Montana Heat: Escape to You by Jennifer Ryan

Author:Jennifer Ryan [Ryan, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-08-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Brice resented Sergeant Foster insisting he come down to the police station to not only file his kidnapping charges against Ashley, but to answer questions about her charges against him. He needed to discredit Ashley before this spun out of his control. He should have known she’d betray him. After all he gave her, everything he did to transform her into her true self, she slapped him in the face with these lies.

This would go his way. He’d make sure of it once he spoke to the sheriff.

Brice didn’t open the door when Darren parked the car outside the sheriff’s department and Sergeant Foster waited for him at the curb. “Don’t come in. Stay close in case I need you. My lawyer will be here soon. Until then, see what you can find out. If they want to question me, that means Ashley is either here or close. I want to know where she is.”

“I’ll start making calls. If she’s going public, my sources will know when and where.”

“She can’t speak to the press.”

“It’s the cops you need to worry about.” Darren nodded toward the officer waiting for him.

Brice kept his features neutral, but he wanted to growl and hit something.

Brice stepped out of the car, trying to pull his thoughts together and not slip on the icy road as he stepped up and over the piled snow. No way she got the better of him. He hated to expose himself more and use the information he’d gathered to force others to get him out of this mess. But he’d do whatever he had to do to get Aurora back.

The sheriff was a worry. The man had a conscience. This could go either way. Brice didn’t like walking in not knowing the outcome.

Thankfully very few people were on the street or in the sheriff’s office. The cold and snow kept the town nearly deserted and people home.

Sergeant Foster escorted him past three officers sitting in their cubicles in the open room, past several offices, only one occupied by another officer, to a conference room with a long table, six chairs, a coffeemaker and paper cups on a cart in the corner, and a bank of windows overlooking the street out front, the blinds open and layered with dust. Brice hated the stares. He was used to his celebrity, but didn’t like people scrutinizing him so closely. He liked his privacy.

“Take a seat, Mr. Mooney.”

Brice did so, playing Mr. Congeniality. “I can’t wait to get Adam back. Where is he?”

“In protective custody.”

“Where?”

“I don’t know. The sheriff is the only one with that information.”

Annoyance narrowed Brice’s gaze. “Are you keeping him from me?”

“Until we clear up a few matters.”

Brice raised an eyebrow. “I assume you’ve called the judge who signed the guardianship papers.”

“We did. They’re legit, but we have questions about Ashley Swan. How did she take Adam?”

“She snuck him out of the house while I was downstairs in a business meeting with my assistant, Darren.”

“So you’ve said, but how did she come to be at your home?”

“She’s been living with me for the past year.

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