Her Stolen Past by Eason Lynette

Author:Eason, Lynette [Eason, Lynette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dpgroup.org, Fluffer Nutter
ISBN: 9781460337523
Amazon: B00IWUBNVK
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense
Published: 2014-08-11T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

Brandon’s phone rang. Hector’s number winked up at him. “Hello?”

“Are you all right? Heard you got nicked.”

“I’m fine. And yes, thankfully, a nick is all it was.”

“Your lady friend all right?”

Brandon glanced at Sonya, who appeared deep in conversation with Don Bradley. Her father. “She’s hanging in there.”

“You like her, don’t you?”

Brandon snorted. “Do I like her? Are we back in high school now?”

“Fess up, partner.”

Brandon turned serious. “Yes. I like her.”

His simple statement seemed to throw Hector for a loop. Silence echoed back at him. Then Hector cleared his throat. “Well. Good. I...uh... Well, that’s nice, Brandon. I’m happy for you.”

Brandon smiled. He’d finally said something to make his partner go speechless. That was one for the books. “Keep me updated.”

“Yeah. Yeah. And you learn how to duck a little faster, huh?”

“I’ll see what I can do.”

Brandon hung up and grimaced. His shoulder throbbed. Thankfully, it was the same side he’d taken a bullet in about a year ago. At least he still had one good arm. And this bullet hadn’t even penetrated, just skimmed the surface. Still stung, though.

He walked over to Sonya. “Are you ready to go?”

“I guess so. The question is—are you?”

“I’m ready.” He looked at Don. “I’m sorry for all the chaos looking into Heather’s disappearance is causing. I hope this doesn’t come back on you. What’s your home security system like?”

The man shook his head. “My security system is state-of-the-art. After we adopted Grayson, Ann insisted. And I’m simply stunned with everything that’s happened. It just doesn’t make sense.”

“It makes sense to whoever is trying to stop us.” Brandon pulled the keys from his pocket. “I’m going to take Sonya home and get a little rest myself. We’ll regroup and figure out a plan where to go from here.”

“I want to talk to the nanny,” Sonya said.

“I’ve got Hector tracking her down. As soon as we have an address, we’ll pay her a visit.”

Don stepped forward and took Sonya’s hand. “I want to get to know you.”

Brandon saw Sonya swallow hard. “I want that, too,” she said, “but I don’t think someone else is too excited about the idea.”

“I don’t care. We’ll fight back together.”

“No. I don’t want to put you in danger. After this is over, we’ll talk, okay?”

He looked at Brandon. “I want to help.”

Brandon frowned. “I understand that, sir, but I don’t really know what you can do at this point.”

“What if Sonya comes to stay with us? My wife and I would love to have her. And I just told you we have a state-of-the-art security system.”

“Oh, I don’t know about that,” Sonya said. “I’d have to think about it.” She bit her lip and backed up a fraction.

Brandon wondered what was going through her mind. Sheer panic blossomed and she shot him a desperate look. He stepped over and put his arm around her. “We’ll talk about it,” he said. “It’s actually not a bad idea, but give us some time to discuss it.”

“Of course.” The man shoved his hands into his pockets.

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