Kidnapped in Texas by Barb Han

Author:Barb Han
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-10-27T18:43:33+00:00

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What She Knew

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter One

Amber Kent didn’t normally pick up calls from numbers she didn’t recognize on her personal cell. She tapped her toe on the floorboard while waiting for Harvey Baily to finish loading hay bales onto her truck. He’d insisted she stay in the cab in order to keep warm.

The temperature hovered just above forty degrees. The sun was covered by thick gray clouds. She stared at her buzzing phone. The call could be coming from a distant relative. She’d had a few of those since losing her parents a few years ago. It was past the holidays.

Glancing in the rearview mirror, she noticed that Harvey wasn’t even close to being done loading. She had a couple of minutes to spare.

“Hello,” she said. The silence on the other end had her thinking answering was a bad idea.

“Amber, this is Rylan Anderson...” The familiar voice came through the line clearly. He didn’t need to say his name for her to know that voice. It was deeper now, but that unmistakable timbre goose bumped her arms. Talk about a blast from the past. How long had it been? Eight years? Nine?

“I heard you moved back to town, but I thought people were pulling my leg.” After nearly a decade of being gone, she was surprised he’d come back to Jacobstown, Texas.

“Yeah, sorry I didn’t get in touch.” That was an odd thing to say. Had he planned on seeing her at some point?

“It’s fine,” she said quickly. Too quickly?

“I know it’s been a long time but I need a favor.” At least he didn’t pretend this was a social call. So why did disappointment wrap around her? A little piece of her wished he was calling to see how she was, or if she wanted to meet up for coffee. Hearing from him after all these years was a shock to the system.

“What can I do for you?” she asked, suppressing a small sigh.

She heard something or someone in the background. Then again, it could be a TV. She couldn’t make out the noise clearly.

“I didn’t have anyone else to call who could handle...” His voice trailed off, and that really got her curiosity going. He didn’t sound like himself. Although, what did she expect? He’d gone dim on social media after leaving Jacobstown to join the military. Platforms had changed, phone numbers had changed and she didn’t keep up with him.

“What is it?” she asked. Curiosity was getting the best of her. What on earth could make him call after all this time?

“It’s hard to explain. Can you stop by my house?”

“Um, sure.” She didn’t have a clue about why. “Are you in some kind of trouble?”

“Yeah. Kind of,” he hedged. “I don’t know—”

“The bank’s closed if you need mon—”

“It’s not like that.” There was a hint of defensiveness in his voice that she hadn’t meant to put there.

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