Harlequin Intrigue December 2019--Box Set 2 of 2 by Carol Ericson

Author:Carol Ericson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Logan stood so fast he staggered back off the step and into the snow. When he regained his balance, his skin was clammy, and he felt sick to his stomach.

“He said you were drunk.”

“If I was drinking, I don’t remember it. I do remember him bringing me a cup of hot coffee. He also brought me home. Mom told me that I was so drunk, Connor needed to help me upstairs.” She placed a hand over her mouth and stared at him with wide eyes.

Logan absorbed this stomach punch. “He was upstairs.”

She nodded frantically.

“Was he alone up there?”

“I don’t remember any of it.”

Logan headed into the living room and asked Mrs. Morris the question. Had his older brother been upstairs alone at any point?

“Yes. He asked me to go get her some water. I went downstairs to get the glass and fill it.”

“How long was he alone?”

“I went right to the kitchen, but then, there was mud all over the floor from where they’d come in. I mopped that up. Maybe ten minutes.”

Long enough to plant whatever was necessary in Paige’s bedroom, Logan realized.

His big brother was a village councilman, one of the few Realtors in the area, and his business had boomed when Rathburn-Bramley had built their manufacturing plant just down the hill, bringing new employees to the area who all needed housing.

Could it be possible that he had done this to Paige? Logan didn’t want to believe it. But the evidence pointed directly at his brother.

It was the hardest thing Logan had ever done, but instead of rushing over to confront Connor, he called Sheriff Trace.

“Logan. What’s up?” asked Trace.

He told him of Paige’s suspicions.

“She’s accusing your town councilman, who is your older brother, of drugging her?”

“She is. But I also witnessed her drinking a soda from one of the food trucks and having a glass of cider from a local orchard.” He prayed that anyone other than his brother had done this.

“Do you know of any reason Connor would do such a thing?” asked Trace.

“I don’t. I am just making you aware. My brother gave her a coffee. She drank it. Shortly afterwards she became confrontational, which is unlike her. Then she left our group and later that evening, Connor brought her home and carried her upstairs.”

“So he also had access to Paige’s room.”

“Yes.”

“Was he alone with her there?”

“According to her mother, yes again.”

“I agree with Paige. This does not look good for Connor. I will ask you not to mention this conversation to him or confront him. You have an obvious conflict of interest and, if Paige is correct, to do so could further endanger her.”

That possibility had not occurred to Logan.

“I don’t think I can pretend that I’m not suspicious.”

“I’m looking into this now. Give me until tomorrow. Then you can be there when I question him.”

“All right.” But he wondered if he’d be able to keep from accusing Connor until then. If he did this, Logan needed to know why. Why set up a woman he professed to care for? Was he tangled up with the people who had killed Dr.

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