Seeking Amish Shelter by Alison Stone

Author:Alison Stone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-09-30T21:30:59+00:00

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“You okay?” Zach asked, pressing his knee into Seth Ryan’s back and yanking his arm up in the most uncomfortable position.

Bridget nodded and set her things on the floor next to her. She swiped at a tear running down her cheek.

“Any chance you have a zip tie in that kitchen of yours?”

“Yeah.” Bridget got to her feet and ran to the kitchen. He could hear her opening and closing drawers until she returned with a black zip tie. “This?”

“Perfect.” He took the plastic zip tie and wrapped it around the doctor’s wrists and cranked it tight. The doctor grunted. The fasteners should hold, because the doctor didn’t have much fight left in him. Zach grabbed the doctor’s arm and dragged him a few feet, letting him sit with his back against the wall. “Who’s down in Philly?” The DEA had tracked his credit card to a hotel down there.

Seth’s eyes narrowed, and he shook his head. It seemed the doctor wasn’t going to talk. Instead, he bowed his head and sobbed, loudly and with little dignity.

Zach joined Bridget, who was sitting on the edge of the couch shaking. She looked up at him, and he reached out and took her hand.

“Is it over?”

He wanted more than anything to say yes, but he knew that wasn’t true. In his experience, each of these guys was just a cog in the wheel. “Hang tight. I’m going to call this in.”

She exhaled a long, shaky breath. “Okay.”

It didn’t take long for a Buffalo police officer to come pick up Seth Ryan, then Zach turned to Bridget. “Let me get you home.”

“Home?” she asked when they were alone again. She straightened the footstool that had been jostled in the skirmish.

“Not here. You need to go back to Hickory Lane until we finish our investigation. It shouldn’t be long.” He wasn’t sure if the last bit was a white lie or not. Either way, he needed to reassure her.

“Are you going to drop me off and leave? I overheard you talking to your supervisor.”

The protest died on his lips. Bridget shrugged, seeming so frail and thin. “I get it.” She sniffed. “With Dr. Ryan in custody, the case should be over soon, right? Besides, you have better things to do than babysit me.”

Inwardly he winced at her choice of words. The same ones his supervisor had used in the office. They lacked respect. “Come on.” He held out his hand, and she accepted it, coming to her feet. How could he explain to her that these cases were never cut-and-dried? “We don’t know who else is in involved, but this is a huge start. Huge. Okay?”

“Okay...”

“I want you to go back to Hickory Lane for a few more days, at least.”

“Alone, right?” Her dejected tone suggested she already knew the answer.

“I’ll make sure you get settled.”

Bridget hoisted her backpack on her shoulder and picked up the items she had set on the floor. “Let’s go.”

Shortly after they got into the truck, his cell phone rang.

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