Witness in Hiding--Faith in the Face of Crime by Lisa Phillips

Author:Lisa Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-01-11T18:50:41+00:00

TWELVE

Zoe pushed her chair away from the table and paced to the end of the conference room and back. Jude seemed to switch to worry for her instead of worry over what she might say or do. He said, “I’m convinced now, more than I have been so far at least, that your troubles and my investigation are connected. We just don’t know exactly how.”

Steve stood, as well. “What does Cousin Terrence have to do with money going in and out of the company?”

Jude said, “I think Alan Reskin is trying to cover up what he did, using the black sheep of the family to do his dirty work. I think he sent the cousin to silence Zoe and terrorize her into never telling anyone what she saw.”

“But he hasn’t been trying to kill me,” she said. “When we were in the woods he said things had changed. And that was after a different man gave Tyler his own message. I think whatever reasoning there was caused Terrence to take things in a new direction. He intended to kill me today, instead of kidnapping me, but you showed up.” She sucked in a breath. “Alan wanted things done quietly, with no fallout. What if he’s the one who told Tyler to tell me to testify?”

“That would mean something had changed. Perhaps with the woman who seems to be involved.” Jude frowned and glanced once at Tyler.

It helped he was so concerned about her son. It made Zoe feel all the more secure. Jude didn’t have to worry about Tyler as much as he clearly did.

“But you got him.” Steve clapped once. “Now we just have to find Alan, and figure out what he did.”

“Find him?” Jude asked.

Steve shrugged. “I mean pick him up. Once we have the evidence on what exactly went down then we can call the district attorney.”

Zoe glanced between them. “What about the cousin—isn’t he being interviewed by those detectives? He’ll confess to killing Moose, right?”

Jude said, “That would be good enough for the police to bring a conviction, but we need evidence, as well. We can’t convict someone on a confession alone, and it’s the same for the FBI. It’s one of the rules we have to abide by.”

“Oh.” She rubbed Tyler’s hair just for comfort, though he seemed perfectly happy. More like excited, really, over what was going on. “So you’re going to find out who that woman was?” She didn’t want to use the word dead but it was there nonetheless.

Jude said, “That’s where I’m headed as soon as I get your statement. To the parking lot where you saw her, so I can see the scene for myself.”

She was glad he said it like that as it meant there was a chance he actually believed her. Until he had evidence to prove otherwise, at least. “Do you think you’ll find anything?”

“Probably not, but I want to see it.”

She nodded. All the energy she’d had dissipated, and she sat.

“You’ll be okay here for a little bit longer?”

“Do I have much choice?”

Jude gave her a small smile.

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