Undercover Daddy by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen [Fossen, Delores]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General
ISBN: 9780373692576
Google: zNrqnIncg1AC
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2001-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Luke was mad as hell.

He didn’t like the speed with which things were moving. He didn’t like the evidence, or lack thereof, in what was now officially an arson investigation. And he didn’t like feeling as if he were spinning his wheels at one of the most crucial times in his life.

“We have the car packed and ready to go. What do you mean the safe house isn’t ready yet?” Luke demanded. He made that demand of the agent in San Antonio who was handling his request. A delay wasn’t an option, not after dealing with that fire.

Luke had to get Elaina and Christopher some place safe.

“We’re working as fast as we can,” the agent on the other end of the line insisted.

“Then, work faster.” Luke stabbed the End Call button and got up to pace. It didn’t help. But then, not much would help at this point. Well, not much other than a call to say the safe house was ready and that the arsonist had been caught and was behind bars.

“It’s already getting dark,” Elaina commented. She was in the kitchen feeding Christopher dinner. Mushy peas and some other food item that Luke couldn’t readily identify. It looked disgusting, but Christopher was wolfing it down. “Does that mean we’ll stay the night here?”

“No. Absolutely not.” He softened his tone when he heard the harshness. “The safe house will be ready soon.”

“And then what?” she asked.

It wasn’t an easy question for him to answer. “Once I have Christopher and you settled in, and once I’m sure that you’ll be okay there, then I need to find out who’s playing these games.”

“You think the fire was a game?”

“More like a ruse. I think the arsonist wanted us out of the house and was willing to create a diversionary tactic to make that happen.”

Elaina gave that some thought. “The arsonist did this so he or she could get inside and search while we were out there battling flames.”

Luke nodded. “I think that was the plan. But this idiot obviously didn’t realize that there was no way I would let you outside like that with Christopher.”

“True. But Rusty said there weren’t any useable prints on the doorknob. Only smears.” She met his gaze. There was so much weariness in her eyes. “So, maybe this person isn’t as stupid as we’d like to believe he or she is. Maybe he or she wiped down the knob. Or wore gloves.”

“Could have. But anyone who’s ever watched a crime show would have done that. What it does tell me is that this person is under some kind of pressure to come up with something—fast. Probably those modifications to Kevin’s software.”

“Or it could be the adoption papers,” she offered cautiously.

Luke couldn’t rule that out. And if it was the papers that had precipitated it, then this was his fault. He’d literally brought this right to Elaina’s door. Either way, no matter what this person wanted, Luke would have to find a way to stop him or her.

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