Saving Mallory: (Safe and Secure Book 4) by Alyssa Bailey

Author:Alyssa Bailey [Bailey, Alyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

It didn’t take long to settle into the self-contained safe house they named The Lodge, ten miles outside Reynaud and Associates’ offices. It was in a wooded neighborhood with few homes, but all with good security. Kaden and Carter had set up the security for most of the select houses in the area, and when this house came on the market, Jac snatched it up and modified it. The group had found great success using it since then.

Mallory started working on a puzzle, catching up on her reading, watching cooking shows and then attempting to replicate the recipes. Monroe suggested she start more basic, like meatloaf. Mallory wanted to ignore him but looking up the first recipe she wanted to try and seeing the prep time as one hour, she decided simple was good, too. Besides, she made a world-class salad.

Monroe answered his phone right after breakfast the third morning they were at the Lodge.

“Arturo, how are things with the case? Have you found the accomplice yet?”

“The general consensus is that Romaine was playing games because they could find no evidence that there was an accomplice. They believe he did it alone. I think that if Mallory believes there is another person, we should operate under that assumption for now and proceed accordingly.”

“Right. Have you talked to Jac, or do you want me to disseminate the information?”

“No, Jac was unavailable, so I called you. If you would pass it along, that would be helpful. Oh, and there won’t be a trial for Mallory’s kidnapping as Romaine has admitted to that. He’s admitted to the other young woman and to the three bodies we’ve found so far. I hope that helps Mallory to get back to her life.”

“It definitely helps. What about the last places Romaine has lived?”

“We’ve uncovered some of the first places he lived and have ruled them out after a rudimentary look because they were run-down apartments in concrete jungles. No one knows how long he lived at those places or when he left. According to one manager, and I quote, ‘We don’t give references and don’t keep records.’”

Gutierrez seemed satisfied with that bit of information, but Mallory couldn’t accept it.

Mallory explained her thinking to the men on the phone with them. “I can’t help but think that it isn’t likely that the man lived half of his adult life a regular guy and then one day began this almost ritualistic way of kidnapping and killing people? He might have worked up to it, but he has to have done things before now.”

Kaden, who was on the line with Jac, agreed. “Good point. I’ll start looking into that.”

“Don’t we think it has something to do with his desire to play at a kink club or something?” asked Kaden.

“Maybe not unless there was a precipitating event?” asked Garrett. “It’s just a theory.”

“Would that stand to reason, though? Enough psychologists agree that those in tune with themselves and who play are less inhibited by others’ misinformation. They’re good examples

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