Wyatt: Return of the Cowboy by Cathy McDavid

Author:Cathy McDavid [McDavid, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, General, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781426835902
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-06-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Wyatt grabbed his ringing cell phone, sliding into the motor home’s bench seat as he answered it.

“Hi, it’s Dinah. Did I catch you at a bad time?”

“Not at all.” He edged the curtain aside. Indistinguishable shadows passed in front of Paige’s kitchen window, signs that someone or perhaps two someones were up and about inside the house. “Just having my second cup of coffee.”

“I had an opportunity to pull up the records on the accident.”

“Wow, that was quick.” He straightened, his cell phone cradled in the crook of his neck.

“I received a call about four-thirty this morning. One of my deputies needed backup. The burglary in progress turned out to be a pair of hungry raccoons. Since I had to come back to the station anyway, I requisitioned the file.”

“Find anything?”

“I did, actually.”

Wyatt let the curtain drop. “Tell me.”

“Yours, Jay’s and Paige’s statements were all identical. Mine, too, up until I got in the car and passed out. We went to the party at Thunder Creek, drank some beer, then left with you driving and me asleep in the backseat. You lost control of the vehicle, swerved off the road and into a tree.”

He stifled a pang of disappointment. “Not much help.”

“Actually, it is. Old Sheriff Locke made some notes in the file. He found discrepancies between our statements and what was discovered at the accident site.”

“Such as?”

“Such as you passing your field sobriety test even though you claimed to be drinking. Such as Jay appearing considerably more inebriated than you. Such as his knee injury being consistent with an impact to the steering wheel column. The sheriff ended his report by saying he believed there was more to the story and that, for whatever reason, the principals were lying. He intended to continue the investigation.”

“Except he didn’t.”

“No. He had a heart attack two days later and was forced to retire. The case was closed by his replacement soon after due to lack of resources.”

Wyatt slid his mug of coffee around on the tabletop. “Any chance I can get a copy of the report?”

“You can make a request. It’ll take a while, though. Possibly weeks.”

The pang returned. “Let me think on it.”

“In the meantime, I’ll be happy to back you if you need it.”

“Thanks.” With Dinah willing to substantiate his story—Wyatt wouldn’t involve Paige and potentially risk her job—he felt ready to confront his father.

No, not confront. Talk to. He’d come home to reconcile with his family, not further alienate them.

“I have to go, Wyatt,” Dinah explained in a rush. “Another call just came in.”

While digging in his duffel bag for fresh clothes, he heard the rumble of a garage door opening and a car engine roaring to life. He assumed Paige was either heading to work or dropping Seth off at school.

She hadn’t mentioned her plans for the day. They spoke little yesterday after their kiss—a kiss Wyatt wasn’t likely to forget. A kiss he’d contemplated all during lunch with his mother and at the Western wear and tack store where he’d stopped in for a visit with his old friend Austin Wright.

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