Facing the Enemy by DiAnn Mills

Author:DiAnn Mills [Mills, DiAnn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Suspense, Fiction / Romance / Suspense
ISBN: 9781496451972
Published: 2023-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

31

My phone alarm sounded much too early in my opinion, but I didn’t have a say over the sunrise. Three hours’ sleep, and already my head ached. I’d become a wimp. The surveillance team watching Carson assured me he’d stayed put. After I picked up Carson, who’d followed my morning instructions to the letter, I drove through Starbucks for coffee and hoped it cleared my mind and his.

“Nervous?” I said to him while we waited for our coffee.

“Kinda. Well . . . yes, a lot.”

“You look more rested than last night.”

“I slept hard,” he said. “Makes me feel a little guilty with all the junk going on. Did you find out who drove the pickup yesterday? I was hoping it might have been the guy I’d seen with Dad.”

“Not yet. He doesn’t have the build of any bad guy on my radar. Did you recognize him?”

“No. Miss Jacobs got real upset when I didn’t stay down in the seat. Afterward, she wouldn’t let me get near him . . . with half his head gone.”

Risa had sheltered Carson, even if he’d killed her brother. “She can be insistent.”

“Are you in love with her?”

What? First Jack and now this kid? “We’re good friends. Worked together for five years.”

“You don’t stare at her like she’s your coworker.”

That didn’t deserve a comment.

“I get it,” Carson said. “She doesn’t know, and you haven’t the guts to tell her.”

He had it wrong. “Really? You’re talking through your rear. Enough.”

Carson snickered. “How long will I be at the FBI office?”

“As long as it takes to give your statement, answer questions, and whatever else I add to the list. The man who picked up your stepdad, what did he wear?”

“I think jeans. Nothing stood out. Am I under arrest?”

The anxiety of a kid who had a lot to lose with his testimony. “If there’s evidence to charge you, yes. Your stepdad may have an alibi for your claims.”

“He’ll be there?”

“Like you, he’s a person of interest.”

Carson breathed in deeply. “The ‘innocent until proven guilty’ thing.” He faced his day of reckoning.

At the office, I escorted Carson to an interview room with ASAC Kendall of our division, who’d been briefed on the investigation. He was about to retire after serving thirty years. Gray hair cut in a buzz from his military days. Just divorced his fourth wife. All business. Any humor was only if he initiated it. After introductions, Carson retold his story, and I found no inconsistencies.

“We’re processing your request for your mother and brother’s safety,” the ASAC said. “Am I to understand you’d like to join them?”

“I guess so. When will you talk to my stepdad?”

The ASAC didn’t miss a beat. “In about thirty minutes.”

“I’d like to watch it.”

ASAC Kendall squinted. “Why?”

“From what I said, doesn’t it make sense?”

“Impossible.”

“But—”

“Impossible. Think about it. Do you want your stepfather privy to our discussion?”

“No, sir. Will what I say and what he says be released later?”

Turn it off, Carson. The ASAC isn’t as congenial as I am. I shot the kid a glare.

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