Hawkâs Woman by Madeline Baker
Author:Madeline Baker [Baker, Madeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Butterfly Kisses Press
Published: 2015-08-05T00:00:00+00:00
Frank McIntyre stared at the flyer in his hands. It was a rough ink drawing, poorly printed, but there was no mistaking that face. He grunted softly as he tossed the poster on top of his desk. If that didn't peel the hide off the hog, he didn't know what did.
Sitting back in his chair, he propped his feet on a corner of the desk. Joe Clayton was none other than John Walking Hawk, wanted for killing five men.
McIntyre frowned, wondering how his daughter, who was supposed to have been living in a convent, had gotten hooked up with a ruthless killer like Walking Hawk.
Rising, he settled his hat on his head. The man with the answers was upstairs and he, by damn, meant to get them.
Clay sat up when he heard footsteps on the stairs. Moments later, Frank McIntyre was standing in front of the cell.
"You want to tell me your side of the story?" McIntyre asked. "Or do you want me to tell you what I know."
Clay shrugged. "Go ahead on."
"John Walking Hawk. Wanted for killing five men in the last two years. Two in cold blood. Am I right?"
"If you say so."
"I've always been a pretty good judge of character. You don't strike me as a cold-blooded killer, so why don't you tell me your side of the story?"
"Six men killed my parents. They raped my wife. She died from what they did to her. Bob Sayers was one of them."
"Bob? I don't believe it."
"It's true."
"He's lived here off and on for, oh, a year, year and a half. Never caused any trouble."
"That right? Then what was he doing breaking into my room?"
"I don't know, but I for damn sure intend to find out."
"Well, I know. He was hoping to get me before I found him."
"If what you say is true, why isn't the law after him for what he's supposed to have done to your family?"
"I went to the law when it happened," Clay said bitterly. "They didn't give a damn."
"The law's not always fair, I'll be the first to admit that, but I can't believe they'd turn the other way if what you say is true."
"My wife and my mother were Lakota," Clay replied, his voice curt. "Does that explain it any better?"
McIntyre dragged his hand over his jaw, his expression thoughtful.
"What would you have done in my place?" Clay asked.
"I don't know. Probably the same thing you did."
Clay stood up. Crossing the floor, he wrapped his hands around the bars. "Then let me out of here."
"I haven't always been a law-abiding citizen," McIntyre said. "I admit that. But my word's always been good." He tapped his forefinger on the badge pinned to his vest. "I took an oath when I pinned this on, and I've done my best to live up to it."
"I took an oath, too," Clay replied flatly. "I swore I'd avenge my wife's death."
"What about Hallie? Where does she fit into all this?"
Clay took a deep breath. "She doesn't."
McIntyre nodded. It was all too easy to see that Clay cared deeply for Hallie.
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