Slay Bells Ringing by Emily James

Author:Emily James [James, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988480336
Publisher: Stronghold Books
Published: 2019-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

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The female officer who’d looked at me suspiciously before was the one in the security office when we arrived. It took claiming to be Hart’s legal counsel and a phone call back to my partner Anderson in Michigan to convince her to take us to him. The captain had posted two other security personnel outside his quarters.

Hart tapped a staccato beat on his thighs as I explained to him what we thought happened and what we needed from him. “This isn’t some trick?”

There didn’t seem to be anything I could gain from trying to trick him except to get his staff into trouble. I couldn’t think of a single reason I’d want to do that. “No trick. Remember how I said I’m after the truth?”

He nodded.

“I’m still after it, and I don’t want to see you convicted of a crime you didn’t commit.”

Hart rocked back in his chair.

We didn’t have time to wait for him to make his decision. My parents were either going to be very annoyed or very proud of me for my next bargaining tactic. “If you help with this and we’re able to catch Bodie, I’ll make sure you’re represented by the top criminal defense firm in the country for a price you can afford.”

Since he’d basically confessed, he might not be acquitted, but my parents’ firm could at least bargain for a lenient sentence.

“Call my staff in,” Hart said.

Watching him talk to his people made me even more glad that I’d offered to get him represented by my parents’ firm. Only one of the three security officers present stopped to confirm that he wouldn’t try to leave the room while they were gone. And they all took Hart at his word when he said he’d stay put.

The female officer left him with her radio, saying she’d get another one from storage while they called in the off-duty officers. Hart would need the radio to coordinate their search, she said.

We stayed with Hart and listened to them talk back and forth as they searched the most likely spots for Garth to start a fire. Hart had figured them out based on the fact that he believed Garth would want the best chance at making it safely off the ship himself once he started things rolling.

About a half an hour into their search, one of the teams went silent. At least I thought they did. The chattered seemed to lessen. I grabbed Mark’s arm.

“We got him,” a man’s voice crackled through the radio. “But I sure hope they’ll call the Coast Guard this time. Based on the fight he put up, I don’t think he’s going to stay quietly in his room like you are, Rick.”

Hart got up and headed for the phone, presumably to call the captain himself.

With Hart’s back turned to us, Mark leaned down and gave me a kiss that sent heat shooting straight through my body.

“When the captain hears he has to call the Coast Guard,” Mark whispered, “I think he’ll find a way to make sure we don’t get our voucher for another trip.

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