Shea: Cowboy Chance: The Kavanagh Brothers Book 10 by Ball Kathleen

Author:Ball, Kathleen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The Parsons train station was in sight. Shea stood ready to exit. He needed to send word to his family; he needed help and he had to find a lawyer. Mary would take care of Phoebe for a while. Grateful wasn’t a strong enough word for how he felt that they had Mary helping them instead of Adel and Jasper.

As soon as he heard the squeal of the brakes, he jumped down onto the platform. The sky was full of ominous clouds. The wind kicked up as he rushed to the telegraph office. Having already composed the message in his head, he made short work of having his telegram sent. It would take a while for his brothers to get to Parsons, though.

He then rushed into the town to locate Mr. Spritz’s office. The telegraph operator told him that Spritz was the best lawyer. Shea easily found the office, and when he told the secretary his name, she hurried into Spritz’s office.

The door promptly opened, and the heavyset man came out first with his hand stretched out to shake Shea’s hand. “It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Kavanagh,” he greeted as he pumped Shea’s hand up and down. “Please come into my office. Alice, bring us coffee please.”

Shea followed him into an impressive office. He’d seen lawyers practicing in offices as small and drafty as a lean-to and some as nice as this one. Dark wood accented everything. Built-in shelves held law books that appeared to have been used often.

“Please have a seat.”

Shea sat in a sumptuous chair facing the enormous mahogany desk. “I have a rather unusual case I’d like you to accept.” Shea went on to explain what had taken place.

“I must visit the sheriff and see what he thinks he has as evidence. A supposed confession witnessed by a recently fired employee I can deal with. I need to discover more about the Burnses. I have an investigator who can look into their background. It’s obviously a case of a desperate mother intending for her daughter to marry a rich man. Tell me, do they doubt Miss Kagan can’t walk? She didn’t have access to her wheelchair while on the train. When was that bandit supposed to have put the jewelry into her bag? Did this man ask how she was injured? If he recognized her from before her accident, he would have known her as a woman who could walk. He would have been surprised by her injury. How would he know which bag was hers? Her accident happened recently. Had you observed Miss Kagan speaking with anyone before you took the train?”

“She didn’t. I admit we hovered over her, concerned she might think she could still walk and end up falling. She could hardly move the chair on her own. Plus, there were steps to go down to get from the house.”

“No visitors?”

“She didn’t know anyone in town.”

The lawyer nodded. “I’ll get the rest of the information from Miss Kagan. I like to hear the story in the defendant’s own words.

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