The Escape by Lisa Harris

Author:Lisa Harris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense, Christian fiction, FIC042060, FIC042040, FIC027110
ISBN: 9781493426683
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2020-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

NINETEEN

Madison walked into the sheriff’s office with Jonas, furious that the last several hours had led them farther from Barrick. But while Barrick might have convinced Mary Margaret to cover for him, they were going to have to convince her that she was playing on the wrong side.

Besides a confession, what they really needed was the burner phone she’d bought. With the number Barrick was using off the call log, assuming he hadn’t dumped the phone, they’d be able to pinpoint his location. But she’d been searched when they brought her in and there had been no sign of a second phone, and no communication with Barrick on her personal cell.

“How do you think we should play this?” Madison asked. “Though I’ll tell you right off, I’m in the mood to play bad cop.”

Jonas grinned at her. “I think I’ll let you, though I’m thankful I’m not the one on the other side of that interrogation table.”

Sheriff Fischer walked in behind them. “Your best angle is to use her brother against her.”

“Meaning?” Jonas asked.

“They’re pretty close. She does everything she can to keep him out of trouble, but he’s already been arrested for two felonies. A third one would get him up to fifty years, and she knows that.”

“Then that’s the leverage we need,” Madison said. “We let her know we’ve arrested Charlie, and that we have proof of him aiding an escaped felon. See if that’s enough motivation to get her to tell us what we need to know. Because without some kind of deal, he’s going away for a long, long time.”

Jonas nodded. “She just needs to know that the only way to help her brother is to cooperate.”

“That’s what we’ll count on.”

“How is Charlie?” the sheriff asked.

“He’s pretty banged up. Broken rib, fractured wrist, and a bunch of bumps and bruises, but he’s lucky. It could have been a whole lot worse,” Madison said. “I do have one more question before we go in there. When you went to the diner to bring her in, did Mary Margaret ever have any time alone?”

“You mean time alone to ditch a phone?” the sheriff asked.

Madison nodded.

He tilted his head. “I had to wait for her to grab her stuff in the back.”

“How long was she gone?”

“I don’t know. A couple minutes. I didn’t think it was a problem at the time. It’s not like she was under arrest.”

“I want you to go back to the diner,” Jonas said. “See if you can find a burner phone she might have ditched. Inside the restaurant, the back dumpster, her car . . . I don’t know where it is, but I need you to find it.”

“Will do.” He headed out the door.

A minute later, Madison was watching Mary Margaret through the one-way glass. She could see the fear in the woman’s eyes as her fingers drummed against the desk in the interrogation room. Madison had felt sorry for her at one point, but her frustration had grown as they learned more about the case.

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