OUTLAW LAWMAN by DELORES FOSSEN

Author:DELORES FOSSEN [FOSSEN, DELORES]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ROMANCE - - SUSPENSE
Publisher: HARLEQUIN
Published: 2013-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Caitlyn braced herself for Harlan to nix this meeting with Devin and Billy. He was operating on adrenaline now, making nonstop calls to set everything up. He clearly had a need to get whatever information Billy might have, but she figured any second Harlan would remember that she was in the truck with them and that it might not be safe for her to go face-to-face with Billy. And then Harlan would backtrack.

She hoped he didn’t.

Because she was as anxious as Harlan and Slade to figure out what was going on. Maybe the info that Billy wanted to share with them wouldn’t come with a huge price tag.

Harlan finished his latest call to Dallas, made a sweeping glance on both sides of the road leading into Rocky Creek. No one was following them, but the town was just ahead. Rocky Creek wasn’t a big town, but there’d be people and traffic, both of which would make this trip hard on the nerves. Still, it had to be done.

“Dallas is on the way,” he relayed to them. “I’ll call the sheriff if things don’t look right at the hotel.”

“If you call him, he’ll have to arrest us.” The reminder wasn’t necessary, but she said it anyway. Caitlyn didn’t want to end up behind bars—that would put an end to this meeting in the worst way possible.

Well, one of the worst.

If Billy was a killer, then an arrest might be the least of their worries.

“Why the hell would Billy go to Devin?” Slade asked. He took the turn onto Main Street and drove toward the town center.

Caitlyn had already asked herself that question. Harlan, no doubt, too. “It only makes sense if he’s connected to Tiffany or her car accident.”

Harlan looked at her then, and she saw the trouble brewing in his eyes. “You’ll wait in the truck with Slade. I’ll go in and talk to Devin and Billy.” And it wasn’t exactly a suggestion.

“Billy might say things to me that he won’t tell you,” she fired back.

“Then those are things I won’t get to hear, because you’re not going anywhere near him.”

So, this was the nixing that she’d braced herself for. Caitlyn tried to figure out a way around it—she really wanted to confront Billy face-to-face. But Harlan wasn’t going to budge, and considering that Slade’s expression was even steelier than usual, he was backing up Harlan on this.

“At least use your cell to call Slade, and then keep the phone on so I can listen that way.”

If Harlan heard her suggestion, he didn’t acknowledge it. He had his attention nailed to the hotel. During her days at the orphanage, the building had once been a private residence, but now it had been converted into a cozy bed-and-breakfast called the Bluebonnet Inn.

Slade came to a stop, not directly in front of the place but yards away. No sign of either Devin or Billy, but there were other vehicles parked on the street and two in the small heavily treed area on the far side of the inn.

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