Safeguarding the Surrogate by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-04-06T19:35:57+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Kara drew her gun, and beside her, Daniel did the same. He also whipped out his phone and pulled up the small split screens for the security cams. It didn’t take them long to see who’d triggered the alarm.

Rizzo.

Daniel and she cursed at the same moment, and she wasn’t surprised when Rizzo knocked on the door again. It was louder this time and followed by the man’s equally loud voice.

“I need to talk to you, Daniel. I think you’ll want to hear what I have to say.”

That brought on more cursing from Daniel, and he headed down the stairs. “Stay back,” he warned her.

At least he hadn’t told her to stay put upstairs. Something Kara wouldn’t have done. If Rizzo was there to attack them, Daniel would need backup.

“Lift your hands so I can see them,” Daniel ordered their visitor, and he didn’t go to the door to verify that Rizzo had done it and that he wasn’t armed. Instead, Daniel watched the man on the camera feed on his phone.

No gun in sight. Of course, that didn’t mean Rizzo wasn’t carrying. Still, it’d be stupid to come to the inn door in plain sight of the cameras and the people on Main Street.

Daniel’s phone rang, and he hit the answer button while he eyed Rizzo from the window.

“Is everything okay?” she heard Barrett ask. “The alarm went off for one of the cameras.”

“Rizzo’s here. I’ll see what he wants and send him over to you.”

“Be careful,” Barrett warned him before Daniel ended the call.

Daniel glanced behind him, no doubt to make sure that she wouldn’t be in Rizzo’s line of sight, and he paused the security system so he could open the door. Only a fraction, though.

“What do you want?” Daniel snarled.

“A truce,” Rizzo said.

She couldn’t see either of their faces to gauge their reactions, but Kara was betting that Daniel looked both skeptical and riled. “A truce?” Daniel questioning.

Rizzo huffed. “I’m tired of getting hauled into the sheriff’s office for questioning. Tired of you and your brothers hounding me.”

Daniel stayed quiet a moment, but Kara figured he was glaring. “You’re getting hauled in for questioning because you’re a person of interest in an investigation.”

She believed Daniel meant the militia case, but Rizzo might not know that Barrett wanted to question him about Daisy’s murder and the deaths of the other surrogates and Loretta.

“Yeah, I got that,” Rizzo said. “That’s why I want a truce. If you really believe I shot somebody, then you’ll want to test me for GSR. I’ll agree to it. You can test me today.”

“Why the change of heart?” The skepticism was still there.

“I just want to have some peace. And FYI, I didn’t tamper with the fence your livestock broke through.”

Daniel made a sound that could have meant anything. It definitely didn’t confirm that he believed Rizzo, and he checked his watch with what no one could mistake as anything but impatience.

“We aren’t going to settle our differences here on the porch of the inn,” Daniel finally said.

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