Deceptions by Cynthia Eden

Author:Cynthia Eden
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“Do you know who the hell that guy is yet?” Sullivan demanded as he paced in police captain Ben Howard’s office.

“He hasn’t spoken since being taken into custody,” Ben said as he sat in his chair, expelling a long sigh. “But we’ve got his prints. We’re running them through the system—”

“I don’t think that guy is in your system,” Sullivan said as he started to pace. “He’s a professional, and I don’t think he’s been caught before.”

Ben nodded. “But we caught him this time.”

Only because the guy had been so determined to kill Elizabeth Snow, at all costs. “He went off the deep end on this one. He could have played it cool...gone after her when there was less heat but...”

“But he didn’t,” Ben said, his voice hardening. “Maybe the guy has been killing so long that he thought no one could ever stop him. I’ve seen that crap before. Perps think they’re untouchable.” He grunted. “The guy is plenty touchable now. He’s in lockup, and he’s not going anyplace.”

It didn’t make sense to Sullivan. “Why did he have to eliminate Elizabeth right now? Why not wait a few days? Why get so desperate?” He just didn’t understand that. “If the guy is really a professional, he should’ve had more control. He—”

“Maybe he did have more control,” Ben cut in, voice turning thoughtful. “Maybe it’s his boss who didn’t.”

Sullivan stilled as possibilities began to buzz in his mind. “The boss got desperate. He thought the reporter and Elizabeth were about to spill his secrets, so he ordered their deaths. Kill them,” Sullivan said, thinking this through, “at all costs.”

Ben’s head inclined toward him. “That scenario works for me. The guy pulling the strings is the one who told the hit man to act. And I can’t help but wonder if that same fellow is the one who told him it was fine to kill a cop along the way, as long as it helped to get his dirty job done.”

“How is Detective Chafer? Is she going to be okay?” Sullivan asked quietly.

Ben rubbed his hand over his face. “I don’t know. The doctors are working on her, but she’s in ICU. She just survived one firestorm down here at the station. IA put her through the ringer, trying to see if she was dirty like Shayne Townsend.”

Sullivan didn’t let his expression alter. Shayne had once been a friend, a close friend, but ultimately the cop had betrayed the McGuires. “And what do you think about her involvement?”

His hand fell. “I think Melinda Chafer is a good cop, and I won’t believe otherwise unless someone can show me concrete proof. Hell, that woman was being wheeled back to surgery, and she was still trying to make sure Elizabeth Snow was okay. That’s a good cop. She was telling the docs that the guy who took her called himself the Fixer and—”

Sullivan stepped toward him. “Did she say anything else?”

Ben shook his head. “No, just that. Over and over again until the anesthesia kicked in, she was saying the Fixer had taken her.

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