Justice For A Ranger by Rita Herron

Author:Rita Herron [Herron, Rita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-12-12T23:00:00+00:00

COLE’S MOUTH tightened as he balled his hands into fists. Joey sensed he was at the end of his restraint, that he was about to chase down his father and punch him. She couldn’t say that she blamed him.

The man had made no personal acknowledgment of his third son, no apology, no I-love-you declarations.

Then again, she and Cole had been interrogating him on possible murder charges. And she supposed she had to admire the fact that he had some decency and hadn’t left his wife, especially since Stella seemed so fragile and needy.

“I need to get out of here,” Cole said.

She reached out to comfort him, but he shook his head. Pain radiated from his features, making her heart swell with unwanted emotions. She wanted to soothe him and ease the pain.

Instead she started toward the exit. “I guess we meet my father now.”

He gave her an understanding look, then his cell phone jangled. He answered it as they stepped into the heat and walked to the sedan.

“Sergeant McKinney speaking.”

She climbed in and fastened her seat belt while he spoke in a low voice. When he hung up, he started the car and the air conditioner, then shifted into gear and drove from the parking lot.

“That was Deputy Burns. He’s been reviewing Sarah Wallace’s phone records.”

“Did he find anything?”

“Just that Sarah called Jim McKinney before she died. Apparently Jim told him about the call, but he didn’t speak to Sarah. He was gone and Stella took the call.”

Joey tapped her nails on her thigh. “What if Stella thought Sarah wanted to pick up with Jim where her mother left off?”

“It’s possible.” Cole paused, twisting his mouth in thought. “Or Stella might have been worried that Sarah had the evidence to send either her or Jim to jail so she killed her.”

Joey hesitated to bring up the painful subject, but they couldn’t skirt it. “You’re not buying Jim’s story that Stella is too weak to commit murder?”

Cole shook his head. “I agree with you. Anyone is capable if they’re pushed far enough. And Stella…had her reasons,” he said tightly.

“Was there anything else?” Joey asked.

“They checked Donna’s and Rosa’s phone records as well. It seems Rosa was on the phone with her mother while Anna was strangled so that rules her out.”

Joey’s heart fluttered with shock. “You suspected Rosa of killing Sarah?”

He shrugged. “They’ve been looking into every conceivable angle, Joey. Apparently Donna has a bank account Sloan and Sheriff Matheson are investigating, so they examined all their phone records and are reviewing their financial statements.”

Joey thumbed her fingers through her hair, raking the mass away from her cheek with a frown. She’d have to ask her mother about that account.

And Rosa was close to Donna and had been dedicated to her over the years. But Rosa had loved Justin more than life itself. She would have never been involved in a plot that might endanger him. Not loving, sweet Rosa who’d made sure Joey’s clothes were clean and pressed for school, who’d made her enchiladas and baked chocolate fudge cookies for Justin.

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