Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Redemption for Avery (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Ryker Townsend FBI Profiler Book 2) by Jordan Dane

Author:Jordan Dane [Dane, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-07-19T05:00:00+00:00

***

Minutes later

Ryker Townsend

“I need another shower after being in the same room as that demented Barney Fife and Daddy Dearest.” Lucinda faked a shiver as she drove along the shoreline of Big Bear Lake and I smiled.

I had made a choice not to demonize the serial offenders I hunted. It’d been my way of remaining objective, but Crowley had no such predilection. She spoke her mind about people and wore her heart on her sleeve when we were alone and had our privacy. Her penchant for name calling had become endearing.

As I gazed down the list of names and contact information Mrs. Hubbard had given me for Lily’s friends, I noticed one name and address that couldn’t wait.

“Let’s find Grayson Barbour. Maybe he’ll be home this time of morning.” I gave Lucinda his address to plug into our GPS. “He’s first up. We have to establish a timeline of what Lily did after her father kicked her out. Surely one of her friends would know. A teenage girl without a roof over her head, she would’ve reached out to someone.”

“I’ll make some calls to the kids on your list and talk to their parents,” Lucinda said. “If anyone deserves face time, I’ll set something up.”

“Good.”

I placed a call to Sinead in DC. When she answered, I summed up my visit to Lily’s room and told her want I needed.

“See if Lily Hubbard kept an online diary. If her father smothered her with rules and she lived a stifled life in her home, she may have found a way to express her feelings online.”

“I’m on it. I’ll hit you back when I have something,” Sinead said before she ended the call.

“I can’t imagine living under the thumb of Mark Hubbard.” Lucinda made a turn off the highway into a residential area, following GPS commands. “Sandra Hubbard looked like a prisoner of war, only with nicer clothes.”

“Lily could’ve had a low self-esteem or been submissive to a strong man,” I said. “Hubbard would have set the stage for anyone wanting to dominate her. A jealous, obsessive boyfriend would’ve been more of the same.”

“It’s hard enough for kids to handle zits, boobs, and prom dresses. What Lily had to deal with, it makes me ache for her.”

On the surface, Lily had a life of privilege. Her family had money and she probably didn’t want for much—except for things other less-fortunate kids took for granted, like privacy, a mother and father’s unconditional love, acceptance and tolerance.

“This is it.”

Grayson Barbour lived with his family off North Shore Drive on prime real estate, not far from Lily’s home. Lucinda parked the Chevy Tahoe on the front curb and, as we walked up the driveway of the beautifully landscaped grounds, I noticed someone in the open garage. He looked young enough to be Barbour.

He had the hood up on a sweet 1967 vintage Mustang, fully restored with a cherry-red paint job. It looked as if he was giving the car an oil change.

“FBI. Are you Grayson Barbour?” Crowley called out and showed him her credentials.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.