The Hanged Man (The Braddock & Gray Case Files Book 6) by H.P. Bayne

Author:H.P. Bayne [Bayne, H.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bayne Independent Publishing
Published: 2021-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

13

The following morning, Sully left with Sarah as she headed off to work. She gave him a kiss as they prepared to part ways at the downstairs security door.

“Be safe,” she told him, gently shaking him by the front of his shirt. “I mean it.”

He offered her what he could manage of a reassuring smile. “I will be—as much as I can. And if I start getting in over my head, I’ve got Dez there.”

“Remind me to pay for Dez’s next meal,” she said. “No matter how much the guy packs away.”

Sully laughed, gave her one more kiss—longer this time—then headed for his SUV. He waited until she drove away, car headed in the direction of the downtown core, before starting off himself.

He stopped off at his apartment for a shower and a change of clothes, then made his way to Dez and Eva’s.

Eva and Kayleigh were already gone for the day, but Dez was there, geared up for a jog with Pax.

“If you’re going to crap on me, can it wait until I’ve taken Pax for a run?” Dez asked.

“I’ll do you one better,” Sully said. “Give me a minute to change, and I’ll join you. Just let me keep up.”

Sarah loved to jog, so Sully now kept a bag of workout gear in the hatch of his vehicle. He grabbed the bag and changed in the living room while Dez waited.

“Did Jack find you?” Dez asked.

“Of course, he did. Nearly walked in on something too.”

Dez grimaced. “I tried to get him to wait. Sorry about that.”

“You could have called to warn me.”

“Then it would have been me interrupting. No offence, Sull, but I hate it when people call midway through something like that.”

Sully pulled his T-shirt over his head and eyed Dez. “Hey, D? Next time? Call.”

Dez gave an apologetic smile. “Understood.”

Once Sully had laced up his runners, the two of them headed out with Pax, Dez jogging slower to allow the shorter Sully to keep up. For the first few minutes, Sully filled Dez in on what Jack had told him. After that, they picked up the pace, so full conversation was out.

By the time they got back to Dez’s an hour later, Sully was exhausted and drenched in sweat, and Dez appeared exhilarated.

Sully immediately headed for the downstairs bathroom and took his second shower of the day while Dez went to the upstairs one.

Leaving his hair loose to air dry, he returned to the main floor just as Dez’s phone rang.

“Lachlan,” Dez announced. He met Sully’s eye before answering. “Keep your fingers crossed he’s come through on something.”

Sully hovered nearby as Dez answered the phone.

“Hey, Lachlan.”

“Sully with you by chance?”

“As it happens, yeah. Did you get anywhere?”

“I’ve had feelers out with a few different contacts, but I don’t have a whole lot to help you, unfortunately. You boys have got yourselves a large range of possible suspects here, and I’m not sure there’s a good way to weed through them before you need to go back in there today.

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