Long, Tall Texans Collection, Volume 7: Long, Tall Texans: Matt ; The Texas Ranger ; Long, Tall Texans: Rey ; Long, Tall Texans: Curtis by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

No sooner were Brannon and Josette in the SUV than she turned to him excitedly, fumbling her seat belt in place.

“Silvia didn’t go back to school. So why was she at that coffee shop, and on campus?”

“I’d like to know the answer to that, too,” Brannon said.

“And what about those expensive mints on the coffee table?” she said, flashing the wrapper that she’d pocketed. “Mrs. Jennings said that her son’s girlfriend loved expensive mints, and that she knew about the evidence! Becky orders those mints and you said yourself that she would do anything to protect Bib Webb…!”

“Anything short of murder,” he retorted, meeting her eyes in the overhead light as he revved the engine. “And she’s not blond.”

“She could have worn a wig,” she persisted.

“Josie, can you really see Becky holding a lighted cigarette to an old woman’s arms?” he asked.

She hesitated. “It’s hard to imagine her doing something like that,” she had to admit. “But it’s obvious how she feels about Bib Webb. And how he feels about her,” she added. “People in love do irrational things.”

He sighed. “She’s loved him for years. She and Silvia have never gotten along. In fact, Silvia’s tried repeatedly to get her fired, but Bib won’t have it. That’s another source of friction between them. Silvia’s ambitious. Becky isn’t.”

“Becky wants children,” Josette murmured, remembering the pain and hunger in the other woman’s eyes when she’d looked at Bib.

“So does Bib. Silvia can’t have kids. She took a bad fall years ago. She said it made her barren.”

She pursed her lips. “Do you think it did?”

He chuckled. “I don’t think a gunshot would faze her. She’s hard as nails and manipulative. Whatever she wants, she gets.”

“Maybe Sylvia was at that coffee shop for a purpose. Does she cheat on Bib?” she asked.

He glanced her way as he pulled out of the Webbs’ driveway onto the highway. “I don’t know. Maybe.”

“They had a photo of Jake Marsh in the file at the D.A.’s office,” she murmured, thinking aloud. “He’s very attractive, dresses well, apparently has exquisite manners for a man on the wrong side of the law. And they say he’s beginning to get rich, from all the interests he invests in. What if,” she continued, “the absent Mrs. Webb has an affection her husband isn’t aware of?”

Brannon scowled. He’d never considered that angle seriously, because of Silvia’s love of her social status. “She values her position in life above everything else. Would she risk all she’s got for a fling with another man? Especially a man like Marsh?”

“Danger attracts some women like honey attracts flies.”

He gave her a wicked glance. “Does it? Let’s test that theory. How about a nice game of billiards?”

“Oh, no,” she groaned. “Not back to the underworld again!”

“You went there with Grier,” he pointed out. “Why can’t you go with me? I’m just as mean as he is, and I can coax people to talk to me, too.”

“I like you better than I like him,” she said absently.

“Why?”

Josette met his searching eyes.

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