Fractured Honor (Crimson Point Series Book 1) by Kaylea Cross

Author:Kaylea Cross [Cross, Kaylea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crimson Point Series
Publisher: Kaylea Cross Inc.
Published: 2018-09-24T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Did you hear about the incident last night?” the waitress said as she poured coffee into the mug, an excited gleam in her eyes.

Isabelle apparently had a load of fresh gossip and couldn’t wait to share it.

As usual, the diner seemed to be the hotbed of town chatter. If you wanted to know what was going on around here, newcomer or not, you found out pretty fast, even without asking. “No, what?”

“Beckett Hollister assaulted someone last night.”

No way. “What?”

She nodded, her eyes gleaming with excitement. “It’s true. I heard someone tell the story this morning. Beckett heard there was a pedophile living down the street from him. He went over there and punched the guy’s face in. Broke his nose, almost knocked a few teeth out.”

That didn’t sound like Hollister. The man was tightly controlled. He’d had to be to get where he’d wound up in the Special Forces community. “Was he arrested?”

“Who, Beckett?” She scoffed as though the mere idea was ridiculous. “No, but the sheriff came and arrested the pervert. I heard Beckett and Sierra are down there giving their statements this morning. Personally, I hope the creep rots in jail,” she added, her expression hard. “You got kids?”

“No.” It hurt to say it out loud. But I would have if Hollister hadn’t taken everything from me.

“Well I do, and the thought of someone like that living in our community just makes my skin crawl.”

That was something they could agree on.

“Everyone’s talking about what Beckett did. We think he should run for mayor.”

Mayor? What a fucking joke. “You’re kidding, right?”

Isabelle frowned in surprise. “No, why?”

“Nothing. Forget it. Have a nice day.”

Taking the hint, Isabelle moved on to the next table, where she immediately started talking about Hollister and what a hero he was to the new customers.

Jesus. It was sickening to know just how badly Hollister had duped the people in this community. It was like they were all brainwashed. Couldn’t anyone see what a coward he actually was? Did no one in this miserable fucking excuse for a town know what he hadn’t done, and what it had cost?

No. Because no one wanted to see it.

The pedophile angle could be useful, though. Chances were the suspect would be released on bail until the trial—if there was evidence enough against him to warrant one. So he would be loose in the community again, maybe even already.

Yeah, this might help. Finding out the guy’s name shouldn’t be hard. Not when gossip spread like literal wildfire in this town. And pinning Hollister’s murder on a child predator could work. He had a grudge against Hollister too, with a busted nose and a few loose teeth to prove it. Once Hollister died, people would immediately suspect him. So would the police, as long as there weren’t any witnesses around to say otherwise.

That would buy the real killer enough time to skip town and disappear.

A few bills tossed onto the table paid for breakfast, and the warm, salt-tinged air outside cleared the mind.

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