Murder in Texas by Barb Han

Author:Barb Han
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-08-24T20:31:20+00:00

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FOCUS WASN’T NORMALLY a problem for Dillen. Shifting his thoughts to more productive ones had been his lifeline on missions. So why did he keep circling back to the kisses he’d shared with Liz?

They’d been hot, came the quick response from a voice in the back of his mind. They had been—he couldn’t deny it. What he couldn’t understand was why they trumped all others. Liz was beautiful, there was no disputing that. And sexy as hell. There was a strong but vulnerable quality in her that drew him in. She could handle herself. And yet he wanted to step in and be her hero.

He needed to remind himself of the fact she was as close to royalty as one could be in these parts. Except after getting to know the real her, the word didn’t ring true any longer.

Booting up the computer, he took a seat and rolled the chair closer to the monitor. What had he missed before?

After spending the next hour digging around, he realized this was probably a dead end. For one, Pop hadn’t had an automatic picture sync, like Liz had mentioned. Secondly, Pop had rarely sent emails. His inbox, however, was full of ads for services like treatments for a larger sex organ and women who wanted to satisfy him.

Dillen blinked a couple of times at the brazenness in some of the scams.

Pop had had the internet along with a camera and microphone, which was how he’d taken calls from Dillen. The equipment was old but had gotten the job done. Dillen had been on Pop to upgrade for a few years now, but Pop could be stubborn when he’d really wanted to be.

His cell phone might provide better answers, but it was lost. Was there a way to recapture the data?

There had to be.

Dillen glanced at the clock. It was after hours on a Wednesday night. The call center for Pop’s cell service was open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Dillen grabbed his own cell and made the call.

“This is Jordan, how may I help you?” the perky male voice answered after he’d sat in the queue for a long wait for a representative.

“I’m trying to access cell phone data for my father’s phone,” Dillen explained.

“And what is the phone number on that account?” Jordan asked.

Dillen supplied the number and waited.

“Are you a primary account holder, sir?” Jordan asked.

“No, I’m not.”

“Oh,” he replied, sounding a little deflated. “I’m sorry. I won’t be able to share any account information with anyone who isn’t primary on the account.”

Dillen muttered a curse underneath his breath. “Is there a supervisor I can talk to?”

“I’m afraid she will give you the same answer, sir,” Jordan said. “Is there any chance you have a court order or power of attorney?”

How did Dillen say he hadn’t expected his father to die?

“No,” he stated.

“Then I’m afraid there isn’t much I can do to help you,” Jordan said. “Is your father available? I can give the information to him.

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