Out of the Storm by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-21T18:08:26+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

TOO UPSET TO go back to his workshop, Jon had headed for Earl Ray’s house. He couldn’t believe that he’d let Kate go with that man. But what could he have done? Kate was a grown woman. Had he been going to warn her about Collin Matthews? Not that it mattered since she was the one warning him.

She’d called him Justin, which meant the report on his fingerprints from the coffee mug had come back. Collin knew who he was. By now he could have let everyone else know. He probably already had ratted him out and was pretending otherwise to force Kate to go with him.

Jon swore. Why hadn’t he grabbed her and... And what? Just because he didn’t like Matthews, none of this was his business. Maybe the man wasn’t headed for the border to do anything illegal. Right.

He hadn’t grabbed Kate and kept her from going because she’d asked him not to. He’d seen the pleading in her green eyes. Which meant Collin had something on her. It was the only thing that made sense. Jon’s true identify—and what would happen if word got out? He hoped to hell that wasn’t what Collin was using to force Kate to go with him. The irony wasn’t wasted on him. He’d planned to warn her and she’d ended up warning him.

Because she believed he was her husband, Danny. He swore under his breath as he neared Earl Ray’s house. He no longer even knew who he was.

He banged on Earl Ray’s door until the older man opened it. “She just left with Matthews,” he said as he stepped in. He wasn’t sure why he’d come here. Maybe so Earl Ray could tell him that there was nothing he could do.

As he took off his coat and boots, Earl Ray handed him a large manila envelope. “What’s this?” Jon asked frowning. “I hope it isn’t more bad news about Collin Matthews.”

“It’s a dossier on you.”

He jerked his head up, his nostrils flaring as he looked at the older man who stood in the middle of the room. The expression on Earl Ray’s face was one of pity and concern, two things that Jon didn’t want to see there. “Where the hell did you get—”

“I put it together myself.”

Jon took a step back. “Why would you—”

“Because I had to know.”

He didn’t need to open the envelope. He knew what was inside. He tried to choose his words wisely. Earl Ray was as close to a best friend as he’d had in years. He told himself he could trust the man. “I’ve lived here five years. When did you—”

“When you arrived. I had to know what you were running from. I love this town and the people in it. I couldn’t have you hurting any of them.”

Jon shook his head. “What took you so long? Why show it to me now?”

“I wouldn’t have if you hadn’t gotten involved with that woman and her fiancé.”

“Excuse me? I didn’t get involved with her. I did my best to send her on down the road.

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