Mason by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Those letters went to Rodney Stone and Nicole Manning,” Abbie heard Lynette Ryland say. “And the third went to Vernon Ferguson.”

Lynette paused, no doubt when she heard their collective groans and mumbles. “Is Ferguson the man you think tried to kill the horse trainer at the ranch?”

“The very one,” Grayson assured her. “Any idea what was in those letters?”

“None,” Lynette quickly answered. “As I said, I didn’t even go to the reading of the will, but I can ask my father’s former secretary. She and I are still close, and she might have typed the letters for him.”

To Abbie that sounded like a long shot. Considering the possible nature of the letters, the senator would have typed them himself. Or hired someone he could eliminate. But right now long shots were all they had.

That, and Ace.

If he survived the surgery, they might be able to get him to confess the name of the person who had hired him, and if they got very lucky, maybe he would tell them what the letter had said. Of course, Ferguson had already admitted that he knew Ford had left instructions to kill them all, so maybe the letters were just that: instructions to kill.

“What about a connection between Ferguson and your father?” Mason asked Lynette. “Did you find anything other than this letter to link the two men?”

“Nothing so far. In fact, I just searched through the computer files I have, and Ferguson’s name isn’t mentioned. I’ll keep digging. I don’t have access to all of my father’s things—he disowned me a few days before he killed himself—but before he died, I copied some of his files. Lots of them,” she corrected. “I’ll go through those now.”

“Look for a connection that happened about twenty years ago,” Mason added.

An uncomfortable silence went through the room, and Abbie knew why. Twenty years ago was when Boone had left and Ford had killed both Chet Ryland and Lynette’s mother. The very woman who had had an affair with Boone.

It was also the year Ferguson had gunned down Abbie’s own mother.

On the surface, this shouldn’t be connected, but maybe she was missing something. Or someone. The only real living link to all of this was Boone himself. But certainly if Boone knew something, he would tell her, right?

But he hadn’t told her about the affair. In fact, Boone had kept a lot of secrets.

Abbie quickly pushed that aside. She wouldn’t doubt him, not after everything he’d done for her.

“If I find anything, I’ll let you know,” Lynette assured them.

“Thanks.” Now it was Grayson’s turn to pause. “You do know that Boone’s back in Silver Creek?”

“Yes,” Lynette said cautiously, as if she’d just stepped on a few eggshells. “Gage is, uh, considering what to do. I warn you, though, he’s not happy about this.”

The brothers exchanged uneasy glances. “Try to keep Gage away from here for a while,” Grayson suggested. “A fight won’t do us any good right now.”

“I’ll see what I can do,” Lynette promised.

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