The Widow's Bodyguard by Karen Whiddon

Author:Karen Whiddon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-02T13:22:53+00:00

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Jesse admired the way Eva rose to the occasion with Drew’s snippety assistant. For the first time since he’d been here, he swore he caught a glimpse of the old Eva.

“What’s this about threatening phone calls, blackmail and bombs?” Raul asked Eva, his thick brows drawn into a thunderous frown.

“I’m sure Jesse filled you in,” she replied, taking another deep drink of her coffee. “Isn’t that why you sent Patches, Shorty, Rusty and Baloo?”

“I’m impressed you remember their names.”

“You shouldn’t be,” she shot back. “I might have wanted out of the BOS lifestyle, but the Brothers will always be my family.”

Raul nodded his approval. “I would have liked to see my grandson. Maybe next time.”

“You should have come earlier.” She kept her voice low.

“I would have, but the place was crawling with Feds and cops. You know how uncomfortable that makes me feel.” Raul turned his attention to Jesse. “Did you sweep the house for bugs or video recorders?”

“Yes.” Jesse told him what he’d found. “I disabled everything, but the FBI has sent an expert to check it out, just in case I missed anything.”

Though Raul made a face at the mention of the FBI, he didn’t disagree. Instead, he turned toward his daughter, his expression serious. “Eva, I have a pretty good idea of the name of the man who’s been calling you asking for his money. Were you aware of Drew’s business dealings with the Mexican cartels?”

Eva recoiled, her expression horrified. “The Mexican drug cartels? Drew would never do anything like that. He was running for public office.”

“I’m guessing he believed he could keep it secret. Drew was heavily involved with them.”

“Doing what?” Eva demanded, her gaze furious. “So help me, if you tell me that my husband was dealing drugs, I’m going to break something.”

Raul held up a hand, a diamond pinkie ring flashing. “No need for that. He laundered their money.”

Eva glanced at Jesse. “Did you know about this?”

How to answer. Since he had known, both from Raul and intel he’d received from his handler, he decided to stick to the truth. “Yes. I knew.”

After stewing on this for a moment, Eva shook her head. “Let me guess. While Drew was laundering their money, some of it went missing.”

“Bingo,” Raul replied. “How did you know?”

“Lucky guess. Especially since the caller kept insisting Drew had stolen his money.” She took a deep breath. “Do you know how much money is missing?”

Jesse had heard rumors, but he wanted to hear Raul confirm them.

“Three million dollars,” Raul said. “And word on the street is that Drew had an accomplice. That person is the one who probably has the money.”

“One thing doesn’t make sense,” Eva said. “Drew cleaned out all his bank accounts. Why would he do that if he’d stolen that much money?”

“He probably intended to flee. Leave town.”

Eva responded exactly as Jesse knew she would. “No. Becoming the governor of Texas was really important to Drew. He’d never run away from that.”

Raul shrugged. “He might if someone put a hit out on him.

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