Crash & Burn by Abigail Roux

Author:Abigail Roux
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Mystery, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781626492028
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Published: 2015-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

Laura Burns let Ty in with a watery smile and tight hug he wasn’t sure he deserved.

“Tyler, it’s so good to see you!” She ushered him into the house and gave him another hug. Ty had to look away from the oversized photo in the foyer of Richard Burns and his wife and dogs as she held on to him.

“How have you been?” he asked, forcing the words out through tightness in his throat that caught him off guard.

“Doing well, under the circumstances. To what do I owe the pleasure?”

Ty winced. “I wish this were just a social call, but I’m afraid I’m working a case.”

“In DC? I thought you’d retired.”

Ty smiled and glanced around, not willing to answer her. “Would you mind if I had a look at Uncle’s Dick’s study?”

She took a small step back, her brow furrowed. “Of course,” she said after a few tense seconds where Ty thought she might refuse. She turned and gestured for him to follow her through the home. “You know, I’ve been meaning to ask you and Deacon here so you could go through his things. Your father, too. There’s probably so much Richard had hidden away that he would have wanted you boys to have.”

“Hundreds of millions of things, I bet,” Ty muttered.

They walked past the dining room, and Ty stutter-stepped as he glanced in. The safe in the floor Nick had told him about was still a gaping hole near the bay window.

“Laura,” Ty blurted, and she turned to face him. Ty felt almost guilty for playing dumb, but it was much easier than the truth would be right now. “What happened to the floor in here?”

She came closer and looked in, sighing. “Richard had a secret safe in there. Someone broke in, trying to get to it.”

“Did they?”

“No. A few cops came by, but no one could get into it. I was hoping maybe your father would know what was in it, but I haven’t gotten around to calling him.”

“Could I try?” Ty asked.

“If you’ve got the time. It’s going to cost so much money to get into it, it’s not worth messing with. I’m going to have someone fix the floor over it before I sell the house.”

Ty moved closer to peer into the hole.

“What do you need?” Laura asked.

Ty shrugged, raising an eyebrow at the safe. “Maybe a glass of water,” he said as he rolled up his sleeves and sank to his knees next to the hole.

It took him longer than he would have liked to get into the safe, but he was still pleased with himself when he heard the telltale pop of the catch inside. Laura gave him a pat on the back when he lifted the lid, as if what he’d done was something any locksmith could have accomplished for ten bucks an hour instead of years of covert training.

Ty knew what he’d find in the safe, but he was still disappointed when he reached in and only pulled out a single book.

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