Protecting His Brother’s Babies by Katie Knight & Leslie North

Author:Katie Knight & Leslie North [Knight, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-09-26T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

The next day, Drake was back at his desk, scowling down at the report he’d received earlier that morning from the private investigator. Not only did it confirm all of his worst fears about his brother’s crash, it brought up new doubts and questions as well.

As he’d started to suspect, it turned out Devon’s accident wasn’t an accident at all. The findings from the police report, along with a detailed reconstruction done at the scene, proved that his brother’s vehicle had been deliberately run off the road. From the angle of the tire tracks and the data downloaded from the vehicle’s black box, the speed and trajectory of the impact sent him careening head-on into a tree. Add in the fact Devon never wore his seatbelt and he’d been a broken neck waiting to happen.

Drake shook his head and scrubbed a hand over his face.

Shit. Just shit.

If he had a nickel for every time growing up he’d warned his brother to buckle up…

He sighed and shook his head, staring down at the report again. Not that it would have mattered. Devon never listened to anyone but himself. Another Shepperton family trait. One that Drake had worked hard to overcome in himself through his military training. In the military, and most especially in a special ops unit, not working with your team or disobeying orders could mean the difference between life and death.

Seemed his brother had learned that lesson the hard way.

The investigator had even included a note pointing out that while an outside driver had definitely caused the crash, it was actually Devon’s choice not to wear his seatbelt that had ended his life. With that model of car and the type of crash, the airbags probably would have saved him. But the lack of a seatbelt put his body in the wrong position when the airbags deployed, and his neck snapped as a result.

Setting the report aside, he moved on to the stack of financial reports he’d requested from accounting a few days prior, hoping for a distraction from the mess of his brother’s death. But no respite was in sight, given that the financials were an even bigger red flag that foul play was involved in Devon’s demise.

An odd mix of anticipation and dread had Drake on his feet, reports in hand, as he headed out of his office toward the accounting department. He needed to talk to Jameson again. Of all the people involved in the financial aspects of the Shepperton Foundation—other than Lake—Jameson was the one Drake was most willing to trust. Jameson had never authorized any grants.

He took the elevator down several floors, then made a beeline for Jameson’s office door. The older man was working at his desk when Drake knocked and walked in, shutting the door behind him for privacy.

“Mr. Shepperton,” Jameson said, starting to get up. “What can I help you with?”

“We need to discuss these reports,” Drake said, gesturing for Jameson to stay seated while he took a chair in front of the man’s desk and spread the financial paperwork in his hand out on the desktop before them.

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