Ghosting (PAVAD: FBI Romantic Suspense Book 10) by Brookes Calle J

Author:Brookes, Calle J. [Brookes, Calle J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lost River Lit Publishing, L.L.C.
Published: 2015-06-24T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

“Are you doing something stupid, son?” Dan looked at him from across the kitchen, and Josh fought the urge to shift his weight. He forced himself to hold still. He wasn’t a teenager. And this wasn’t his father. Dan hadn’t wasted any time asking him exactly what he was up to.

Josh felt half-guilty for letting everyone he cared about think the only thing bothering him was Becca’s case. It wasn’t just that case. It was all the cases.

“Depends on what you mean by stupid.” There were a few things Josh had in mind, which Dan could be referencing. One of them being the thoughts he had had about this man's daughter. Did Dan know where Kelly had spent the night? Or was it something else—something CCU related? There would always be more cases that needed them than they could efficiently work. Did it eat at him that Becca’s case was about to go cold again? Hell yes. But it was something he would have to deal with if he continued with the CCU.

“Going cowboy on any case is bound to bring on trouble. Haven't the last few years taught us all that?” Dan wasn't the type to flat out tell Josh he was being stupid—unless he was being fucking stupid. Just respected that, but that didn’t mean he had to like it.

“She was my friend Dan. And I owe her. And I made a promise to her mother, I would find her killer.” He hadn’t considered going out on his own. No.

He was considering walking completely away. Would Dan understand that, as dedicated as the man was to the CCU and PAVAD?

“She's dead, son. It won't matter to her if you find her killer this week or next as long as you do.” Harsh words from someone like Dan, who'd searched for fifteen years for his missing daughters. But there was truth in his words.

Josh looked at him. “And the next woman targeted? Or the next? The CCU can stop him. How am I supposed to look myself in the mirror if we don’t at least try?”

Dan stared at him for a long moment. Josh wondered what the older man was thinking.

“Is that what is driving you?”

“Partially. She was a friend — not a close one, but one. I knew enough to speak with whenever I got the chance. But it isn’t just that.”

“Nothing romantic?”

Even in a division like PAVAD rumors ran rampant—especially when sex or romance were at the bottom of everything. Knew what had been said about him and his friend. It had never bothered him before, but this time it did. Was it because it was Dan looking at him? “No. I know what the rumors are. But they're not true. Becca was in love with a woman. She wasn't openly out. But there were a few of her friends who knew. “

Dan would be the last one to say anything about Josh's romantic life. The older man's much younger wife was proof of that.

He checked his watch; Ally and Kelly should be walking through their doors at any moment.

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