Betrayed by Shelly Knox

Author:Shelly Knox
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781689951524
Published: 2019-10-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 38

The hot SUV baked Jaxson as he returned to the hotel. The black vehicle absorbed heat like a crematorium oven. He questioned whether he should stop for takeout as he passed a Chinese restaurant but decided not to stop. The heat had wiped him out. He continued down the busy street. He barely stopped in time as a red VW Bug slammed on the brakes in front of him, and then turned right. Thankfully, two blocks down, the hotel would provide refuge from the awful day he’d had.

The probe search by the dozen Texas Rangers, three FBI agents, and nine Plano police officers ended with five more skeletons found. These skeletons had been buried even longer than the two that were already in Dr. Kamille’s lab and due to scavenging, not all the bones for each body could be found. The remains were ferried to Dr. Kamille’s lab to be puzzled together into as whole a person’s skeleton as possible.

The discoveries had weighed on him and Jon. Now, at twenty hundred hours, he could focus on Piper instead of these poor women. Jon left an hour before he had. His partner’s wife was pregnant and ready to pop; plus, they had two kids under four. He didn’t know how Jon had any energy for work. When asked, Jon always said, “Are you kidding me? I’m resting while I’m at work. At least most of the job I get to sit on my ass and use my head. At home, I feel like a referee running the length of a football field.”

The driveway to the hotel rushed upon him and he pulled in front of the hotel. Trying his luck, he drove toward the closest parking places to the entrance. He found an empty space and pulled in.

After locking the vehicle, he headed into the lobby. Piper sat on a winged navy and white striped chair with her laptop open on the table in front of her and a file on her lap. Her eyes were closed and her head tilted back against the chair cushion. Jaxson gathered up her folders and slid them into her bag, then added her laptop. He slipped the two handles over his shoulder then stroked Piper’s hair to wake her.

Piper stirred and then opened her eyes at the pace of a sloth. Her gaze met Jaxson’s and a smile stretched across her face, showing two dimples on the right and one dimple on the left. Her eyes brightened as if starlight backlit her eyes, which appeared more sea-green tonight.

“You’re finally here.”

“Why are you in the lobby? You shouldn’t be sleeping here. Anyone could have stolen your purse, laptop, kidnapped you. Why aren’t you working up…” Jaxson let his voice trail because Piper made a poor job of hiding a laugh.

“I would be up in the room if we had remembered to get me a key or add my name to your reservation.”

“Oh, shit! Sunshine, I didn’t even think of it. Forgive me?”

“It’s no biggie. I sat here and worked.

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