The Texas Lawman's Last Stand by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen [Fossen, Delores]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Man-Woman Relationships, Texas, Police, Suspense, Twins, Single Fathers, Infants Switched at Birth
ISBN: 9780373695195
Google: kfKT4ha9NtUC
Amazon: 0373695195
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-01-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Bo felt sick to his stomach. Since Nadine’s death, he’d worked so hard to give his children a normal, happy life. Hell, he’d worked to give himself that, as well.

Now everything was unraveling.

Mattie had DNA on her side. Ironic that a test he’d used to get convictions for killers and rapists was now a test that could cause him to lose his little girl.

He checked the rearview mirror again, something he’d done a lot on this half-hour drive. He had to make sure no one was following them, and that’s the reason he’d driven all over the city. The safe house was only about ten minutes from police headquarters, but for safety reasons, he hadn’t taken a direct route.

“It’s going to rain,” Mattie mumbled, looking out the car window and up at the sky.

Yeah, the clouds were heavy and gray, which suited his mood to a T.

“You think it’ll storm?” she asked. Mattie had a firm grip on the remote control for the safe-house garage, and she’d had that grip on the small device since they’d picked it up earlier from police headquarters.

“I don’t know.” And he was more than a little surprised they were discussing the weather when they were just minutes from arriving at the safe house. Minutes away from Mattie taking the next step to claiming Holly. “Why?”

“I’m scared of storms,” she answered.

He gave her a flat look. “You have a killer after you, Mattie. I think a storm is the least of your worries.”

She nodded. Nodded again. And didn’t say anything for several moments. “How are you handling this?”

Bo nearly laughed. “How do you think?”

Her gaze slid over him. “You look calm.”

“Well, yeah. Looks can be deceiving. I’ve spent the last half hour trying to figure out how to stop this from happening.” He paused. “I can’t stop it, can I?” he added in a hoarse grumble.

“No.” Now, she paused. “I wish Nadine had been able to tell you the truth that day. Something more than ‘Protect her.’ There’s no way you could have known what she meant by that.”

Bo wasn’t sure he wanted to open this can of worms, but he couldn’t just let it go, either. “Did you know Nadine was dying when you left?”

“No. We were both weak from our deliveries, and we both kept nodding off. But when I left her, she was very much alive.”

But already dying from the internal bleeding. Mattie couldn’t have known about that. Nadine probably didn’t, either. If she had, Nadine would have found a way to leave him a note or something.

“Nadine loved you very much,” Mattie added.

Yes. He never doubted that. But that didn’t make her death hurt any less. And now losing Holly was another cut, another wound that would never heal.

Bo pulled into the driveway of the safe house and took the remote from Mattie so he could open the garage door. There was another unmarked car with two officers parked just up the street, but now that he had arrived, they would probably leave.

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