Game of Fear (A Montgomery Justice Novel) by Robin Perini

Author:Robin Perini [Perini, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2014-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER TWELVE

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THE BELL ON the bar’s door jangled. Gabe sank onto a stool. “Give me a soda, Hawk. Lots of ice.”

The place was deserted. Finally.

Zach wiped his forehead. “Your job sucks, Gabe. I’m going to check on my wife.”

With a careless wave, Zach headed outside. Gabe grabbed his cell phone. He still had messages to retrieve.

He deleted the many repeats from his mother and finally started on his voice mail.

Mylo’s voice filtered through the phone.

“Been trying to reach you all morning, man. Britney texted me. Thought you and Deb should know. Brit’s just pissed at her parents. She hates the place they moved. She wants to stay here. I’m meeting her, but it’s all top secret.”

Mylo sighed.

“Um . . . anyway, I’m just telling you where I’m going. As a precaution, you know. Things have been a little too weird lately.”

“Damn it.” Gabe had a very bad feeling about this. He dialed Mylo. Straight to voice mail.

Cursing under his breath, he did a quick search and called Mylo’s mother. The kid had told her he was going to meet a friend. He’d left a few hours ago and she didn’t expect him back until later. Other than that, she didn’t have any specifics.

He was a kid. That’s probably exactly what happened.

Except Ashley’s note had seemed perfectly legit, too. Had Britney’s message to the boys been a lure? Or was she in trouble, too?

His phone rang. Wexler.

God, Gabe hoped he had some good news. “Montgomery.”

“I’m on my way to see a dead body found in the hills outside Denver. Female. Small. Right size for a teenager.”

Gabe’s cut clenched. “Ashley?”

“No identification and it’s going to be tough. The body has been decapitated. Hands are missing, too.”

Gabe’s gut heaved. This couldn’t be happening. “I’ll have to tell Deb.”

“I hate to ask, but if it’s Ashley, Deb can probably identify her. Can you bring her to the crime scene?”

“You don’t ask for much, Wexler.” Gabe kneaded the back of his neck. Once he told Deb, he wouldn’t be able to keep her away. “We’ll be there, I just have to call her.”

Wexler gave Gabe the location. “You can probably catch Deb at the station. It was all over the radio. She was attacked in her apartment and she beat the crap out of the guy. Don’t know all the details, but I heard it was one of Tower’s three musketeers.”

Gabe hung up without saying good-bye and raced across the street.

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