London, Is Falling by Danielle Norman

Author:Danielle Norman [Norman, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780984176687
Publisher: F Squared, LLP

Braden

I waited on the front porch as London ran inside to grab a few things, and while she did, I put in a call to David.

“Hey, Lieutenant,” David greeted on the other end of the phone.

“You won’t believe the shit storm going on at the Kelly Ranch now. Someone poisoned the horses, and one of the foals died. I’ve done a sweep of the property, and everything else seems to be okay, but I need two favors.”

“Sure, you name it.”

“I need you to run down to technical services and checkout a few fingerprinting kits. I’ll call ahead and give them a heads-up that you’ll be picking them up.”

“You got it. You think someone left something behind?”

“Even if they had, there were so many people in and out that whatever was there is useless. I want them just in case something else happens.”

“I take it you won’t be in tonight?”

“Nope, which brings me to my second favor. I need to you to run them down here for me.”

“I’m on it. See you in thirty.” David disconnected, and I slid my phone into my pocket.

“What’s he bringing over?”

I turned to find Holland standing at the bottom of the steps. I hadn’t realized she was there, let alone listening to my conversation.

“He’s grabbing me some fingerprinting equipment in case anything else happens.”

She nodded and blew out a deep breath. “Smart idea.”

“You really think it’s the neighbor?”

“Truthfully? No. He just gets me so angry that I want to blame everything that goes wrong in the world on him. But no, I don’t think it’s him.”

“Then who do you think wants to hurt your family?”

Holland gave me a wry smile. “Ryan Cardenas. I don’t trust that bastard.”

“Mind telling me why him?”

Holland eyed me. “You might think this is stupid. But it’s because no animals around here really like him. When he tries riding Jafar, Jafar runs and bucks until Ryan finally calls it and gets off. The same thing happens with Dad’s stallion, Balthazar. Balthazar is the kindest among all the horses around. Anyone but Ryan can ride him. There is just something about the whole scenario that rubs me the wrong way.” Holland and I leaned on against the split rail banister of the porch and looked out toward the three-quarter moon.

I knew that animals were good judges of character. Hell, we saw it with the K-9 units all the time.

“Cujo hates him too.”

“Who’s Cujo?”

“Asher’s dog, he’s a Golden Retriever.”

“A Golden Retriever named Cujo seems like sort of an oxymoron.”

“Asher had to stop bringing him after he tried to attack Ryan. It’s always bothered me since the only person that Cujo protects more than Asher is Paris. I still swear that Ryan was doing something that Cujo believed was going to hurt Paris because Asher wasn’t around and no one had ever seen the dog react that way before.” Holland finished explaining her thought process about Ryan.

The more I heard about Ryan the more I seriously disliked the guy and the more I hated that London hadn’t just fired him.

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