The Deception by Kat Martin

Author:Kat Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2019-06-18T20:32:01+00:00

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Bright morning sun beat through the windows. Yesterday had been sticky and hot, probably be the same today.

Jase sat at the kitchen table, his coffee now cold, a few crumbs of the pastry he’d picked up earlier left on his plate. His laptop sat open, his mind once more on the Gallagher case and finding Christina Gallagher’s killer. Or possibly more than one.

He needed a lead. He phoned Detective Benson, but it was Saturday and Benson was off for the weekend. Jase asked if Heath Ford was there. Heath was a friend, the best homicide detective on the force, as far as Jase was concerned, and he always seemed to be working. Sure enough, Heath was there.

The line picked up. “Detective Ford.”

“Heath, it’s Maddox. I know you aren’t working the Gallagher case, but I was hoping you could check, see if the liquor store has been verified as the primary crime scene.”

“I don’t have to check. I know it has. I heard Benson talking about it. Blood type found at the crime scene matched the dead girl’s. Benson followed up, got a DNA match on her from the autopsy.”

“Did they find any other DNA?”

“They found a splinter of wood from the murder weapon, some kind of club, I gather. Skin DNA on the wood. Unfortunately, there was no match in the system.”

So Eli had been telling the truth. Considering he’d had a pistol stuck in his mouth at the time, Jase wasn’t really surprised. Zepeda had left Tina alive. If his DNA had been on the wood, his name would have popped. As many times as Eli had been arrested, he would definitely be in the system.

“Did Benson say if he’s turned up anything else?”

“Not that I know of. He’s got a lot of cases right now. We all do. Wish I could be more helpful.”

“At least I know I’m on the right track. Thanks, Heath.”

Jase looked up as Kate came into the kitchen. He should have gone home last night. He’d been spending way too much time with her. He needed some space. Figured she did, too.

Still, he didn’t regret staying. She might not have known it, but she’d needed him last night. She’d had friends and sympathy all day. More of the same wouldn’t have done her any good. She needed something else, something to challenge her, fire her blood, and he understood her well enough to know exactly what that was.

He’d done what he’d set out to do and given her a little peace. Kate had slept like a baby.

His body stirred just thinking about it. It took a real woman to handle a big man like him, and Kate Gallagher was up to the task.

She walked behind him, leaned down and kissed his cheek. “Thanks for last night. You were amazing.”

His smile held a trace of arrogance. “You were pretty amazing yourself.”

“I feel a lot better today. The funeral’s over and my sister’s at rest. I feel like I can move forward, get back to where we left off, concentrate on finding the killer.

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