Under Fire by Teyla Branton

Author:Teyla Branton [Branton, Teyla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal suspense, Paranormal mystery, Paranormal romance, Romantic suspense, Woman sleuth, Thrillers, Occult & Supernatural, Contemporary romance, Clean and wholesome romance
ISBN: 978-1-939203-95-3
Publisher: White Star Press
Published: 2018-02-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Bremer gave Cross a charming smile that showed me a hint of why Cindy might have fallen for him so long ago. “You sure you work for the FBI? Because I think you should be a model. Little too tall for my taste, but you’re a beautiful woman.” His eyes moved back to me. “You’re more my type, though. I like the red in your hair. Feisty. Dyed, I bet. But the brown underneath makes a nice combination. Unusual but not crass or cheap.”

“My height has nothing to do with this,” Cross said coolly. “Nor does Ms. Rain’s hair. Please pay attention, Mr. Bremer.”

“Where’s the fun in that?” He pushed back his chair and lifted his feet onto the table. “Anyway, I don’t know anything about a missing girl.” He wasn’t looking at either of us as he said it but someplace between. “You have me for what I did at the gas station, but I didn’t stab anyone, and I didn’t take no girl.”

“I will find out,” I said quoting him from the imprint on the undershirt we’d taken from the hospital. “I know about your cousin. Maybe he’ll tell me what I want to know.” He already thought I was psychic, and maybe that could work in my favor.

Bremer froze, but in the next second he shook his head. “Are you having a vision, dear? Because that really doesn’t work for me. Totally unattractive.”

Cross didn’t ask the question, so I did. “What did you mean by cousin, Mr. Bremer? Who is he?”

“I have no idea what you are talking about.”

“So you didn’t say those words?” Agent Cross put her hand near the recorder. “I remind you that we’re recording.”

“And I have the right to be silent,” Bremer said. “Maybe I need a lawyer.”

“You can call one, or we can appoint one for you.” Cross’s voice was controlled, but I sensed icy fury beneath. I hoped it was directed at Bremer or her own ineptness at questioning, and not at me for disobeying her gag order. “Are you asking for one?”

Bremer smiled lazily. “No. But I know I don’t have to answer if I don’t want to.”

“Well, let me tell you what we already have,” Cross said. “Because of your prior convictions, we have your DNA, and we’ll be comparing that with Jenny’s. Also, we’re tracing your conversation with her on the adoption reunion site. We know you talked to her over the phone and maybe even met with her before she went missing. With your presence here and your past record for fraud, drug running, and domestic violence, that will be plenty to convict you. Why don’t you make it easy on yourself and tell us where she is?”

In an instant Bremer’s boyish charm vanished. He leaned forward and said viciously, “They stole her from me. Stole her! She’s mine. They deserve to rot for what they did, and I will make them pay!”

We held our breath as Cross asked again. “Where is she, Mr. Bremer?”

His rage lessened marginally.

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