Guilty by Innocence by Deirdre O'Dare

Author:Deirdre O'Dare [O'Dare, Deirdre]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2017-09-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Jax never drove the same way from the station to his house twice in a row anyway. Today, he took a more circuitous route than usual, just in case anyone had been watching. He didn’t notice anyone following them. Fortunately, he had a garage at home so he could pull in, shut the door, and go straight inside without anyone seeing he wasn’t alone. So far none of the dirt bags he’d sent to prison had come looking for revenge, but the first one could show up any day. To say nothing of Contreras.

Once inside, he went about his usual routine, checking the house and making sure there were no doors or windows messed with, listening to the voice mails, and returning a couple of calls. While he tried to get a handle on what he should do with Gabriel, he simply ignored him, but that was easier pretended than actually done.

The young man was not noisy or obtrusive—quite the opposite really—but there was no way in hell Jax could forget he was there. Used to being alone, another person’s presence was as hard for him to ignore as a bloody body in the middle of his living room.

After a few more minutes, he had to acknowledge Gabriel and start to deal with him. “Hungry?”

The other man had found a spot at the end of the beat-up couch and sat there, almost motionless, while Jax puttered around. “Not starving, but I could eat, I guess.”

“Last meal you had was jail food and it would’ve been this morning, right?”

Gabriel nodded, a small grin slipping across his face. “That’s right. El Paso does not starve inmates, but they don’t order out for chorizo y huevos either.”

Caught by surprise by Gabriel’s unexpected flash of humor, Jax laughed. “Well, I do order out sometimes, but I can also cook. My mother saw to it a long time ago. I can whip up a mean breakfast burrito in short order. Come on into the kitchen. You can tell me what you remembered while I cook.”

Gabriel sat on one of the chairs at the battered kitchen table while Jax rummaged for potatoes, bacon, onions, some Anaheim chilies, and a dozen eggs. While he chopped and fried, the younger man began his tale. When he was through, Jax turned and looked at him for a long moment. Finally, he nodded.

“You believe me? You don’t think I am making this up, imagining things?”

“I believe you. Your story is close enough to the one the other witness gave us. I have no doubt it’s true. I talked to her again after I spoke with you yesterday and between what you both told me, a lot of things are starting to come together. We have a tentative ID on the doer. Does the name Refugio Soliz ring any bells?”

Gabriel’s eyes went wide and round. “Soliz? ¡Aye de mi! Oh yes, I know of him! I don’t think I ever saw him, but his name often comes up at Contreras’ place.

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