Love Inspired Suspense May 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2: Trail of Evidence\Gone Missing\Lethal Exposure by Lynette Eason

Author:Lynette Eason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

Clay sat on the O’Neills’ back lawn with everyone minus Detective Carter, who was coordinating with the police officers and firemen who had responded to his calls.

“We’re lucky it’s fire season,” Liam said. “The fire truck got here pretty quick.”

According to Liam and Shaun, who’d gone to the front of the house, one of the men had thrown something through one of the front windows, maybe a Molotov cocktail, which had splattered accelerant all over the front living room. The broken window had set off the house alarm, and the burning living room had set off the fire alarm.

Shaun and Liam had battled the blaze with fire extinguishers, but it wasn’t enough. They’d given up and taken Clay with them out the back door. Everyone on the back deck had filed out down the outside stairs and onto the back lawn while Detective Carter had called the fire department.

The four men had taken off.

“I don’t understand,” Joslyn said. “Why attack us that way? They knew we were inside. They could have tried something more stealthy.”

“I think the floodlights surprised them,” Shaun said.

Clay nodded. “There was that pause between when the lights went on and that first shot.”

“I think they didn’t realize how far out the motion sensors were for the yard lights,” Shaun said. He pointed to his left, where there was a ground sensor several hundred yards from the back of the house. “They expected to be able to get closer. When the lights went on, they tried to take them out.”

“They wanted to smoke us out,” Liam said. “Then they could take Clay and Joslyn.”

“Too bad they didn’t know who they were dealing with,” Patrick said grimly.

“I hope there isn’t too much damage,” Joslyn said.

“It looks like they put the fire out quickly,” Monica said.

“I needed new furniture anyway,” Patrick said.

He’d need more than new furniture, Clay was certain. He’d probably need to remodel his front living room. “I’m sorry, sir,” he said to Patrick.

The older man reached out and his large hand wrapped around the side of Clay’s face. “It’s not your fault, son. I just thank God that you were here to help us take out those scumbags.” He smiled at Clay, and dropped his hand.

Clay sat there, unable to move. These people gave acceptance so freely. He hadn’t had to earn it, the way he’d earned his place in the mob family or even the way he’d earned the respect of his sparring partners at his gym back in Illinois. These people made him feel that he belonged.

It almost made him believe that his past didn’t matter.

But that was dumb. His past would always matter.

“Is that an electrical outlet?” Geoffrey pointed in the direction of the motion sensor.

“Yeah,” Shaun said. “We have yard lights we put up out here to play flag football.”

Geoffrey grabbed his medical bag, which he’d remembered to grab out of the living room before following them down the deck stairs. “Then we can take Clay’s cast off.”

“Now? Here?” Joslyn asked.

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