Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert

Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert

Author:Suzie Gilbert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: chick lit, road trip, book club, strong female, nature girl, nature fiction, sexy adventure, wildlife story, funny and sexy, bird adventure
Publisher: Suzie Gilbert


Chapter 15

In a motel room in Indiana, Gunderman sipped his pre-dawn coffee as he stared at his laptop. BILLIONAIRE BABE’S A BIRDNAPPER, blared allthenews.com.

The previous night he had not given chase. He knew there was no way to track them, that Warren would find Harrelson, ditch the van, and head to a more secure location. Instead he checked into a motel, pulled his bags from the trunk, and spent the next two hours pacing his room. He couldn’t prove it was Warren. And if he reported “ambushed by unknown assailant,” he was sure Whittaker would immediately send more officers to back him up. He tried to decide whether he was simply embarrassed by his own failing, or truly believed that adding more officers would destroy any chance of solving the case.

It was the latter, he decided.

Gunderman filled out a report stating he had found evidence of Luna Burke, Ned Harrelson, and the missing eagle at a campsite in southern Indiana, knowing Sean Callahan and his kids would hardly contradict him. He brooded as he typed. He was going off-script, and he didn’t like it.

At 7:30 he began calling every car rental company within 50 miles, asking if they had rented any large vehicles the previous day. After coming up empty he called Sean Callahan, whom he was sure knew Luna was free. He probably knew who freed her, too.

“I’m not trying to play hardball with you, Mr. Callahan, but it’s an important case,” he said, after the subject had denied any knowledge of Luna Burke’s whereabouts. “I could have your rehabilitation license for this.”

“And I could call Adam Matheson and tell him you used excessive force on his wife,” Sean replied evenly.

“But you have no proof. And I’m not sure you want to let him know you were harboring her.”

“Is there a reason for this call?”

“Where is she going?”

“No idea.”

“Then unfortunately, I’m going to have to start the paperwork to suspend your license.”

The line was silent.

“Let me get this straight,” said Sean. “If I tell you what I know, I keep my license.”

“Right.”

“Fine. She’s going to New Mexico.”

“How do you know?”

“Because last night she called me from a burner phone. Our conversation lasted about 30 seconds, so that’s all I can tell you. She was going to Pennsylvania, but not anymore. You know why? Because you scared the shit out of her. You proud of yourself?”

“You’d be willing to testify to this under oath?”

“Once you get me into a court of law.”

Gunderman hung up and leaned back in his chair. His mission in life was to defend the natural world and its inhabitants, yet somehow an entire faction of those on his own side considered him the enemy. In actual numbers, there weren’t that many wildlife rehabilitators; but at that particular moment, they seemed to be everywhere.

His mind drifted north, to Pennsylvania. He thought of Celia’s fragile exterior, her iron resolve, her fair hair and warm eyes and slender, callused hands. He thought of Elias and Wizzie. He reached for his phone, wondering how far the news of last night’s encounter had traveled.



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