Luck of the Draw (Sterling's Montana) by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels [Daniels, B.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2019-05-20T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

LAMAR RETURNED TO his cabin to find it empty. He had no idea where his brother had gone, but he was glad for a few minutes of privacy. He took the large manila envelope from beneath his coat and carried it over to the small desk.

There had to be a reason his father had hidden it. Also a reason why someone had turned his cabin upside down searching for it. He pulled out the contents and frowned as he thumbed through the papers.

It appeared to be nothing more than employee files. Not the originals because someone would have noticed they were missing. No, these were copies. He glanced in the envelope, thinking there had to be more. There was.

As he tilted the envelope, his father’s cell phone slid out with a bang on top of the desk. He picked it up and tried to open it, only to find it was passcode-protected. He tried a few dates. His father’s birthday, his brother’s, his own. Nothing worked. Maybe Mick would know it.

He pocketed the phone and began to go through the employee files, wondering what he was looking for. Why would his father have hidden this envelope the way he had unless there was something in here...?

Lamar heard someone try to open the door, then the scrape of a key. He quickly put the files back into the envelope and shoved them into the only handy place—the top drawer of the desk. He’d barely gotten the drawer closed when his brother came in out of the storm. Mick looked fearful and he seemed to be breathing hard.

“What is it?” Lamar asked, immediately concerned that something else had happened.

“Nothing. It’s just cold out there. If you haven’t noticed, it’s storming.”

“You sound out of breath,” he said, getting up. His brother seemed to be sweating as he jerked off his stocking cap and his gloves.

“If you must know, I ran up the hill from Allison’s cabin, all right?” Mick said, removing his coat as he headed for the bathroom.

“Is that blood?” Lamar asked, remembering his brother smashing the mirror and hoping for an explanation.

Mick turned and looked down at his right hand. His knuckles were scraped and bleeding. “Kind of looks like it, doesn’t it?”

“What the hell?”

“I don’t want to talk about it.” With that he threw down his coat on his pile of clothes on top of his open suitcase in the second bedroom and went into the bathroom and slammed the door.

Lamar only had a moment to wonder what was going on with his brother when he saw Will wading through the drifting snow outside the cabin window, followed quickly behind by Poppy and Dorothea. Oh, hell, he thought as his pulse jumped. Something had happened.

He glanced toward the closed bathroom door and murmured under his breath, “Please don’t let this be about Mick.”

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