Texas Prey by Barb Han

Author:Barb Han
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Rebecca touched Ryan’s hand to comfort him. “Doesn’t mean it was him.”

“I hope not. But I gotta look at the facts and be honest with myself, with you,” Ryan said, his anguish written all over his face. “He’s been in trouble with the law, but I can’t believe he would do something like this.”

“We can see if he was a suspect.” Brody studied the police file.

“Do you know where he lives? We can go talk to him,” Rebecca offered.

“I haven’t seen him in a while. Last I knew he was living in Garland.”

“That’s half an hour away from Mason Ridge at the most,” Brody said. He stopped suddenly.

Rebecca didn’t like his expression. But then, she was still reeling from Brody’s words while she’d stood in the hallway. They stung, even though she knew he was just speaking the truth. Stuffing those feelings down deep, she took another sip of coffee.

“Turns out, your uncle Gregory was a suspect,” Brody said, flashing an apologetic look toward Ryan. “He worked as a delivery driver for a Texas nursery chain around the time of the abductions.”

“Which would put him on the highways,” Rebecca said.

“The sheriff would’ve been able to match up his delivery schedule,” Brody said quietly. He kept skimming the file.

“My uncle did stupid things when he drank, but he wasn’t violent.”

“There isn’t much more in the file that I can see. Think we can speak to him?” Brody asked.

“No other kids have gone missing in the area since Shane. If his uncle was somehow involved, wouldn’t there be others?” Rebecca asked.

“The Glenn boy last year in Sunnyvale,” Brody reminded her.

“True.” She nodded.

“I thought about that, too. My uncle moved to Garland two years after the disappearance,” Ryan said. “Last time I saw him a few years ago his hands shook if he didn’t have a drink by ten o’clock in the morning. He’s done other stupid stuff, illegal. Been in jail a couple of times. My heart doesn’t want to believe he’s capable of such a heinous act and yet I can’t ignore the facts. What if he did this?”

“I hear what you’re saying. It’s probably not even him, but it’s smart to check into every possibility. I appreciate you coming forward. This must be really hard for you,” Rebecca said. A man who couldn’t go a day without drinking most likely wouldn’t have the strength to subdue both her and Shane, could he? There was another way to solve this. She remembered that her attacker had spoken the other morning in the parking lot. If it had been Ryan’s uncle, she would be able to recognize his voice. “I might have a way to resolve this. Does your uncle have a phone?”

“I believe so. Why?”

Brody was already nodding. He’d caught on to what she wanted to do.

“Call him and put it on speaker.”

“Justin might have the number.” Ryan pulled out his cell. After a quick call to his brother, he punched in the digits. The line rang three times before rolling into voice mail.

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