Trail of Danger by Valerie Hansen

Author:Valerie Hansen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-05-31T12:39:55+00:00

TWELVE

Abigail clicked off her seat belt and yanked the handle of the door before Reed had come to a complete stop. He checked in with the officers on scene while Abigail scanned the milling throng. Rides and concession stands were still open and the place was packed with New Yorkers and tourists eager to get in a last hurrah before the season ended.

Kiera ran forward waving a blue satin windbreaker. “I have Dom’s jacket,” the teen told Abigail. “He never leaves it. Never. His mom gave it to him right before...before she left.”

“All right. That’s good.” Abigail gestured toward the approaching K-9 officer. “Kiera, this is Officer Branson and his bloodhound, Jessie. She’s a tracker. Give the jacket to him and let him get to work.”

The girl complied, eyeing Reed and Abigail suspiciously. “If you say so but I’m going too. We all are.”

Hearing her own demand echoing back at her and realizing how off base she, too, had been, Abigail stopped. “We will. But in order for Jessie to work we all have to hang behind. Otherwise we can confuse her. Okay?” She slipped an arm around Kiera’s shoulders to lightly restrain her. “The best way to find Dom is to follow the rules, even if we don’t like them.” A sidelong glance at Reed showed her his raised eyebrows. If the situation had not been so serious she might have smiled at the irony.

“I’ll stay behind with these guys,” Abigail told him, seeing his satisfaction with her choice.

He stepped forward, jacket in hand, and addressed the crowd. “Who was the last one to see Dominic?”

A dozen hands shot up.

Reed rephrased, eyeing a nearby patrolman. “You talked to that officer, right? Did he work out a timeline?”

Kiera pressed forward. “Yeah. It was me. Dom was supposed to meet us at our special place.” She blushed. “We like to sit on a fave bench, eat hot dogs and watch the sunset.”

“It’s not dark yet. What makes you so sure something bad has happened to him?” Reed asked.

Abigail noted the way he was scanning the youthful faces and did the same. A couple of the boys were looking away as if they were hiding something, so she left Kiera and worked her way to them.

Keeping her body language relaxed, she slipped an arm around the slim shoulders of each boy and leaned in closer. “Okay, guys. Give. What do you know about all this?”

The taller of the two twisted away and ducked into the crowd of curious onlookers. The younger child was trapped, quivering. She kept a tight hold. “This police officer is my friend,” she said. “He just wants to help us. Tell me whatever you know about Dom.”

“He—he said he was gonna score. Be rich.”

Abigail’s thoughts immediately went to crime. “Drugs?”

“No! He’d never do that.”

“Then what? What was he up to?”

“I don’t know. Honest.”

“Did you actually see him taken?” Reed asked.

The teen shook his head.

“Okay,” Abigail announced. “Everybody listen up. Kiera is going to show Officer Branson where she saw Dominic last and then we’ll back off so his dog can sniff and follow the scent.

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