Hostage Midwife by Cassie Miles

Author:Cassie Miles
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-08-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Wednesday, 6:15 p.m.

“I believe you.” Nick drove into the cul-de-sac in Valiant where his sister-in-law’s house took up two and a half lots on the back end. “But I still don’t like it.”

“Fine,” Kelly said. “Next time I recognize a bad guy, I’ll try to make it someone you don’t care about.”

“I’m not buddy-buddy with Arthur. I’ve told you that. Hell, I don’t even like the guy.”

“But you care about Julia.”

Though dusk had barely settled, every light in the Spencer house seemed to be lit. A couple of days ago, Lauren had been complaining about not having anyone around; now it appeared that a mob of friends and family had arrived to offer help and condolence. Several vehicles blocked the circular drive outside the front entrance. Near the three-car garage, he recognized Julia’s bronze Lexus.

Nick parked his SUV at the curb. He turned off the engine but made no move to get out of the car. “It all comes down to the same thing. Somehow, I’m going to have to tell Julia that her son might be involved in Samuel’s death.”

“We don’t know he’s involved,” Kelly said.

On the drive from Denver, they had gone around and around, trying to come up with reasons why Arthur might have been lurking around in Valiant and following Kelly. Was he working with Trask? Had he hired the private investigator? Did he want to talk to Kelly about Samuel’s dying words? Was there some other connection? Too many questions, not enough answers.

“I need to talk to Arthur.” But the phone number Nick had was disconnected. “I might be able to avoid a conversation with Julia if I just ask for his phone number.”

Kelly reached over and touched his arm. “She’ll ask you why you need to talk to her son, and you’ll have to say something. Julia is sharp. You won’t be able to hide anything from her.”

He could tell that she wanted him to lean on her. She was so slim and delicate that he kept forgetting that she was also strong. “I’m glad you’re with me. It would have been worse to make these decisions by myself.”

“I want to help. I’ll do anything I can.”

Later tonight, when they were alone at his condo, he had a pretty good idea of how he’d like to take her up on that offer. But that didn’t help with the current problem. He looked toward the sprawling house. “It’s possible that Arthur is inside, mingling with everybody else and acting like he belongs.”

“There’s another way to handle this,” she said. “Contact the police and let them question Arthur.”

He shook his head. “I’m not going to get Julia’s son in trouble unless I’m sure he deserves it.”

“Do you want me to talk to Julia?”

A tempting offer, but he couldn’t push this confrontation off on her. “I’ve got to do it myself.”

He shoved open his door and came around the SUV to the curbside where she was standing and waiting. Her eager, tenuous smile encouraged him and told him that she cared, really cared, about what happened to him.

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