When I Find You: A Trust No One Novel by Brown Dixie Lee

Author:Brown, Dixie Lee [Brown, Dixie Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-07-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

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“WHO WAS HE?”

Walker entered the kitchen after he checked the study to make sure the body had been dealt with. Cooper sat at the table. Walker didn’t ask the deputy what he’d done with the body—Cooper no doubt had resources for events like this. It was gone from the study and that was all he cared about at the moment. Walker would get to break the news to Joe about the stain on the carpet. He searched the cupboards until he found a bottle of Scotch, poured a drink for Cooper, and helped himself to one before he sat down across from the deputy. Cooper tossed the dead man’s identification on the table.

“His name was Mark Evans . . . U.S. Marshal Evans.” Cooper delivered the title with a scornful sneer.

Walker glanced at him and gave a low whistle. “Shooting one of your own? This won’t do a lot for your next performance review.”

“Relax. Evans was under investigation, suspected of being on Frank DeLuca’s payroll. He showed up in Gold Beach this morning, out of the blue, asking questions about Darcy. I got suspicious and called the director, who said Evans was supposed to be riding a desk. So I tailed him, and it’s a good thing too.”

“You didn’t think it might be a good idea to let me know what was going on?”

“I called you as soon as I had anything concrete. It’s not my fault you were sleeping on the job. Besides, you haven’t done me very many favors since you showed up.” Cooper threw back the last of his whiskey and set the glass on the table a little harder than necessary. His eyes never left Walker’s.

Walker had sworn to control his temper, but the bastard wasn’t making it easy. He took a big swallow of Scotch and let it burn away the angry words on his tongue. It would accomplish nothing to alienate this man again. The deputy had called, even though it was almost too late, and arrived like the cavalry, prepared to save the day. Even though Walker would have preferred Evans alive to question, Cooper had done what any law enforcement officer who thought his life was in jeopardy would have done. Still, there was just something about the man that rubbed Walker the wrong way.

“Johnny Fontana is still alive.” He slipped the words out quietly and watched as Cooper’s surprised reaction took just a second too long to appear. “But you knew that, didn’t you?”

Cooper feigned innocence for two seconds before he shrugged and a smirk appeared. “Oh, what the hell. Okay, Walker, you got me. Johnny is alive and well. In a few months, he’ll testify that DeLuca murdered a federal judge and then he’ll disappear into the witness protection program. I guess he suffered an attack of conscience when he found out Darcy was a target. That’s when I was called to bring her in, but, thanks to you, she refused my protection. Johnny isn’t very happy and neither is the Marshals Service.

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