Lawman with a Cause by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-15T18:11:01+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Egan still had enough adrenaline left over from the attack, but hearing his brother’s words gave him a jolt of even more. Jordan must have felt the same thing because the color drained from her face, and she dropped down into the chair next to her.

“Who was killed?” Egan asked Court.

“I can’t tell yet. But it’s a woman, and she was obviously murdered. It’s pretty...messy.”

So, there’d been blood and lots of it.

“The victim is a woman, and it appears she was killed at point-blank range with gunshot wounds to the head—just like our other victim. The body was on the road not far before the turn into town,” Court added.

That was fairly close to where Lorena’s body had been dumped. That meant the escaped sniper could have tossed her out there after he’d fled from the ranch. Or maybe there was a third hired thug who’d done the job.

One thing was certain, Egan knew that Leeroy or Kirk hadn’t personally dumped the body because they’d been at the sheriff’s office not only during the attack but in the time following it. If either of them had left the building, Thea would have told him about it.

That left Christian. The cop certainly hadn’t been under Thea’s watchful eye so he could have been the actual sniper. As a cop, he certainly would have had the firearm skill to pull off an attack like that.

“Could the body be Irene Adair?” Jordan’s voice was so hoarse that Egan had to repeat the question to Court.

“Possibly. She’s the woman who got one of Shanna’s organs, right?”

“Yeah,” Egan verified. “I don’t have a picture of her, but her file is on my work computer. There’s contact info in there for her and her family.”

“I’ll check,” Court assured him. “I’m waiting with the body until the medical examiner, CSIs and a reserve deputy arrive. They were on their way out to you, but I think they need to process this scene first since it’s closed down the road.”

Egan agreed. It wasn’t pleasant having a dead guy on the ranch, but the body on the road might give them more clues about the attacks than a hired gun would. Of course, he wanted answers from both bodies and both scenes. Maybe, just maybe, he’d get them, too.

“Is Dad with you?” Egan asked.

“No. The hands are dropping him off now at Griff’s. They’ll head back here to wait with me once they’re done with that.”

Good. Even though Court didn’t seem to be the target of this sick piece of work who was behind these attacks, Egan didn’t want his brother out there alone where he could be an easy target. Besides, their attacker could use Court to try to get to Jordan and him.

“I’m thinking it’s not a good idea for you to have Jordan out on the road right now,” Court added.

Egan was thinking the same thing. The body could have been left there as a way to draw them out into the open. As the sheriff, he wanted to see the crime scene firsthand, but that would be way too risky.

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