Lead by Elise Noble

Author:Elise Noble [Noble, Elise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Undercover Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-03-30T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12 - MALACHI

MALACHI BREATHED INTO the silence on the other end of the phone, biting back curses.

Finally, Cruz spoke. “Are you fucking around?”

“I only wish I was.”

“Who the hell took her?”

“We don’t know yet. The perp was dressed as a waiter, but the catering staff are all accounted for.”

“An impostor?”

“Possibly. He kept his head down, so we don’t have a clear shot of his face. The guy who owns the house is calling the catering company.”

“I’m on my way. What do you need?”

“A dozen roadblocks an hour ago.”

“Tricky. Do you have a vehicle description?”

“He took off in a van, but we don’t have the licence number.”

Because in Joey Sambuco’s life, appearances took priority over security, and he’d told his gardeners not to trim the bushes at the front of the house until they finished flowering. Those blooms had partially obscured the security cameras. Joey had men out there right now, hacking branches back in a spectacular demonstration of shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted.

“We’ll find her, amigo. I’ll be there in twenty minutes.”

No sooner had Cruz hung up, Mal’s phone rang again. Oliver was calling. Fuck.

“I just thought I’d check Imogen’s okay. She’s still not answering.”

Not Oliver. Stefanie. Double fuck.

Should he tell a little fib? Try to soften the blow?

“We’re still looking for her at the moment. She had a small argument with my ex, so she might have wanted to keep out of the way for a while.”

“You mean she let the opposition win? No way! Imogen never gives in like that. Have you checked all the bathrooms? If she drank too much, she might be feeling ill.”

“We’re just going to start a more thorough search.”

A pause. “What if…? No, that’s silly. It couldn’t be him.”

“Couldn’t be who?”

“It doesn’t matter. Forget I said anything.”

“If Imogen’s been having problems with a guy, I need to know.”

“He couldn’t have followed her there. I mean, she didn’t even know she was going herself until yesterday.”

“Who?”

“I’m not supposed to tell anybody. We have a girl code.”

For fuck’s sake. “Stefanie, we have reason to believe Imogen might have been abducted. If you know anything that could shed light on who took her, you need to tell me right now.”

Stefanie’s gasp reminded Mal why he’d avoided mentioning his suspicions in the first place. The last thing he needed was a hysterical female to deal with.

“Abducted? What? How? When? You have to find her! Her brother’s deranged.”

“You think she’s been abducted by her brother?”

“He’s hated her for years.”

“A lot of siblings don’t get along, but they don’t tend to resort to kidnapping.”

“This is different.”

“In what way?”

“I’m not meant to talk about it,” Stefanie whispered. “I promised.”

Could a family member really have tailed Imogen all the way to Florida? They’d flown on a private fucking jet, and they hadn’t exactly broadcast where they were going either. The only place they’d spoken about the trip in public was in the bar with Deon, and Mal might have been off-duty that night, but he’d sure as hell have noticed if someone was eavesdropping.

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