Too Late by Liz Bradford

Author:Liz Bradford [Bradford, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-15T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Gabe paced by Buck’s desk. Poirot sat at attention next to the chair that Gabe had occasionally sat in over the last hour and a half. The poor dog refused any food or water. He wouldn’t even eat the half a donut Martinez offered him. And Gabe couldn’t blame the dog.

Where was Chloe? What had happened? And where was Josh? Had something happened to him too?

“Would you sit down already?” Buck spun toward Gabe. “Come on, even the dog knows that pacing around is just wasting energy.”

“Where’s my sister, Buck?”

“I don’t know, but your pacing around is breaking my ability to concentrate.”

“Gabe!” Aliza’s voice called from behind him.

He spun around and took his fiancée into his arms.

“We got here as soon as we could. But we closed our case, so we’re all yours.”

“We?”

She thumb-pointed over her shoulder. The rest of her FBI team stood there, ready to dive into action.

Dylan Harris, one of her teammates and his friend, came over and hugged him. “We’ll find Chloe.”

“Please.”

“What do we know so far?”

Gabe went through all the pieces he knew, from the note yesterday morning to Poirot finding him to Chloe’s SUV and no scent trail beyond the parking lot.

“Does Chloe have any enemies?”

“No. Realtors don’t tend to make enemies.”

“What about her competition? Any one exceptionally aggressive about getting listings?”

Gabe dropped into the chair. “I don’t know the answers to these questions. You guys know Chloe—well, as well as anyone can know her. She hardly talks about any of this stuff. Josh might know, but I can’t find him either. He’s not at home, a uniform knocked on the door. And his cell phone is turned off.”

“Last known location?”

Buck smacked his desk. “Why didn’t I think of that earlier? I was so focused on Chloe that I didn’t look to see where Josh’s phone pinged off a tower last. I’ll look.” He spun toward his computer and started searching.

Gabe ran his hand through his hair.

Aliza came over and knelt down half in front of him and half in front of Poirot. “Hey.” She cupped the side of Gabe’s head. “Have faith.” She scratched Poirot’s ear. “You too.”

The dog didn’t flinch. If he’d been human, you would have expected his bottom lip to start quivering.

Gabe swallowed. “I need to call my mom.”

“You haven’t done that yet?” Aliza’s words were the sweetest an accusation could sound.

He didn’t respond.

“I’ll call her—”

“Her heart.” His mom had an arrhythmia. He worried that a start like this might be a problem for her.

“How about I send Gio to go get her and your dad?” Gio Crespi was one of her team members who had a knack for helping people relax when their loved ones were in danger.

He nodded.

She stood and kissed his cheek before going to talk to Gio.

He rested his elbows on his knees. God, help Chloe. Please.

“Found it.” Buck tapped his shoulder. “Is his office building in this triangle?”

Gabe looked at the screen that showed the triangulation of cell towers where Josh’s phone had pinged. “Nope.

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