Operation Homecoming by Justine Davis

Author:Justine Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

“No wonder you were rattled,” Hayley said.

“It was scary when I realized who he was,” Amy admitted. “And when he did that ‘I’m watching you’ thing.”

“Especially if he was armed.”

“I’m only guessing, I couldn’t really see. But...he had something jammed up against the guy’s neck, and it was metal. Part of it, anyway. And the van they were next to, it looked like the one that I thought was following me. My first thought was I should call the police, but...”

“You did the right thing, calling Quinn first. He’ll handle it.”

“She should have called me first,” Walker said. “I was closer.”

Quinn, who had been on the phone across the room, ended his call and came back. He’d been at her side within a minute or two when she’d called, showing her he’d meant what he’d said when he promised he’d be close by.

She was a little startled at how good it felt to come home to people who cared, especially now, in the middle of...whatever this was. And no part of that feeling good had anything to do with the fact that Walker had just come into the room.

He didn’t speak, but then he often didn’t. He just quietly waited until he got a feel for what was going on. This was a marked change from the gregarious boy she remembered, and she wondered what had caused it.

One of the multitude of things she wondered about him. All of which were a waste of time, she added to herself firmly.

“A friend of Brett’s,” Quinn said as he put the phone back in his pocket.

“He’s originally from LA,” Hayley elaborated, “and still has a lot of contacts down here.”

“I met him at the wedding, didn’t I?” Amy asked. “The one Cutter decided he was going home with while you were gone?”

Hayley laughed as the dog at her feet yipped. “That would be him.”

“And look where that got him,” Quinn added with a grin.

“Happy at last, you mean? Our little matchmaker,” Hayley said with a laugh, ruffling the fur on the dog’s head, then going for a scratch behind his right ear that had the dog’s head lolling blissfully. Then she looked at her husband. “What did you find out?”

“I told him what happened. He’ll call me back if they need a statement, but for now it’s just SOP for Soren. And apparently he isn’t happy with local law enforcement. They won’t leave him alone.”

“I’m not surprised,” Amy said.

Quinn nodded. “Brett’s friend says the narcotics division sets up on him periodically—in fact, they tailed him for a couple of days last week—just to remind him they’re still around, even if he walked on the best case they’d managed to put together. They don’t, by the way, care for your boss much.”

Amy sighed. “I imagine not.”

“They’re sure he’s still dealing, but think he’s put a couple more layers of deniability between him and the actual business.”

“He’ll end up a politician,” Walker said.

And yet again Quinn gave him a sharp look. Then his gaze flicked to Cutter, who was leaning against Hayley’s knees.

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