Secrets at Cedar Cabin by Colleen Coble

Author:Colleen Coble
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2018-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

King stood at his office window looking at the leaves rolling in the wind. Bailey Fleming still hadn’t turned up, and he would have bet half his bank account his men would have found her by now. They’d disappointed him. Alfie had disappointed him, too, by targeting the wrong girl. King had made sure he paid for it though.

A knock came at the door. “Enter,” he called.

Chey entered as noiselessly as always, his fine leather shoes making not a sound. “Sir, I have some unsettling news.”

Chey rarely used the word unsettling and the fact he did so now made King go to his desk and sit down. “Tell me.”

“The bodies were found. The girls we disposed of temporarily in the cellar are in the custody of the FBI.”

He cursed and leaped to his feet, then picked up a paperweight and threw it against the wall, where it dented the drywall, then fell to the floor in pieces. “I told you not to leave them there long. They should have been disposed of a day or two later. It’s been two weeks.”

“Yes, sir. I make no excuses.”

His ire cooled. Chey had been doing his best to find Bailey, and his forces had been spread thin. This changed things though. There might be all manner of clues the FBI might discover—clues that would lead the Feds right to his door. “It might be time to cut our losses for now, concentrate on other avenues of income. Our arms smuggling has been going well, yes?”

“Yes, sir. It’s bringing in more than the girls at the moment.”

“Think you can find buyers overseas for the girls? I’d hate to have to figure out how to dispose of that many bodies.”

“I’m sure I can. There are several clients in Saudi Arabia I’ve had particular success with—and China, of course. The oldest one we have is Lotus, so they’re all young enough to dispose of easily.”

China was hungry for women. After disposing of so many girl children, they’d found there weren’t enough brides for the men.

King knew all the girls, but his gut clenched at losing Lotus. She’d been kept only for him at the beginning, but his eye had eventually fallen on a new girl who’d been brought in from Oregon. He liked to rotate the girls out so none of them were older than twenty-one or twenty-two. He’d found buyers all over the world for his merchandise, so they were easy to dispose of.

King gave a heavy sigh. “See to it then, as soon as you can.”

“It’s likely to take a couple of weeks to arrange for the sale, the transfer of money, and to transport the girls. I may have to move some of them again too.”

“Do whatever you have to.”

“Of course. Oh, and you have a visitor.”

“Oh?”

“Kyle Boone.”

He curved his hands into fists. “Send him in.”

Chey nodded and exited the office. Moments later Kyle stepped through the door and shut it behind him, then approached him with his hand extended. “Uncle! Good to see you.

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