Drury by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Blood. Definitely not a good sign.

Especially this kind of blood.

According to the report Grayson had given Drury to read, SAPD had found high-velocity blood spatter on the wall of the living room in the apartment where Nicole had been staying. That meant there’d probably been some blunt-force trauma.

Reading that was enough to make the skin crawl on the back of his neck, but there was more. Much more. And that more was something Drury wasn’t sure he wanted Caitlyn to know.

“They killed her,” Caitlyn said.

That’s when Drury realized the color had drained from her face. She also didn’t look as if she could stand on her own, so Drury tightened his grip on her.

“We don’t know for certain that Nicole’s even dead,” Drury insisted, and Grayson gave a variation of the same before he went to the cooler to get Caitlyn a drink of water.

“If they didn’t kill her, that means they hurt her,” Caitlyn amended.

“Not necessarily. It might not be her blood,” Drury tried again, though that was reaching.

After all, the person who’d hired her to be a surrogate could want her murdered to tie up any loose ends. Nicole wouldn’t be able to ID anyone if she was dead.

Caitlyn’s hand was shaking when she took the paper cup of water from Grayson. Her voice shook, too, when she thanked him. That’s when Drury knew he needed to get her out of the squad room. Away from the other officers. And especially away from the windows. After all, they had their three suspects under the same roof, and it was possible hired thugs were also nearby.

With the report still in his hand, Drury took her to the break room at the end of the hall, and he shut the door. With Helen and Jeremy just a few yards away, he didn’t want Caitlyn to have another encounter with them. Not until she’d steadied her nerves anyway. As much as Drury hated it, sooner or later she’d cross paths not only with Helen and Jeremy but also with Melanie.

“I have to get back to the ranch,” she said. “I need to see my baby.”

Drury understood that, but the timing wasn’t good. “Grayson, Gage and the other deputies are tied up right now. Just hold on a little while longer until we’ve got someone to drive back with us.”

She looked up at him. Nodded. But he could tell the only place she wanted to be right now was with her daughter.

And that would happen.

However, Drury kept going back to the idea that there were probably hired guns nearby, and he didn’t want those guns taking shots at them. That meant clearing the area before he took Caitlyn from the building.

Caitlyn shook her head as if she might argue with that, but then the tears sprang to her eyes. “I’m so sorry about putting you in the middle of all of this trouble.”

Drury wanted to snap at her for the apology. It was an insult to a lawman since the only reason he had a job was because of trouble.

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