SWAT Standoff by Lena Diaz

Author:Lena Diaz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-04-11T16:39:06+00:00

Chapter Eleven

It wasn’t the type of hotel that Blake would have chosen for the next phase in their plan. One, because he couldn’t afford it. And two, he wouldn’t have chosen to stop at a hotel at all. The private plane was waiting to take all of them back to McGhee Tyson Airport, just down the road from Destiny, and he was anxious to continue the investigation. But Chris’s wife, Julie, had plenty of money, courtesy of a wealthy grandmother, and had insisted on getting them a large suite in a five-star hotel to regroup and discuss what was going on. And the other wives had pretty much refused to get on a plane until they’d heard everything Blake and Donna could tell them about their husbands.

He sat beside Donna on one of the couches, his arm around her shoulders, offering his support. Right now he didn’t care one whit what the others might think. What mattered was that Donna had looked so bleak and fragile as she began to recite the tale about finding Randy and the note. And when he’d tentatively put his arm around her, instead of pulling away, she settled into the curve of his body and gave him a smile of gratitude.

“That’s it,” Donna said, spreading her hands out in a helpless gesture. “We really don’t know much at this point. But the fact that whoever kidnapped them left a ransom note is encouraging. It gives us hope that they’re still okay.”

“I’ll pay it,” Julie said. “Whatever the amount. How much are they asking? I can write a check right now.”

Donna gave Blake a worried glance.

He gently massaged her shoulder and answered Julie’s question. “Rodney Lynch, one of the uniformed officers back in Destiny, agreed to give us updates and said he’d call as soon as a ransom demand was made. But so far, there’s been no contact from the kidnappers.”

The four women exchanged worried glances, before Ashley once again took the lead as if they’d secretly nominated her as their spokesperson. “It’s what, seven o’clock now? That means over twenty-four hours have passed since they...since they killed Randy and left the note. Is that normal for kidnappers to wait that long before stating their terms?”

“Honestly,” Blake said, “I don’t know. I’ve never worked a kidnapping case before. But the FBI certainly has. I’m sure they’re doing everything they can to resolve this without anyone else getting hurt.”

Ashley rolled her eyes. “Spare me the faith in the FBI speech. I was almost railroaded into prison by them. And they can’t have brought their top team down here if their poor decision-making skills meant cutting you two out of the investigation. That’s the most idiotic thing I’ve heard so far. You’re the locals. You know everything about Destiny and the surrounding area. It makes sense that you should be in the thick of this, evaluating the evidence. Not sitting on the sidelines.”

“Well,” Donna said, “to be fair, we did try to cover up that Blake was fired.

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