Rain Shadow 5 by Tess Oliver

Author:Tess Oliver [Oliver, Tess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-09-22T04:00:00+00:00

He stopped, and instead of opening the door, he braced his hands against it for support. He stared down at the tile floor.

“Dreygon Sharpe has lived off the grid all this time. No one goes into that compound without his permission. He took care to never let the girl out in public much. She had a secluded life, but she is the most amazing person I’ve ever met.” He still hadn’t turned to face me, but it seemed I had his undivided attention now. I pulled out my phone and pulled up the picture of Angel riding her horse. “She is extremely smart and obsessed with medicine and becoming a doctor, almost as if it is in her blood.”

He turned around. He was a good degree paler.

“Sir, maybe you should sit down.”

He shook his head. I lifted my phone. He pulled glasses out of his pocket with a shaky hand. He stared at the picture for a long moment. “She’s a beautiful girl, but still, this is all too farfetched.”

“I agree. But I had someone check into a birth certificate for Evangeline Sharpe and none existed.”

“Did this girl come up with this outlandish theory? Maybe she just wants away from that dangerous grandfather.”

“Yes, she does want to be free of him, but she has no idea I’m here. I have not had the courage to bring this up to her yet. I know the evidence is scant, but I think it’s compelling enough to at least consider this a possibility. Wouldn’t you want to know if your daughter was still alive?”

“That’s a stupid question. Of course, I want to know.” There was a tentative knock on his door. “I’ll be out in a minute,” he scolded. Footsteps retreated.

He took a deep breath and leaned against the front of his desk again. It was obvious he was debating whether or not to give this any credence. He straightened and walked around to the other side of the desk. He quickly scribbled down a name on a piece of paper. “Take the girl to this medical laboratory and ask for this technician. The lab is inside County Hospital. Tell her you need to have Buccal cells swabbed from the inside of the cheek for a paternity test. I’ll call the technician and give her the heads up. I’ll go over there on my lunch break and have a sample taken as well.” He spoke quickly, almost as if he feared he would change his mind if he didn’t get the information out fast enough.

I took the paper from him. His expression had hardened again. “You need to understand that this is very difficult for me. I refuse to let myself even think that this could be my daughter. I can’t suffer that disappointment again, but I would be remiss if I didn’t at least try this.”

“Thank you.” I turned to leave.

“And not one damn word about this to my wife, do you understand?”

I faced him again.

“If you so much as approach her, I’ll have your badge.

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