The Final Flashpoint by Iona Morrison

Author:Iona Morrison [Morrison, Iona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, fantasy
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2018-07-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Matt received an envelope with no return address in a stack of mail. He took the letter opener and slit it open. The paper was dirty and the penmanship messy.

Parker, I’ve waited to give you what you deserve. You messed in my business, and you’ll pay for it. I’m your worst nightmare, and I’m waiting around the next corner.

Matt found Tom and tossed the letter onto his pile of papers. “You might want to check this for fingerprints. It looks like whoever wrote it might have spilled his dinner on it. I guess if there was any doubt about how I’m connected, this proves someone is after me.”

“We already knew as much. I’ll run this by our tech.” Tom put on a rubber glove to handle the note. “You’ll have to accept my tagging along for now.”

“I’ll accept it, but I don’t have to like it.”

“I never thought for a moment you would.”

“Chief, the hospital is on line one.” Gary stood beside Matt in the officer’s lounge where Tom was working.

“I’ll answer it here.” Matt picked up the phone. “This is Parker. Great, we’ll be right there.”

“Tell me.” Tom stood. “Carlos is awake.” He began stuffing his files into his briefcase.

Matt nodded. “Carlos is ready to talk.” Matt walked with Tom out of the station. “The nurse said he was groggy but lucid.”

“Perfect. Let’s hope we’ll make some progress in the case. I’ll drive.” Tom got into his car, and Matt slid in the passenger’s side. “We have press following us.”

“The hospital is out of bounds for reporters except in the main waiting room. I know they’re doing their job, but sometimes they get on my nerves. I’m wound tight when I wait for a break in a case, and it worries me that I might deck one of them. Jessie calls me a tyrant, and she’s close to the truth.”

“Only sometimes? Hell, they get on my nerves all the time.” Tom chuckled. “None of us are good at the waiting game. I have my superiors breathing down my neck for results. I know Kaufman is up to his eyeballs in questions from the head of the FBI. When you’re talking about a diplomat’s son, people want answers yesterday. The problem is the breaks come when they come. Everyone knows it, but the heat comes from the highest in command because that’s what they do.”

Matt and Tom stopped to talk to the officer standing guard at the door before they walked into Carlos’s hospital room. There had been no trouble so far. Always good news to hear.

“Mrs. Huerta, I’m Chief Parker, and this is FBI Agent Tom Maxwell.”

“The nurse told me about you both.” Her smile lit her coffee brown eyes as she stood to greet them. “It’s nice to meet the men who saved my son’s life. He’s doing much better, and the doctor said he’s out of the woods.” She grabbed Matt’s hand and held it tightly in her tiny one. “Please, sit.” She motioned toward the chairs.

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