A Cop in Her Stocking by Peterson Ann Voss

Author:Peterson, Ann Voss [Peterson, Ann Voss]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-10-03T05:00:00+00:00

MEGAN HADN’T STEPPED INSIDE Lake Hubbard’s city hall since she and Doug had picked up their marriage license. In retrospect, it was not the happiest of memories, yet it was much happier than she was today.

She had no idea if what she was about to do would make her chances of getting Connor back better or worse. She just knew they weren’t getting anywhere guessing which business was going to be targeted by the kidnapper. No matter what Ty said about checking information with the police and mob ties and whatever else, she felt like they were groping in the dark.

Time was running out. She had to try.

She did her best to push her doubts aside. Striding down the hall, she reached the mayor’s office, opened the door and stepped inside.

“Hello. Can I help you?” A woman with bejeweled reading glasses propped on her nose gave her a reserved smile.

“Ah, yes. I was hoping I could have a word with Evan, I mean Mayor Blankenship.”

The woman glanced down at her computer screen. “Well, he has a busy day, of course. I could set up something for you tomorrow.”

“I can’t wait until tomorrow. Can’t you squeeze me in somewhere? It’s kind of important.”

The smile dropped from the woman’s lips. She peered over her glasses, as if sizing up Megan and assessing her worthiness. “And your name is?”

Megan gave the woman her name.

“And your address?”

“He knows my address. Please. This is urgent.”

The woman tilted her chin downward and scrutinized Megan over the top of her glasses. “He knows your address?”

“We went to high school together. He just stopped over to my house yesterday. I assume he knows how he got there.” She felt like a fraud, building up this largely exaggerated connection between them. But being truthful and polite and self-deprecating wasn’t going to get her what she needed.

The woman’s smile was back. “I can check with Mayor Blankenship, if you’ll wait here. What shall I tell him this is about?”

Megan opened her mouth, but didn’t have any words to push out. What did she tell the woman? This is about my plot to steal security information? This is about saving my son’s life, but don’t tell the police?

“Megan!” Evan Blankenship’s voice boomed through the room.

She turned to see him standing in the doorway at the back of the reception area.

“Did you come to say hi?”

“Ah, yes.” She gave the woman a glance.

She was already back to peering through her fancy glasses at her computer screen, as if she had forgotten the problem of Megan Garvey had ever existed.

“Come on in. I have a Christmas tree lighting at the mall in about a half an hour, but since our people have done such a bang-up job plowing the streets, I should still have a few moments to catch up.” He gave her a wink and motioned her into the office.

Megan’s legs felt suddenly heavy, but she forced them to carry her inside.

“Please, take a seat.”

Evan’s office wasn’t large, but Megan had a

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