Kade by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9781459233782
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-07-02T11:43:01+00:00

Chapter Nine

Bree almost wished the latest adrenaline crash would numb her to the fear and desperation that she was feeling. Not for herself.

But for Leah.

Their situation wasn’t getting better, and judging from Kade’s stark expression, he felt the same way. He sat across from her, his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands.

“I’m sorry,” he repeated to her.

“You had no choice but to kill him.” Bree knew that was true because she’d watched the nightmarish ordeal play out in front of her on the laptop screen.

First, she’d been terrified that Kade, his brother or one of the others would be killed. Then, her terror had skyrocketed when the shooter took aim at the house. For a couple of horrifying moments, Bree had thought he might shoot. That a bullet could tear through the walls and reach Leah.

But Kade had made sure that didn’t happen. The gunman hadn’t even had time to pull the trigger again before Kade shot him.

And killed him.

She’d watched that, too, while she’d held her baby close and prayed that nothing else bad would happen. Leah was okay, thank God. But the shooter hadn’t been able to say anything before Kade got to him. No dying confession to clear his conscience, and that meant they were right back at square one.

Well, almost.

Kade’s brother Grayson had arrived just minutes after the fatal shooting and immediately taken over the necessary mop-up of an inevitable investigation. Grayson was pacing their suite while talking on the phone, and from what Bree could glean from the conversation, he was within minutes of turning over the investigation to one of his deputies so he could leave for San Antonio.

With Leah, of course.

That was good, Bree kept reminding herself. However, in this case good felt like something beyond bad.

“We’re doing the right thing sending Leah with Grayson,” she whispered. She tried not to make it sound like a question, but it did, anyway. She prayed she wasn’t sending her baby from the frying pan into the fire.

Kade eased down his hands, looked at her. Then looked at Leah, who was in Bree’s lap. “Yeah.” He no doubt knew everything Bree was feeling because he was feeling it, too. He paused. “I also need to make arrangements for you.”

Bree shook her head. “Once Leah is away from the danger, what I’d really like is a showdown with whoever’s responsible for this.”

That sent another jolt of anger through her. She wanted to find this person fast and be the one to put them in jail or do what Kade had just done. End it with a bullet.

“You’re up for that?” Kade questioned.

Probably not. Her hands were still shaky, and she felt years removed from her FBI training. Right now, she felt like a mother with a child who’d just been placed in harm’s way. And that was a far stronger motivation than she’d ever had to bring down a criminal.

Bree touched her daughter’s cheek, and even though Leah’s eyes were closed, she gave Bree one of those baby smiles.

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