The Cold Case Justice Collection by Janice Cantore

Author:Janice Cantore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Suspense, FICTION / Romance / Clean & Wholesome
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2019-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

“MY HEART FELL in my chest when I saw all those sheriff cars around the store.” Dede smiled across the table. “I should have known you’d have everything under control.”

Abby shrugged, a little uncomfortable with all the praise she’d been receiving, but still gratified her instincts had led her to catch a bad guy.

The only one who’d been quiet was Ethan, and Abby guessed she knew why. But she preferred to have the conversation with him in private. Right now they were in a small Mexican restaurant on the highway, Abby to eat the lunch she missed and the others to eat dinner. By the time the deputies had finished with Abby at the Butte Falls market, it was dark and dinnertime. Jon knew the deputies who had responded and stayed behind to get more information out of them.

Ethan, Dede, and Jon had come looking for Abby when she didn’t return to lunch. By the time they’d arrived at the store, three Jackson County sheriff’s deputies were on scene to deal with the man and the girls. Abby had called Dede, but the church build was noisy and busy and Dede didn’t hear the phone right away.

“I’m just glad I was in the right place at the right time,” Abby told everyone.

It turned out that the ponytailed man had a felony warrant in the system for assault and kidnapping. The three girls were all from California, runaways who’d encountered something they never expected: a guy who said he would help them find real jobs but instead forced them into prostitution. Once they saw their captor in handcuffs, they opened up about their ordeal, which had been going on for between six and eight months.

Before Abby had a chance to say anything to Ethan, Jon joined them at the table. They’d been waiting for him to arrive before ordering.

“I just finished talking to the deputy who stayed behind to tow the camper,” Jon shared. “Apparently the guy you tangled with planned on taking those girls to Portland.”

“Why’d he stop in Butte Falls?” Ethan frowned. “That’s out of the way if you’re going to Portland.”

“He said he needed some gas money. The deputies don’t believe that story and are working hard to get the truth. Will Bascom promised to stop by the build tomorrow and let us know what else they find out.”

“You know, Abby,” Dede said, “this part of the country might not seem as dangerous as where you work, but we do have our issues, and being a corridor for human trafficking is one of them.”

“Sadly true,” Jon said. “I was born and raised in Medford. I’ve done a lot of work in this area as well, and I’ve seen and heard things that sometimes make me wonder if the big bad city isn’t invading our peace and quiet.”

“Sin has no boundaries,” Dede said.

Abby nodded in agreement and noted how close Jon and Dede seemed. To Abby’s knowledge her aunt had not dated since her husband died, many years ago. She was happy if after all this time Dede had finally found a match.

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