The Ex Assignment (Rogue Protectors Book 1) by Victoria Paige

Author:Victoria Paige [Paige, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Victoria Paige Books
Published: 2020-08-23T23:00:00+00:00

Gabby didn’t know what Mitchell had to say that the other detectives couldn’t hear. She sat down in front of the captain’s desk, while Declan took the position behind her, his hands on her shoulders, giving them a squeeze. That only served to make her more anxious. This had something to do with Claudette, and with Nadia holding Peter’s laptop—the laptop from the raid—she was sure that her ex-stepmother was involved in her father’s death. Did she pay Ortega and put a hit on him? Why? Because Theo was becoming very popular and she wanted control of his fortune?

When Mitchell’s eyes locked with hers in an expression of sympathy, she could feel emotion push up against her throat, a tightening that felt like she was choking.

“Gabby,” the captain said and nodded to the computer in Nadia’s hands. “That laptop did belong to Peter.”

A sob that she was holding in escaped her lips briefly, but Declan squeezed her shoulders again and this time it gave her support.

“Because of that, we were able to establish that Ortega did order a hit on Peter. He ordered the attack on you and Theo. We can even establish probable cause, but we’re missing some pieces.” Mitchell looked at Declan. “We’re hoping you have the answers.”

“I do.”

Gabby craned her neck and glared at him. “You knew all along?”

“I’ve been trying to tell you, but the timing was never right.”

The blood drained from her face, and she turned back to Mitchell. “Please go on.”

“We’ve tried to piece the documents in chronological order,” Mitchell said. “Right after your father divorced Claudette, he ordered a DNA test for him and Theo. According to Nadia, the results proved that Theo Woodward received only 22% of his genetic makeup from your father.”

“That means—” Gabby broke off, trying to understand what the captain was telling her.

“Theo is his grandson,” Mitchell confirmed. “We also found a copy of a DNA report that simply says Raul Ortega doesn’t match the DNA of a subject. We’re assuming it was also on Theo. This was more recent. The date of the report was a few days before the attack on your vehicle.”

“The personal items,” she whispered. “That’s what they took from the house. They also killed Peter. But why did Ortega think that Theo was his son?”

Her captain glanced up at Declan. “Roarke, care to fill in the rest?”

“Claudette was having an affair with Ortega. From what I understand, the man was obsessed with her and got her pregnant. Threatened to kill her if she had an abortion,” Declan said the words rapidly, as if he’d been holding on to them for a while.

“You were right? She swapped our babies?” Gabby’s eyes filled with tears. “Did her baby die?”

Declan nodded. “Her baby died in her womb two days before she called you to Van Nuys. She already had an arrangement with the doctor at the Our Lady of Lourdes clinic. Apparently, he was also Ortega’s doctor at that time and was the one providing Claudette’s prenatal checkups and reporting her progress to the crime lord.

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