Missing at Christmas by K.D. Richards

Author:K.D. Richards
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-06-10T20:42:29+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Addy had hoped to make it back to the hotel before Shawn. A little time for her nerves to settle before the inevitable argument would have been nice, but the Yukon rode the Mustang’s bumper the entire way back to Bentham.

Shawn moved to her side the moment she got out of her car.

“What were you thinking, going to see Suri without me?” A couple passing by them in the parking lot glanced their way, the pace of their steps increasing as they did.

“Don’t you think we should have this conversation in private?”

Addy turned and headed for the hotel without waiting for his response. Shawn fell into step beside her, and they rode the elevator in silence. With each passing floor, her anger grew.

Who was he to be angry at her for going to see Suri? Yes, he was helping her, but she was a grown woman. She didn’t need his permission to go anywhere.

Not to mention he and his brother seemed to think she might have something to do with Cassie’s disappearance in some bid to inherit Cassie’s portion of their father’s insurance. A thought broke through her fury. Maybe Shawn coming to her aid when he did, injecting himself into the search for Cassie, wasn’t a coincidence at all. Maybe he wouldn’t tell her about his case because she was his case, and he was investigating whether she had something to do with Cassie’s disappearance. But who would have hired him?

The insurance company, maybe, but the small amount of insurance her father had held would hardly warrant an investigation. The money hadn’t even covered a third of his medical bills. And the company had already paid out. No, that made no sense.

Still, she couldn’t shake the feeling that Shawn’s offer to help find Cassie wasn’t one hundred percent altruistic.

Shawn opened the door to the suite and let Addy pass into the room.

She rounded on him before the hotel room door clicked shut. “I don’t know who you think you are, but I don’t take orders from you.”

He tossed the key card on the table and met her head-on. “I didn’t order you to do anything. We agreed we’d go see Suri together in the morning.”

“We didn’t agree to anything,” she shot back, pointing a finger at him. “You said you had something else to do. Fine. I didn’t. The only thing I care about is finding Cassie, and I’ll do whatever I have to do to do that, with or without you.”

“You could have been in real danger confronting Suri alone. The lies we already know she’s told could put her in jail for a significant amount of time. If it turns out she knows more than she’s saying or had a hand in Cassie’s disappearance, that gives her even more incentive to keep you quiet.”

Addy threw her hands in the air. “I can take care of myself.”

“I didn’t say you couldn’t, but it’s stupid to run headfirst into a potentially dangerous situation without backup when you don’t have to.

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