Witness Protection Unraveled (Protected Identities Book 3) by Maggie K. Black

Author:Maggie K. Black [Black, Maggie K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Clean & Wholesome, Law Enforcement, Female Detective, Romantic Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Mystery & Intrigue, Violence & Crime Story, Protection & Safety, Action & Adventure, Love Inspired, Forever Love, Bachelor Guardian & Protector, Single Woman, Hearts Desire, Blessings, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Suspenseful Fiction, Protected Identities Series, Witness Protection, Family & Domestic Life-Two Young Children-Orphaned
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense; Original edition
Published: 2020-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Moments later Jess stood with Travis, Cleo and the police chief in the alley between the stores while Seth watched the kids a discrete distance away.

“Braden has been trying to get me to talk to him,” Cleo said. “He contacted me on all my social media sites, texted me and keeps calling and calling me until I give up and answer.”

“What does he want?” Travis asked gently.

Jess noticed the chief’s back stiffen slightly. She found herself checking the police chief’s wrists for injury but couldn’t see them under the uniform.

“Sometimes he tells me he’s not a bad guy,” Cleo said. “He gets really angry at everyone he thinks wronged him and says that he’s going to make them pay. He mentioned Patricia especially, because he’s still mad she pulled a gun on him that one time and told him to leave me alone.”

Jess met Travis’s eyes and watched as his brows rose.

“He misses me and wants me back,” Cleo added. “He’s says going to come into some money soon. He also said he’d do something really bad if I didn’t take him back.”

“Like what?” Travis asked.

This time Peters sent Travis a warning glance. And Jess fought the urge to remind Travis it was no longer his job to question witnesses.

“It’s okay, Cleo,” the police chief said gently before Cleo could answer Travis. “We can talk about this down at the station and I’ll get you a Victims Services counselor to talk to if you want. You can file a report against Braden, we’ll put out a warrant for his arrest and we can get a protective order against him.”

Otherwise known as a restraining order. While definitely an important tool in protecting people against harassment, somehow Jess doubted this situation was as simple as an old boyfriend stalking an ex. She took a deep breath. The Shiny Man had explicitly told Jess not to go to police. But isn’t that what a normal and scared non-cop civilian would do if she discovered another woman was being stalked by the same man who’d frightened her?

“Tell him about the man in the mask we saw on the fire escape last night,” Jess blurted.

Chief Peters’s eyes spun toward her just like she knew they would. “What man?”

“I saw a man in a construction worker’s outfit and mask watching me,” Cleo said. “Just standing outside between the bakery and bookstore, like he was stalking me. It had to be Braden. He said he’d been watching me.”

“We both saw him on the bookstore fire escape last night,” Jess interjected quickly. “He had this really scary mask on that made him look like a bug-man.”

“It’s a ventilation mask they use in building to protect against fumes,” Cleo explained. “Braden used to work construction.”

“He startled me when I was walking in the woods last night outside Patricia’s home, too, and demanded to know who I was,” Jess said. “Guess he figured I was a friend of hers. He ran off when he heard Travis coming. He told me not to tell police.

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