Her Stolen Son by Rita Herron

Author:Rita Herron [Herron, Rita]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-12-12T23:00:00+00:00

SERENA STARED at her cell phone and the landline, willing them to ring. Willing the kidnapper to call back and ask for money, to promise that he’d return her son to her alive.

Poor Petey… He’d sounded terrified.

Would the kidnapper punish him for calling home?

Various scenes from TV shows of abducted and exploited children taunted her along with her own painful memories of the streets, and she broke out in a cold sweat.

She’d been older when she’d run away from the last abusive foster home, but she’d still ended up in trouble. She hated to think what her little boy might be enduring now.

A car engine puttered, and she checked the window. Colt whipped his Range Rover into the drive and jogged to the front door. Grateful not to be alone anymore, she threw open the door.

Storm clouds gathered on the horizon, a stiff wind scattering leaves and bending tree limbs. The breeze also caught the strands of Colt’s black hair and made them stand on end. He kicked dirt from his boots onto the doormat and stepped inside.

“Did he call back?” Colt asked.

Serena shook her head. “No. I’m afraid of what that means, Colt.”

He cut his eyes away, and she realized that he shared her fears. Then the steel was back in his expression, his angular jaw taut.

“Focus on the positive. We know he’s alive.” He removed a small leather ledger from inside his jacket. “I might have a lead on the con Rice was working on. I need to take this to Ben at the office ASAP.”

“What is it?” Serena asked.

“A ledger with dates and GPS coordinates in it, and some other information, but it’s in a code. Hogan Rouse, the hit man who shot your husband, said that Parker wasn’t killed over drugs, that something bigger was going down. That if we figured that out, we’d find Petey.”

Serena’s pulse clamored. “Did he tell you what Parker was investigating?”

Colt shook his head. “Said he didn’t know. But this ledger might be the key.”

“Then take it to GAI now.” Serena remembered the date book she’d found in Parker’s things and hurried to retrieve it. “Look at this, Colt. It was in Parker’s things. There are dates and places of meetings he set up. The initials D.M. are in here repeatedly.”

“Do you know who D.M. is?”

“No. But I told you about that phone call from the woman, Dasha. If you look closely at the meeting places, they’re bars and hotels. My guess is D.M., Dasha, was Parker’s lover and these were their rendezvous times and places.”

“Maybe, maybe not,” Colt said. “But she might have information about Parker’s investigation. What about his partner? He might know about both.”

Serena frowned. “Geoff Harbison?”

Colt nodded. “Detectives share things with partners they can’t share with families. Maybe he can help us.”

Serena nodded. Although she hadn’t seen Geoff since Parker’s funeral. “It’s worth a try.” She shoved the date book in his hands. “Show it to him. I have to know the truth.”

“I want you to go with me,” Colt said.

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