Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense July 2019, Box Set 1 of 2 by Lenora Worth

Author:Lenora Worth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Had her father, the criminal, just stood there after escaping prison and insisted that not only had he been framed by some dirty cops, over twenty years ago, they were now out to kill her? Was that the best he could come up with? Then another sound filled her ears, a low and steady thrum, like thunder filling a blue and cloudless sky. A Search and Rescue helicopter was coming.

“Come on,” she said. “You’re going to come with me and turn yourself in, and we’re going to get on that helicopter and get out of these woods.”

“You can’t!” His head shook. “You step foot on that helicopter, they’ll kill you. They’ll frame you for crimes after you’re gone and frame somebody you care about for your death.”

She had to go. Jacob was looking for her.

“Stop it!” she said. “Why did you really lure me to this cabin?”

“I didn’t!” Turner said. “I promise! A friend of mine, a guard who does me favors in exchange for things, passed me a letter from someone anonymous telling me The Elders were going to lure you here and kill you, unless I got here to stop it!”

“And where’s the letter now?” she asked.

“I destroyed it!”

“Of course you did.”

“It told me all about the prison van break,” he said. “When it would happen, where guns had been hidden in the van, what I should do, where to go once the van crashed and that I should pass the information on to Cutter and Driver so they’d be prepared. It even told me to bring a shiv and that I wouldn’t be searched. They told me how to find this cabin. They planned it all!”

“Who? The secret people who framed you? You’ve given me no proof they exist!”

“Grace! Answer me! Please!” Jacob’s voice called. She heard him coming through the trees toward them.

“Jacob! I’m here!”

All this foolishness ended now. Let Turner tell his ridiculous story to Jacob.

And keep her secret? Or expose it?

Either way, he’d never look at her the same again…

Her father turned as if to run. In an instant, she snapped the gun from her belt, held it aloft and trained it on him.

“Stop! Right there! Or I’ll shoot you.”

Her father turned back. His hands were half raised. “You won’t shoot me, kiddo. You’re too weak-hearted like your mother.”

“Are you sure about that?” Was she? She’d never aimed a gun at anyone before, let alone shot anyone before. “Tell me, did you kill that girl?”

“No!” His head shook. “I promise. I never laid a hand on any child, any woman, ever. I have my faults, but that’s not one of them.”

She believed him on that. But she didn’t know why, and she wasn’t about to trust her gut. The helicopter grew louder.

“Prove it!” she shouted over the sound of the rotors.

“I can’t!” he said.

“Prove you’re innocent. Prove to me that you were set up. Prove The Elders exist!”

“You just gotta believe me!”

How? Based on what? With what evidence? The helicopter kept roaring, mingled with the sound of Jacob calling her name.

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