Expired Plot: Last Chance County, #6 by Lisa Phillips

Author:Lisa Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798885520508
Publisher: Two Dogs Publishing, LLC.

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Conroy reached for the cell phone. “I’ll get this...”

Will stepped back. An involuntary action, but Conroy caught the meaning nonetheless.

“That’s evidence, Briar.”

“It’s also my case.”

The police chief frowned. “You’re gonna fight me on this? My office has the tech to get everything from this device, and your way will take longer.”

Sure, that sounded logical. Until you threw in the very personal angle of the note in that box they’d found stuffed in Sharleen’s closet. The one that was clearly addressed to the police chief’s future father-in-law.

“Why are you hesitating on this?”

Will needed an answer, fast. “I’m just thinking everything through. She left the phone for a reason. Or she forgot it.” He shrugged. “Likely, if there was anything useful on here, then she would’ve made sure to take it with her.”

Hollis looked like she wanted to either be sick, or pass out. Neither was a good prospect. He needed to get her out of here so she could sit. Which meant he should wrap this up with Conroy quickly.

“I guess we’ll find out.”

Will said, “I guess so.”

Just like Conroy was going to find out his fiancé’s father was mixed up in the middle of this. Time would tell what the police chief, and his department, did with that information. In the meantime, however, Will was interested enough to go to the source and find out for himself.

Will handed over the phone.

Out the corner of his eye, he saw Hollis glance at him but didn’t respond to it. Conroy shouldn’t know there was something they were keeping from him. That wasn’t necessary. It would skew the results of this experiment.

No, it wasn’t honorable to play the police chief just to test whether he was on the level. But Will didn’t know of any other way to see what a man would do when pushed far enough. If he’d hide the truth, or if he would put his feelings aside and do what was right.

The way Will hadn’t done.

“I’m going to drive Hollis.” He didn’t want to lie, so he neglected to mention where they were headed.

Conroy turned to her. “Are you doing okay? Do you need to get checked out at the hospital?”

She shook her head, but Will could see pain in the lines around her eyes. “I’m good going with Will.”

He said, “If anything happens, I’ll make sure she gets help.”

Conroy clearly wanted to say something. Will lifted his chin, but inside he was just exhausted. Conroy was really going to keep making him prove himself? Even after everything that had happened, and all the ways Will had pitched in around town?

He knew it was futile to expect that one day he would be free of the constant battle to show everyone he was good, and capable. That he could get the job done. This was a fight that would last for the rest of his life.

Still, he could imagine. It would feel like a level of freedom he’d never experienced, not even once.

The kind of feeling he got when Hollis leaned in, and he could wrap his arms around her.

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