Tough Enough (Tough Love Book 3) by Trixie More

Author:Trixie More [More, Trixie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Between The Covers, LLC
Published: 2020-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

“You did what?” Jacob was apoplectic, and it caught Sophia off guard.

“I told Lloyd’s lawyer that there’s evidence that George was killed while Lloyd was in jail.” She held up her palms. “What was I supposed to do? Let him sit in jail for something I know he didn’t do?”

“That’s just it. You don’t know anything. You don’t know if Lloyd killed Connelly or not. All you know is that George stopped texting his wife while Lloyd was inside. That’s it!” Jacob pushed his hands through his hair.

She’d never seen him this rattled.

“So what? Why does that bother you? This isn’t your case. It’s not even in our district. It’s a Bronx thing.”

“Why does it bother me?” He squinted at her. “Why does it bother me?”

The thought that Jacob was buying time went through Sophia’s mind, but that couldn’t be. Why wouldn’t Jacob want her to know why it mattered so much?

Jacob’s face cleared just a bit. “It bothers me because your actions reflect on our department and on me.” His eyes opened wider. “Can you understand that?”

Sophia nodded. She knew that giving the information to the “other side” wasn’t going to make her popular, but she also knew that if she didn’t, it could be a long time before the prosecutors had to turn it over to Lloyd’s lawyer.

“I understand.” She waited to see if there would be any push back from Jacob, but he seemed willing to let it go.

“Okay, all right. I’ll be back around one. Lunch today?”

Sophia nodded, slightly dumbfounded by the quick change. “Sure. Thai food?”

Jacob smiled. “Sounds good.”

Sophia watched as Jacob left and then turned back to her work, but her mind kept drifting to George. How long had he been dead? Could the autopsy tell if they knew that the time frame might be seventeen months ago? The body had been in lousy shape but not seventeen months bad shape. Had it been frozen? The thought of George Connelly’s body being frozen after being murdered didn’t sit well with her, and she returned to the work she was supposed to be thinking about. However, only a few minutes later, she was back to wondering about George again. From there it was a short jump to thinking about Doug Lloyd. He was a vicious opportunist and worse. If she believed the things that Allison told her, it was certain that he’d forced himself on another man. What kind of person could do such a thing? Rape another man? Sophia’s stomach clenched. What had she done? She’d been seen kissing this man by her whole family. Why had she gone out of her way to get Lloyd out of prison? Didn’t he belong there? Why did it matter to her what the charge was?

Around her, the buzz of the office continued. Inside, her gut roiled. She had let a rapist, kidnapper, and possibly a murderer get out of jail. What the hell was wrong with her?

In her mind, she saw him in court, leaning forward, watching the case.

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