Siren in Bloom by Lexi Blake

Author:Lexi Blake [Blake, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak, suspense, Texas Sirens, romance, cowboys
Publisher: DLZ Entertainment LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Steve Holder took a long breath and prayed he hadn’t heard what he thought he’d heard.

“What did you say?” He was well aware that the question came out of his mouth like a cobra ready to strike. If he’d been in the same room with Mitchell Cross, he would have struck. He would have reached out and broken the imbecile’s neck in a heartbeat.

“I said we took care of it.”

Cross’s words were slightly slurred. Drunken cokehead idiot. Holder looked over at Kyle, who was sitting at his computer. Holder was pretty sure the kid slept at the computer. Kyle’s head came up.

He put a hand over the phone. “Check police activity on Shelley McNamara Hughes from tonight.”

Kyle’s fingers started flying across the keys. He hoped he was wrong, but he doubted it. If that dumbass had tried something, it had more than likely failed.

“Explain to me exactly what you took care of, Senator.” Holder had a bad feeling that he knew what it was, but he needed to hear it from the man’s own mouth.

There was a hesitance as though the senator finally understood Holder wasn’t thrilled with his late-night phone call. He cleared his throat, the sound jarring. “I thought you should know that the blackmail situation has been handled. The woman won’t give us any more trouble.”

Holder felt his stomach turn. “You’re going to have to be more specific. Did you kill the target or talk to her and decide to form a partnership?”

“She’s dead.”

Holder turned to Kyle, who looked up from his monitor. He nodded, mouthing the words, “Got a hit.”

“Give me a minute, Senator. Don’t you dare hang up on me.” He covered the mouthpiece and looked back at Kyle. “Give me some good news. Tell me she’s alive. If she isn’t, then we’re never going to find that fucking file, and we’re always going to be looking over our backs.”

“I can help you out there, sir. I pulled up a police report involving your girl,” Kyle said. Holder could hear the printer starting to warm up. “It looks like she was attacked outside that club she’s working in. She’s alive. Two attackers are dead. The police are calling it an attempted mugging. You can read it for yourself.”

Rage threatened to choke him. Stupid man. He gripped the cell, surprised he didn’t break it. “You fucker, she’s alive. Your men, if I can even call them men, are the dead ones.”

“No. That’s not possible.” There was a shuffling sound as though he was walking around, ambling. “She was so sure. She paid the money.”

“Who the fuck is ‘she’?”

There was a whine in the senator’s voice. “My wife. I didn’t do this. I trust you, but she doesn’t. She’s a manipulative bitch, and now she’s fucked everything up. I was told she hired two men, killers. How did that tramp get away? How did she take them out?”

“She didn’t, you idiot. I’m sure she had an escort. The last time I saw her she was with one of the Meyer brothers.

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