Taken By Dark (Carolina Moon 03.5) by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt [Barritt, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: River Heights
Published: 2017-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

After everything was cleaned up and the house was deemed safe again, Declan sat at his desk. Willa quietly tapped at her computer in the workspace beside him.

They’d had to sanitize the house, and they still couldn’t figure out how that raccoon had gotten inside. There was a doggy door, left by the previous owner, but it was always locked. It wasn’t beyond the realm of possibility that someone had accidentally hit the latch and knocked it out of place.

But another theory lingered in his mind. What if someone had purposefully lured that raccoon into the house? Declan didn’t want to face that possibility, but it was there, and he’d be a fool if he didn’t ask himself those questions.

In the meantime, he found a number for Walter Brewer, the man Ryan had mentioned. A few Internet searches later, he found the man.

Walter appeared to be married with three kids. He lived in New York City still and worked for the same company where Ryan had at one time worked. Looking at the man’s smiling profile picture on social media, he certainly didn’t appear to be the unhinged type. But Declan had been in law enforcement long enough to know that looks could be deceiving.

He slipped into another room and called the man’s home phone. A woman answered.

“I’m trying to reach Walter Brewer,” he started.

“He’s not available,” she said. “I’m his wife. Can I help you?”

“I’m an old friend from Stanford.” He knew that blurting the truth wouldn’t work in his favor. He’d seen the man’s alma mater listed and had double-checked to make sure his wife hadn’t also attended. Declan figured his cover story was safe enough. “I thought I saw him here in town, and I wanted to see if I was right.”

“In town? Where are you calling from?”

“North Carolina.”

She laughed. “No, you must be seeing things. He’s been working all week. Twelve-hour days, only coming home long enough to sleep. He definitely didn’t have time to go down to North Carolina.”

“Are you sure? It looked just like him. Same red cap and all.” He’d seen that infamous red cap Walter wore in multiple online photos.

“He loves that hat. But I’m sure. I can give you his cell, and you can call him yourself.”

“I’d love to.”

He scribbled down the man’s number. He’d check to make sure it hadn’t pinged anywhere in this area, but he had a feeling that Walter wasn’t his guy.

There had to be some way to trace who was behind this.

And Declan would figure it out if it was the last thing he did.

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