Missing in Blue Mesa by Cindi Myers

Author:Cindi Myers [Myers, Cindi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-27T13:33:07+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Michelle hated being stuck in this back office with a computer, unable to hear or see what was going on elsewhere in Ranger Headquarters. But Ethan had stressed that she couldn’t be involved in questioning Daniel Metwater, and it would be better for everyone if he didn’t even know she was here.

She guessed she could understand that—but that didn’t mean she didn’t want to keep tabs on what both Metwater and the Rangers were up to. Yes, Ethan and the other Rangers had been great with her so far, but they were still cops, and she didn’t trust them to put her interests first. Only she could do that.

So when she heard the hum of conversation in the front room rise, she crept to the door of the office where they had put her and peeked out. Sure enough, Daniel Metwater stood in the middle of the room, surrounded by Rangers. The angry, arrogant expression on his face made her stomach churn. She wanted to launch herself at him and demand he tell her what he had done with her son—to kick and scratch and destroy him the way he was trying to destroy her.

Ethan took Metwater’s arm and led him toward the conference room. Only then did she see that the Prophet’s hands were handcuffed behind him, and giddy relief staggered her. She clung to the doorjamb while relief surged through her. If they had Metwater in cuffs, that must mean they had arrested him. Had they found some proof linking him to Hunter’s disappearance? Would she be reunited with her son soon?

She forced herself to remain quiet and hidden as Ethan and Simon led Metwater into the conference room and shut the door. She had to give them time to question him—to make him tell them what he had done with Hunter.

Eyes closed, forehead pressed against the smooth wood of the door, she tried to picture the reunion with her son. He would smile his beautiful smile and reach out his chubby little arms for her. She would hold him and rock him and breathe deeply of his sweet scent, and reassure him that he was safe.

The door to the conference room opened and Simon emerged. He retrieved something from his desk, then went back in. A few seconds passed, and then a loud shout from the conference room made her jump. Sounds of a struggle, a loud smack, then a thump that shook the floor beneath her feet.

She came out of the office. Lance Carpenter ran past her. “What’s going on?” she asked. He didn’t answer but kept going, so she followed. She burst into the room in time to see Metwater facedown on the floor, Ethan kneeling in the middle of his back, cuffing him. “What happened?” she asked.

Ethan looked up at her. “You aren’t supposed to be here,” he said.

“But I am. So tell me what happened.”

“We showed Metwater the ransom note and he went ballistic,” Simon said.

Ethan rose and pulled Metwater to his feet.

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