His Brand of Justice (Longview Ridge Ranch Book 4) by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen [Fossen, Delores]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Ten

Caroline couldn’t stop the new round of fear and worry that slammed through her when she heard what Grace Wainwright had just said.

There are some things you need to know about Caroline Moser.

She didn’t think she had blank spots left in her memory, but it was possible she did. Also possible that this woman was about to give her news that she wouldn’t want to hear. Wouldn’t want Jack to hear, either. Still, that didn’t stop Caroline from moving closer to the phone so that she wouldn’t miss a word.

“Where are you?” Jack asked Grace.

It was one of those square-filler questions that lawmen needed to ask. A face-to-face interview was better than one on the phone, and there was the troubling problem of Grace’s safety. If she was involved in this—whatever this was—then she could be in danger.

“Sorry, but I’d rather keep my location to myself,” Grace answered. She didn’t sound angry or resentful. In fact, her voice was surprisingly calm.

“That might not be smart,” Jack countered. “I could help you.”

“Thanks, but I’ll manage. I don’t exactly trust lawmen and cops.”

Caroline couldn’t muster up a nod of agreement when Jack shot her a glance.

“By now, I suspect you’ve talked to Kingston and Lily?” Grace went on.

Jack paused, obviously considering how much to tell Grace. And when to press her on what she intended to tell him about Caroline. “I have. What do they have to do with Caroline and you?”

Grace made a sound, a sort of hollow laugh. “Everything. Or at least, I think everything. It’s all balled up together, you see.”

“No, I don’t see. Spell it out for me,” Jack insisted. “What did you want to tell me about Caroline?”

“That she’s part of this. Not the crimes. Not the murders. But she’s a part of it.”

“All right,” Jack huffed. “Keep talking. And I’m especially interested in hearing if you helped your old buddy Kingston get to Caroline.”

Definitely no laugh this time. “I didn’t. Is that what he told you, that I helped him?”

“Kingston said plenty,” Jack settled for saying.

Grace gave another heavy sigh. “Well, I didn’t give Kingston any information about anyone. Especially not Caroline. She’s in WITSEC, which would have meant me hacking into federal files.”

Jack lifted an eyebrow. “You aren’t good enough to tap those files?” And this time he was obviously goading Grace, probably hoping to spur her into blurting out more than she intended.

“I’m good at digging out data,” Grace answered. “I’m sure you’ve already heard that, but I wouldn’t have done something to bring the feds, or you, coming after me. Especially you. You would have hounded me to the ends of the earth to get back at me for going after your woman.”

Your woman. So Grace knew about their relationship. Something like that wouldn’t have been hard to access, but what wouldn’t have been so easy was getting to the depths of Jack’s feelings, which would have indeed caused him to go after Grace and bring her to justice. It meant Grace had been thorough when she’d gotten whatever she had on Jack and her.

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