Galen's Gemma (Heroes for Hire Book 22) by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Military, romance
ISBN: 9781773363547
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2020-08-17T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Marshmallows consumed, Becky curled up in her bed—a very tired, almost teary, little girl—now sound asleep.

Gemma sat in the living room beside the fire with a cup of tea. When her phone buzzed, she lifted it to see it was Galen. She answered it. “Any luck?”

“We found your sister.”

“Oh, thank God,” she cried out softly. “Is she okay?”

“Well, that’s a good question,” he said. “We don’t have her yet, but she’s back in Joe’s cabin in the woods. We’ve just come upon it right now. She’s not necessarily been kidnapped, and they seem to think that she was involved. She says she’s not involved. We’re a little on the confused side.”

“And that sounds like Rebecca totally,” Gemma said, sighing heavily. “I would hope she had nothing to do with all this, but honestly, I’ve always been a little worried.”

“Well, she wasn’t forced into the cabin, but I don’t think they would have let her leave on her own.”

“That sounds confusing,” she said, reaching up to pinch her nose. Why was nothing easy with her sister?

He told her about the little bit of a conversation they had overheard.

She shook her head. “That doesn’t say anything, does it?”

“No. But they seemed to think she contacted us and that she did it deliberately.”

“Well, of course she did. I’m her sister. Who else would she call if she’s in trouble?” Gemma said. “Besides, outside of grief and shock and reaching out to her only family, why else would she have called me? And asking for help doesn’t mean Rebecca is responsible for anything else in this mess.”

“Exactly. We’re trying to get close enough to hear their conversations,” he said, “so I’ll let you know if we find out any more.”

“Are you bringing her back?”

“Yes, of course,” he said, “but we really need to get to the bottom of this first.” And, with that, he hung up.

She stared down at the phone in dismay. It was so typical of her sister. She couldn’t even be kidnapped in a clean way. Gemma sat here rocking herself, her arms wrapped around her knees, as she wondered what all this meant. She picked up her phone and quickly sent her sister a text. Are you okay?

No. Of course I’m not okay. Is the cavalry coming?

At that, Gemma tossed the phone on the couch and stared at it. Should she even tell her sister that the cavalry is coming? Because, if Rebecca had anything to do with this, she would just get Zack and Galen in trouble. And that Gemma didn’t want to do.

It seemed like every man she knew fell in love with Rebecca. Gemma hoped that Zack had woken up and understood who and what Rebecca was, but it still wasn’t a crime to fall under her sister’s charms. Zack might have been foolish to fall in love with her sister a long time ago, but that just made him male. And he certainly didn’t deserve dying over it now. He’d come here to help them, and Gemma had set this into play.

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