Texas Sheriff's Deadly Mission by Karen Whiddon

Author:Karen Whiddon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-05-07T10:58:58+00:00

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After dropping Parker off, on the drive back to the station, Rayna reviewed all the things she should have said to Parker. Expressions of sympathy, concern, support probably. Instead, she’d had to force herself to keep her attention on the road and driving. All she wanted to do was get lost in the case.

It wasn’t every day that they had a video from an abducted—or probably abducted—victim. Part of her wanted to leak it to the press, though she knew she wouldn’t. As soon as Sam got her, she wanted him to take a look at it.

In the meantime, they’d keep this under wraps. She needed to talk to Mr. Malone and not only thank him for his find, but ask him not to say anything about it. Knowing Getaway, that might already be a lost hope. It depended on where he’d gone after bringing the phone to the sheriff’s department. If he’d gone home, they were most likely good. If not...

Since she didn’t have his phone number, she hopped in her car and drove out to Mr. Malone’s place. He answered the door on the second knock.

“Saw you on television earlier,” he said, stepping aside so she could enter. “If I were you, I’d sue for slander.”

“Thanks.” Stunned, she realized with all the furor over finding Nicole’s phone, she’d managed to forget about the news story digging up her past. “Listen, until we do a bit more investigating, would you mind keeping quiet about finding the phone?”

He scratched his chin. “Why? It seems to me like exactly the sort of thing folks should know. Might give them hope.”

“We don’t want the killer to know we have it.”

Her words made him blanch. “You think she’s dead?”

“Honestly, we don’t know. But it’s extremely likely. She’s been missing over two weeks.”

“Gosh, I hope not. That feller—Parker something or other—seems like he’s good people. He’s really been hoping for a good outcome.”

She nodded. “We all are, Mr. Malone. And while I understand it’s difficult to keep quiet about something as big as finding the missing girl’s phone, I’m just asking for a few days. The FBI is involved now and they might be able to extract something that could tell us who took her.” A long shot, but still possible.

“Okay.” Mr. Malone finally agreed. “You’ll let me know when it’s safe to tell my friends, right?”

“Of course. And if you want to keep looking, that would be helpful, too. Who knows what other evidence you might find.”

He brightened at that. “I will,” he said, his voice much more enthusiastic. “You’ll be the first to know if anything else turns up.”

“Thank you.”

As she turned to go, he reached out and touched her on the shoulder. “About the other thing, keep your chin up. I’m sure everyone in this town will stand behind you.”

She almost asked him if he truly believed that, but decided it best to simply thank him again and leave.

Driving home, she pondered his words. Could Old Man Malone be

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