Surrendering to the Sheriff by Fossen Delores

Author:Fossen, Delores [Fossen, Delores]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780373698424
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Kendall didn’t have to ask the caller if he was lying about who he was. He wasn’t. She recognized his voice. It was indeed one of the men who’d kidnapped her.

And the very one who’d shot her.

He had also tried to kill Aiden and her before getting away in the SUV. Because he’d been missing for two days, she’d thought that maybe they’d seen the last of him. Apparently not.

“I’m listening,” Aiden said, pressing the speaker button so she could hear better. Probably because she was right against him, and he needed to take out a small notepad and pen from his pocket.

“Don’t bother trying to trace the call,” Yost said. “I’m using a burner, and I’ll toss it as soon as we’re done talking.”

Maybe they’d get some answers before that happened. “Why me?” Kendall asked.

“Can’t answer that. I got orders to take you and use you to get the sheriff to destroy that evidence.”

“Who gave you those orders?” Aiden demanded.

It sounded as if the guy chuckled. “Not gonna get into that over the phone. I’m looking for some help here, and I figure the only way I’ll get that help is to have something I can use to barter.”

Kendall hung on every word. Processing it and mentally repeating it. “I know you,” she said.

Yost, if that was truly his name, didn’t jump to verify that. “Our paths have crossed. When you were at the pharmacy waiting for your prescription to be filled, I started chatting to you about headache meds.”

It took her a moment, but it all came back. A big guy, dark hair with a military cut. “You followed me there.”

“I did.” No trouble admitting it, and that fact caused Aiden to mumble some profanity. “My partner and I were supposed to take you from the parking lot, but somebody was following you. Thought it was wise for us to back off and take you from your office instead.”

The someone following her had probably been the PI Palmer had hired. Or maybe it was the one working for Aiden’s mother. There were an awful lot of PIs lurking around, and it turned her stomach to think that she hadn’t noticed them. Of course, with the pregnancy and Jewell’s trial, she’d had a lot on her mind.

That misstep had turned out to be dangerous.

“I thought you might have remembered my voice,” Yost confirmed a moment later. “And that you maybe could have picked me out of a photo lineup.”

“I could have. Is that why you tried to have me killed at the jail?” she asked.

“I had no part in that one, but I got caught up in the flak.”

“How?” Aiden snapped. “And did you have something to do with the dead guard from the county jail?”

Silence. For a long time. “That’s something for a face-to-face conversation, something I want to have with Miss O’Neal and you.”

Aiden was shaking his head before Yost even finished. “I’m not letting Kendall get anywhere near you.”

“You will if she wants to know who’s trying to kill her.

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