Harlequin Special Edition September 2018--Box Set 1 of 2 by Stella Bagwell

Author:Stella Bagwell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Maggie clutched her hands together as Griffin headed down the dark road toward the address he’d been given over the phone. They were about thirty minutes east of Stonecreek, in a section of ranch land she rarely visited.

According to what Griffin had been able to discern from a friend’s nephew, there was a big party happening in one of the fields out this way. If Morgan had been looking for trouble, this was the place for it.

“We’ll find her,” he said for what must have been the tenth time since they’d begun to search. Morgan still wasn’t picking up her phone and she’d disabled the location service built into it.

If Griffin wanted the role of hero, Maggie had no problem seeing him like that. Although, it was still difficult for her to believe Griffin Stone would take time out of his night—even a minute—to help track down her wayward sister.

Suddenly, he hit the brake as a figure stepped out onto the road, waving frantically.

“It’s Cole Maren, the kid who’s been working with me on the tasting room.” Griffin pulled onto the gravel shoulder, his headlights illuminating the beat-up Chevy and a smaller silhouette sitting in the back of the truck bed.

“Morgan,” Maggie breathed, heart hammering in her chest. All the anonymous faces she’d ignored on the side of milk cartons and in the post office ran through her mind as relief bubbled up inside her. She sent out a silent prayer for every missing child to be found safe as Morgan shielded her eyes against the glare of the light.

Griffin threw the truck into Park and jumped out. “What the hell?” He stalked forward with Maggie following.

“Morgan, are you okay?” she called as she rushed toward her sister.

“Is that you, Maggie?”

“I trusted you. I gave you a chance.” Griffin grabbed the lanky boy by the shirt, yanking him forward, then slamming him into the side of the truck. “What did you do to her?”

As shocked as she was by Griffin’s treatment of Cole, Maggie’s first concern was Morgan. She reached her sister, who brushed away her touch. “I’m fine, Mags. Tell me Dad doesn’t know I’m gone.”

“Let me go,” Cole shouted. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Hey, stop that.” Morgan jumped off the back of the truck, stumbling once before righting herself. Maggie felt sick to her stomach. Clearly, her sister had been drinking or worse. “You’re going to hurt him.”

“That’s right.” Griffin glanced at Morgan, then back to Cole. “For every way you hurt her, I’m going to hurt you.”

“He hasn’t done anything,” Morgan screamed when Griffin tightened his grip on the teenager, who looked defiant but wasn’t fighting Griffin’s hold.

“Griffin, it’s okay.” Maggie made her voice soothing. “Let him go.”

“I gave you a chance,” Griffin repeated, shoving away from the boy and walking toward the back of the truck. His fists were tightly clenched at his sides.

Morgan placed a hand on Cole’s arm, but he shrugged away.

“Where have you been?” Maggie stepped between her sister and Cole.

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