Justin's Runaway Bride (A Sweet Western Historical Romance) (Dalton Brides, Book 8) by Kit Morgan

Author:Kit Morgan [Morgan, Kit]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Angel Creek Press
Published: 2015-09-02T22:00:00+00:00

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Meanwhile in El Paso …

Thaddeus Slade slugged down the remainder of his drink and then left the saloon. The mess from the night before had been cleaned up – namely one Walter Brown of Oakdale, California – and things had already gone back to normal.

He’d missed the action, as was usually the case. Not one to get his hands dirty, lest he be too easily connected to the less savory aspects of his job, he’d stayed in his hotel room and played solitaire. He was heading there now to meet his newest counterpart, Marcus Whitbey, who, like Thaddeus, was a professional.

He entered the hotel to find Marcus waiting in the lobby. The man followed Thaddeus up the stairs to his room in silence. It wasn’t until they were safely inside, the door locked, that he opened his mouth. “I trust you found the job done to your satisfaction?”

“Yah know Ah like things done clean,” Thaddeus said in his heavy Bayou accent. “Let’s just hope deah Mr. Brown doesn’t have too many relatives. Ah trust yah already sent in your application to this Aidan who runs The Nuptial News?”

“Yes. I specifically requested a wife from back East, preferably Massachusetts, and that I was willing to travel to fetch her if I had to. Along with notes on my impeccable background and, ah … references.”

Thaddeus chuckled. “Excellent.”

“I know it’s none of my business, but why is this Lord Brennan so adamant about finding one girl?”

“Because, deah boy, this one guhl happens to be his daughtah. Ah only work for the man and don’t ask for particulahs, so don’t pestah me for any. I’ll let you know things as Ah see fit.”

Marcus stared at him in shock. He was a handsome man, blond, blue-eyed and with a horrible gambling problem. If he didn’t need the money so bad, he might back out of this deal. “Quite the operation he has going to find her. What if he doesn’t?”

“Ah said don’t ask me questions,” Thaddeus warned.

“I was just curious. An operation of this size takes money, lots of it. Capturing and processing women in the current slave market doesn’t come cheaply.”

Thaddeus glared at him. “Yah not gettin’ paid to analyze the situation, son. Mah job is to find this guhl by any means necessary, and Ah intend to see it done, even if it is folly. Lawd Brennan pays me handsomely for the work Ah do. Who am Ah to argue? Yah shouldn’t either, for that mattuh. Especially not with me.”

Marcus shook his head. “Still seems mighty strange, all this to find one person. Why didn’t he just hire a Pinkerton?”

“Well, this way is much maw profitable,” Thaddeus hissed. “For us anyway.” He crossed the room, picked a decanter and glass up from a small table, and poured himself a drink. “I suppose I can tell yah a few things since we’ll be workin’ together. Even if he doesn’t find her, which I doubt he will, we’re gettin’ rich. The best part is, the longer it takes, the richuh we become.

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