Love Inspired Suspense August 2021--Box Set 1 of 2 by Laura Scott

Author:Laura Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

NINE

Saddleback, Montana, was located ten miles east of the college town of Jameson. It was a community of maybe five thousand people spread across forested foothills. Cassie was excited at the prospect of finding Seth and finally getting a lead on who murdered her husband. But at the same time, she tried not to let herself get her hopes up too much.

Leon turned down a shady street lined with big, leafy trees about six blocks from what passed for the downtown section of Saddleback. The houses here were small, with detached garages, and looked like they’d been built at least fifty years ago. Several had chain-link fences surrounding their front yards.

Roughly midway down the block they found the house with the number they were looking for. The first thing Cassie noticed was the overgrown lawn. As Leon pulled up to the curb, she saw the overstuffed mailbox beside the front door.

“It could be that Seth is hiding inside and just trying to make it look like he hasn’t been home in a while,” Leon said, correctly anticipating Cassie’s thoughts. She was already fighting the deflating sensation that this trip would end up all for nothing.

“We’ll start with the assumption he could be in there,” Cassie said, “and work from there.”

Martin and Daisy had already pulled up behind them alongside the curb. Normally, for the sake of efficiency, they would have worked as two separate teams on two separate tasks. One team at the house and another at Seth’s last known place of employment. But right now the priority was safety—for everyone, not just Cassie—and that meant they would stick together.

They got out of their trucks and met up on the sidewalk. “Leon and I will knock on the front door,” Cassie said, anxious to move quickly in case Seth actually was inside. She didn’t want to give him time to see her or to figure out who she was or why this small group of people might be there. She also didn’t want to linger where they might be spotted by a neighbor who might call Seth—wherever he was—to tell him what was going on right now in front of his house.

“Martin, you stay out here on the sidewalk so you’re ready to go after Seth if he sprints from the garage or a neighbor’s house or a parked car or somewhere else,” she continued. “Daisy, I want you by the gate to the backyard. If you hear anything, it could be him trying to hop his back fence and get away. Let us know and we’ll chase after him.”

They all had radios and did a quick check to make sure they were working properly. Cassie had a brief flashback to her recent abduction and forced herself to mentally set it aside. She had plenty of experience with bypassing emotions and dealing with them later. Maybe that wasn’t the healthiest thing to do, but in her line of work—and with her life experience—she had found it necessary.

“Seth is officially in violation of his bond, right?” Daisy said.

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