Lawless by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-06-28T16:00:00+00:00

11

It took a minute for the statement to sink in. Her breath sighed out roughly. “That’s the truck old Hob saw near my cut fence,” she recalled.

He nodded. “I just told Judd. That truck has been the missing link. We knew it had a connection, but we couldn’t find it. Apparently it doesn’t belong to Clark at all. It belongs to a buddy of his on the ranch he’s working at, outside Victoria, a man named Gould.”

“Can you arrest him? Can Judd?” she asked.

He grimaced. “It’s not that simple. We can’t arrest him without proof. The truck is the only lead we have right now.”

“I heard Hob say what sort of truck it was,” she fired back.

“Yes, but that’s only hearsay. It’s not enough evidence to arrest a man on suspicion of murder. We have to go slowly, and see if we can find enough evidence to get a search warrant,” he told her. “If he suspects a thing, he may take off like a bird, even with his brother in jail.”

She frowned and rubbed her arm with a restless hand. “Well, one Clark’s off the streets for the foreseeable future. Isn’t he?”

“Janie swore out a warrant for aggravated assault,” he said. “Harley Fowler and Leo Hart swore out assault charges as well. I got him on resisting arrest and assault on a police officer. But if his brother can get a good lawyer and he can make bond—well, it’s a risk.”

“For anyone who saw that truck or knew about it,” she guessed worriedly.

“Don’t look like that,” Cash said huskily. “I’d never let anything happen to you!”

Her eyes met his and she noticed, for the first time, the emotion in them that he couldn’t quite hide.

“It’s the police, again!” Tippy Moore drawled from nearby, tossing her long red-gold hair for the benefit of any man in view. She smiled sarcastically at Grier. “You almost live here, don’t you? Have you come to arrest somebody, or can’t Miss Gaines manage a day without you in it?” she added nastily.

Cash’s dark eyes slid past Crissy to the beautiful woman just joining them. “I’m gathering information for a homicide investigation. Unless you think you can solve the case, you’re superfluous,” he said curtly.

Tippy’s perfect eyebrows arched. “Who got killed?” She glanced at Crissy, deliberately lifting her left hand so that the light caught the diamonds and sparkled wildly. “Someone Miss Gaines knows?”

“Certainly nobody you know,” he replied flatly. “I’m pressed for time.”

“Heavens, you don’t think I’m trying to detain you?” she scoffed. Her eyes gave him a once-over that was just short of an insult. “I told her to tell you, you’re not my type!”

His dark eyes narrowed on her face. Crissy thought she’d never seen eyes that cold. “A compliment, surely,” he replied softly. He even smiled. “My taste doesn’t run to your sort of woman, Miss Moore. I don’t have to pay women to go out with me.”

Tippy Moore’s face burned red. She glared at him. “I’m no call girl,” she managed to get out.

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