Taking Aim at the Sheriff by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen [Fossen, Delores]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-11-09T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Laurel couldn’t stop shivering. Something she’d been doing on the entire drive to the sheriff’s office. And despite the ample heat in the building, she was still shivering, the cold going all the way to the bone.

Thanks to those latest gunmen, she had a new set of memories to give her nightmares and make her tremble. A new set of worries, too.

Because the gunmen had gotten away.

That meant they could return for another attempt to kill Jericho and her. Of course, Jericho and his brothers were trying to stop that, but Laurel had to wonder what the heck she could do to put an end to this.

Maybe turning herself in to the police would work.

Maybe.

Or maybe that would just make her an easier target to kill.

Either way, it wasn’t a theory Jericho wanted to test, and he’d spent the last half hour since their arrival at his office making calls to the Dallas PD. Trying to stop the warrant for her arrest. Judging from the amount of his profanity and his scowl, it wasn’t going well.

“Here, try this.” Levi handed Laurel a cup of coffee.

Laurel took a sip of the coffee, nearly choked on it. It would need a lot of improvement just to classify as horrible, but it was hot, and with the hopes it would take away her chill, she drank some more.

“We should have heard from Jax by now,” she said.

Levi made a sound of disagreement. “He’s just being cautious. Jax is driving around to make sure they aren’t being followed before he goes to the safe house with Maddox.”

Yes, Jax had already told her exactly that in the three calls she’d made to him. Laurel didn’t dare make another so soon since he’d warned her with the last one that he needed to concentrate on his driving. The temps were dropping, and he wanted to be careful.

Laurel wanted that, as well, but more than anything, she just wanted her son to be safe.

“Jax will take good care of him,” Levi added. “And Jericho will find whatever he needs to find to put an end to this.”

She desperately wanted to believe that. But it was easy to lose hope when they’d come so close to dying again.

“What about the kidnapper already in custody?” Laurel asked. “Is he still not talking?”

Levi shook his head. “We do know his name is Otto Palmer. We got that from his prints, so he obviously has a record. I think he would have talked, but he got spooked after DeWitt’s death. He probably thinks the same thing will happen to him.”

Yes, that would spook anyone, especially since they still weren’t sure if DeWitt had taken his own life or if his so-called lawyer had murdered him.

Jericho stood when he finished his latest call, and that seemed to be Levi’s cue to start moving away from her. “I’ll see if I can find out what’s happening with Rossman and Cawley.”

Good idea, since the pair was yet something else they had to deal with, especially if they could help clear her name of the money laundering charges.

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