Harlequin Heartwarming May 2019 Box Set by Cathy McDavid

Author:Cathy McDavid
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

VIOLET OVERSAW EVERY aspect of Diego Lopez/Miguel Garcia’s booking, interrogation and internment as was required by her duty as an officer of the law for the Indian Lake Police Department. The arraignment was set for nine the following morning.

She typed her report and participated in a closed-door meeting with Chief Williams, Trent Davis, Sal Paluzzi and Bob Paxton. Several times she was given kudos for her work.

Each time Chief Williams or Trent mentioned Josh’s name, she felt a stab to her heart. She’d made so many mistakes with Josh, she knew he’d have to be superhuman to forgive her.

“That about wraps it up, team,” Trent said. “I want everyone here early. We’ll go en masse to the arraignment. Judge Clement is presiding.”

Violet’s eyes widened as they rose from their chairs. She was the first out the door. She turned to Sal. “Isn’t Judge Clement the one whose…”

“Son overdosed two years ago. Yeah.”

“A hanging judge if ever I knew one,” Bob whispered. “See you in the morning.”

Sal reached for Violet’s arm and pulled her toward his desk as Trent waved to them. “Can I have a word with you?”

“Sure.”

“Are you going to see Josh before he goes?”

Violet’s mouth was instantly dry. “Goes?”

“Yeah. He said he was going back to Indy. I thought you knew.”

“No,” she replied lowly, feeling an immeasurable sadness grip her chest. He was leaving?

“I was hoping you’d tell him how grateful we all are…”

Violet tore away from Sal, grabbed her cell phone and keys from her desk. “I gotta go!”

Violet ran from the building, did not take her car from the lot but shot across the street and down the sidewalk. She ran up the drive to the back of Mrs. Beabots’s house. She unlocked the back door and took the stairs two at a time, unbuttoning her uniform shirt as she sailed up the steps.

She needed to come up with the apology of all time, and she had to do it as quickly as possible. She could only hope that Josh hadn’t left town already.

* * *

JOSH KNEW THERE was no arguing with women as Daisy and Katia glared at him with their hands on their hips.

“You can’t drive to Indy by yourself,” Katia said. “The doctor…”

“I hired a driver,” he said.

“Well, you can’t leave on an empty stomach,” Daisy said. “I made all your favorites.”

“I’m fine.”

“Honest to Pete, Josh,” Katia said. “You are so stubborn. And after the day you’ve had…”

“That’s right,” Daisy added. “Saving the world is one thing, but I know it takes energy. You’ve barely eaten a full meal since you broke up with Violet Hawks.”

“We didn’t break up.”

“Oh? What was it then?” Katia countered.

“Katia, in order to break up, you have to be a couple first. Apparently, I was a pawn in her bid for a promotion in her career.”

“Josh Stevens, that is not true,” Violet said, walking onto the terrace dressed in a gauzy pink and lemon floral blouse, white skirt and white sandals. She’d brushed out her hair and taken the time to put on makeup.

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