WANTED: A Bad Boy Crime Romance by Samantha Cade

Author:Samantha Cade [Cade, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

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Detective Simon comes to the apartment that evening with more photos of more documents. Amber sits hunched over the dining table, squinting to read the tiny print on each one. Her eyes are growing tired, and the pads of her fingers numb from swiping. There’s more evidence of Golding and Holderman’s underworld operations, including a case from two years ago involving the death of a Larsen Hotel worker in Bangladesh. The company was being sued for inhumane working conditions. It was a twelve year old boy that died of dehydration. He’d been working in the one hundred degree basement sorting laundry with no breaks.

“Come look at this, Jack,” Amber says.

Jack answers with silence. He’s staring out of the window at the darkened street below. Amber’s not sure if he didn’t hear her, or he doesn’t want to. Ever since their investigation has turned to Joel, something’s been eating at Jack. His moods are darker. He goes hours without saying a word. Amber turns back to the phone in her hand.

“That’s it,” Detective Simon says. “That’s the connection.”

“That’s nothing,” Jack says. The reflection of his icy cold eyes stares back at him in the window. “It’s all circumstantial. It’s no smoking gun.”

“It’s only a matter of time,” Detective Simon grumbles. “Don’t you think it’s plausible that your father grew a conscious, and was threatening to blow the whistle? A child died. The family received no compensation, not even for funeral costs.”

“My father, a conscious?” Jack says. “The moral center was bred out of my family line generations ago. Any conscious we have is dead.”

“What we do know, Jack, is that Golding and Holderman are capable of horrible things, of hurting people.” Amber keeps her voice even.

Jack snarls. “Do you think that’s so rare? Anyone with any power has done horrible things.”

Amber lays the phone gently on the table, then walks over to Jack. He takes a sharp breath in when she touches his back. He leans his forehead against the window pane, closing his eyes.

“It’s just difficult to imagine that Joel-“ he starts. His is voice low. He’s speaking only to her.

“Maybe Joel was looking out for you. That’s why he told you to run. Maybe they were going to kill you too.”

“Maybe they still are.”

Amber realizes instantly that Jack’s right. If someone was out to get him then, they would still be out to get him now. They could both be in danger. Amber steps closer to Jack, the heat coming off of him comforting her. Jack clutches her waist, staring at her with hungry eyes. Detective Simon is standing awkwardly in the kitchen. Jack turns his attention to him.

“You can leave now,” Jack says. “And come back when you actually have something.”

Detective Simon knows not to hesitate. He fumbles to grab his phone, then makes his way out of the door without a goodbye. The door slams, echoing heavily in the still air. Jack traps Amber in his gaze.

“I want to talk to Joel,” Jack says. “See what he has to say.

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