The Woman Most Wanted by Pamela Tracy

Author:Pamela Tracy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHIEF TOM RILEY stood on the porch of the Welborn place at three in the morning, knocked on the door and tried to think about what he should say to Richard’s elderly mother. He’d never had much luck talking with her. At most, she’d hold the door open an inch and murmur. She must have family somewhere because she was seldom home.

He hoped she had family as she’d need them by her side. Richard was in a coma and the prognosis wasn’t good.

Officer Leann Bailey was at his side, ever the officer who might be able to offer a comforting word, be empathetic. He sure as heck wasn’t certain he could be empathetic given the circumstances.

Not a single light flickered inside the Welborn place, and though they’d knocked and knocked, no one answered.

“You suppose she’s long gone?” Leann asked. “No one’s seen her in weeks.”

“Heather saw a light here the other day.”

“What was she doing out here?”

Tom had hesitated, which bothered him. Leann was a fellow police officer and one who deserved to know every detail. But Tom was starting to feel more protective of Heather than he was about the case at hand. He changed the subject. “The real question is what was Welborn doing in town. Probably visiting his mother, but then why was he leaving in the middle of the night? Why not stay until morning? Take the rural route away from town. We’d never have known he was here.”

Leann fully engaged. “You’re right. And another thing that doesn’t make sense is why he would speed and drive recklessly. If he was trying to stay under the radar, no pun intended, he’d have been extra careful.”

Standing there in complete darkness wasn’t getting anything accomplished, so Tom drove back by the Turners’ place. Bart’s Auto Repair and Towing already had Welborn’s wrecked car on the truck and was securing it.

Oscar was in the street, spotlights blazing, measuring the skid marks.

Tom waved, checked in at the hospital and went home to bed. He could do nothing else until tomorrow.

* * *

WEDNESDAY MORNING, when it came, started badly for Tom. He woke up at the first chirp of his alarm clock, and he’d only gotten three hours of sleep. He had a dozen things to do and limited time to do them. He really wanted to talk to Lucas about last night. And he needed to do it as an officer of the law, not as a good friend.

Tom knew without a doubt that the woman who’d raised Heather had been Sarah Lewis. And Debbie, her mother, stepfather and the two half-brothers needed to know the truth, deal with the truth and deal with Heather. Even if she might not be related to them. There was still a mystery to solve.

First though was Lucille Calloway’s funeral, where he’d sit in a pew and hear remembrances of a woman who’d deserved more. He’d not been able to protect Lucille, but he could still honor her.

What really tore him

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