Withholding Evidence by Grant Rachel

Author:Grant, Rachel [Grant, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, political, Navy SEAL, military historian, Military, Evidence Series, History
Publisher: Janus Publishing
Published: 2014-02-26T07:00:00+00:00

CURT DOMINICK HAD a reputation for being driven, ruthless in the courtroom, and cold in general. Rav had also told Keith that the man had studied karate with the same dedication he’d studied law, and after thirty years was a seventh-degree black belt who kicked Rav’s ass during sparring about half the time. Given that Rav was a former Army Ranger who owned a private security company and military training ground that required him to remain in fighting shape, that was saying something.

Dominick hugged Trina and pressed a kiss to her cheek, then he shook hands with Keith, and sized him up. “Mara made me promise I wouldn’t go Neanderthal and throw a fit about her playing decoy for you.”

Trina flashed a sheepish grin. “Tell Mara I said thanks.”

Dominick offered her a hint of a smile. “I don’t know why I believed she wanted to go clothes shopping. Usually I can read her better than that.”

She chuckled. “Yeah, I felt foolish for missing that clue too.”

He circled back to his desk and dropped into a stately leather chair. Trina sat in a guest chair opposite. Keith was too wound up to sit, and stood just behind and to the side of her, a sentry, ready to protect and defend.

“Right before you arrived, I received an update,” Dominick said. “Walt Fryer is in the hospital.”

Trina gasped. “Why—?”

“Myocardial infarction. He collapsed on the Metro on the way to work today. He never made it into the office.”

“How is he?” she asked.

“His prognosis is good. Apparently, this wasn’t his first heart attack.”

She sighed. “Suddenly, the idea of reaming him out for blindsiding me with Lieutenant Ruby makes me feel guilty.”

Dominick lifted a stack of papers from his desk. “Mara found Ruby’s file in Walt’s cubicle and faxed his service record to me. It appears Ruby was caught up in the Tailhook scandal in 1991.”

Keith bristled. “Walt sent a woman to interview an aviator who had a history of sexual harassment and misconduct?”

“So it appears. After he was discharged, he claimed it was because he was a whistleblower, and he was fired in retaliation. He produced some documents related to a botched flight mission that had been classified. He faced charges for revealing government secrets and spent most of the nineties embroiled in legal disputes with the US government. By all accounts, he’s devolved into an antigovernment conspiracy theorist.”

Unease trickled down Keith’s spine. Could Ruby have moved in the same circles as his father? Keith had told Dominick everything—the background check would reveal his dad’s activism easily enough, so he’d been upfront—and given their estrangement, it shouldn’t be an issue. If Keith discovered any link between his father and Ruby, he’d do a hell of a lot more than block his e-mail address once and for all.

Dominick fixed Trina with a neutral gaze. “I’d like to hear the recording of your meeting with Ruby.”

She pulled out a digital recorder from her purse and hit Play. Keith clenched his hands into tight fists as he listened.

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