”

Kenna glanced at him. He genuinely seemed confused, making her wonder over the answer to his question.

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