What She Knew by Barb Han

Author:Barb Han
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2020-03-07T17:17:54+00:00

THE SEDAN AND the pickup truck were gone for now. That most likely meant the drivers were on a scouting mission. Experience had taught Rylan that the men would return, ready to strike next time. They’d be better prepared. That was the only explanation for why they didn’t shoot. Which led him to the conclusion that someone wanted Brooklyn.

They’d have to kill him to get to her. And based on the protective look on Amber’s face as he walked beside her into her cousin’s office, the same went for her.

Rylan had had bad days in his life. Hell, most of them could be considered bad once his mother passed away. There was something about that little girl in Amber’s arms that gave him a sense of hope. He chalked it up to the innocence children brought, the new perspective on life. Brooklyn was a good baby, which most likely meant she’d been well cared for up to this point. Her whole life was ahead of her.

A thought struck Rylan as he held the door open for Amber. What if her mother never turned up? Or, worse, what if she turned out to be the victim? What if the thing she’d gotten herself into caused her to lose her life? Other thoughts joined. What if she was sick? What if giving Brooklyn to him was a last-ditch effort to give the baby a chance at life?

All those thoughts amounted to a hill of beans when it came to thinking about anything happening to that little girl. Was there a court in the world that would take her away from him? He hoped the hell not. Because he was all-in when it came to Brooklyn from now on. It was a foreign feeling to him. He hadn’t felt like he belonged to something bigger than himself in too long.

Shoving those thoughts aside, he entered Zach’s office.

“We’re going down the hall.” Zach pushed off his desk, stood and focused on Amber. “There were no hits on the vehicles you described.”

“They’ll be back,” Rylan stated.

“We’ll be ready.” Zach’s resolve almost had Rylan believing the man could handle whatever entered his county. But Rylan didn’t have time for false hope. This was bigger than Zach and his deputies. Besides, they had a murder to investigate. “But first, follow me.”

Rylan put his hand on the small of Amber’s back and ignored the heat pulsing through his fingertips from the contact. This wasn’t the time to notice the attraction sizzling between them or think about the kiss they’d shared. Or the fact that he’d never experienced a pull this strong to any other woman.

He forced the thoughts to the back of his mind and refocused on the man who started all this. The blond.

The small room down the hallway from Zach’s office had low lighting, no doubt because of the one-way mirror. The room itself wasn’t much bigger than a walk-in closet. The space on the other side of the mirror doubled in size. There was a table and two chairs placed opposite each other.

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