Unbridled by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2018-04-17T15:23:25+00:00

NINE

“Your son?” Eduardo asked.

“Yes. My son. I just made the connection.” He shook his head. “No wonder the name sounded familiar. The woman was protective of my son until she had proof that I was his father.” He recalled her. Tall, dark, beautiful. “She was a knockout,” he added. “And Rado’s making her prostitute herself?”

“He pairs her with rich men who can afford all sorts of luxury gifts, which he then confiscates, along with whatever cash she gets,” the priest told him. “She hates it. She was a good girl. Innocent and sweet until one of her brothers mixed her up with Lobitos.” He shook his head. “I will never understand greed.”

“Nor will I,” John replied. “Well, now I have some answers and many more questions, and I can’t go near the Lopez woman without getting her or her brother killed, or both. And if I try to have you bring her here, after the Fuentes woman comes, Rado may find out and it could cause even more tragedies.”

“Hollister.”

“Excuse me?”

“Have Hollister send one of his officers to pull her in for prostitution, put the word out that one of her johns wants to press charges, hold her overnight. While she’s there, you’ll have a free hand to question her. If you’re worried, send a lawyer to do it instead and have him tape the session.”

“I like the way you think,” John said.

Eduardo smiled. “I do my best. Meanwhile, I’ll do what I can, without divulging anything I know.” He stood up. “I may not be in the profession anymore. But I know plenty of people who are, including a high-level security guy for Ritter Oil Corporation. He was a merc longer than I was. We’re still friends. He’s pretty good at interrogation.”

“Colby Lane?” John asked with an amused smile.

“Yes. You know him?”

“He was down in Jacobsville on the Dominguez case, when she was arrested and charged with drug dealing,” John recalled. “In the process, Colby Lane’s little girl was kidnapped, as insurance to keep the authorities away. Lane had them find him one of the drug runners and he questioned him about his daughter’s whereabouts. They say that afterward, he ran to the nearest officer and confessed to things he hadn’t even done to get him away from Lane.”

Father Eduardo grinned. “Yes. Colby has a unique method of asking questions. He worked for Eb Scott for a while, but he was forbidden to teach any sort of interrogation tactics to Eb’s recruits. Sad thing. Colby and his family were going to live in Jacobsville, but his wife couldn’t give up her DEA job. So they went back to Houston, where another of our friends is the top security guy for Ritter, Phillip Hunter. Sarina had a little boy and went right back into the field. Colby’s resigned to it now. He says he’d rather have her with her little quirks than go back to being a bachelor. Besides, he loves the family life.” He shook his head. “If you’d seen him in Africa.

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