“Addie and I can visit Buck and see if he remembers anything that he forgot to tell Jesse.”
“Good.” Colt was quiet for a moment. “Do you need anything?”
Yeah, he needed to figure out what the hell was going on. “You’re already doing what I need by helping with this.”
“Of course. Talk again soon.”
When the call ended, Noah pulled onto the road and used the car Bluetooth to call Addie.
She answered on the second ring. “Hey.”
He frowned at the wind blowing over the line. “Hey. You’re outside?”
“I’m about to step inside The Tea House to get a drink and some pie.”
Noah cursed. “You shouldn’t be alone. I could have come with you. I’m just around the corner. I’ll be there in less than a minute.” With Rhett or whoever the hell this was still out there, she shouldn’t be aloneanywhere.
He took a right, The Tea House already in view.
“I don’t intend to stay long. I—” Addie stopped mid-sentence. “Rhett.”
“Rhett’sthere?” Noah growled.
Fuck.
He sped down the street, then slammed his foot on the brake outside The Tea House.
When he crashed through the door, he saw Rhett crowding Addie. But there was also a second guy there. He was tall and standing beside them.
Noah walked straight up to Rhett and shoved him back. “What the hell are you doing?”
“What amIdoing? I’m explaining to your girlfriend that because ofher, I had to sit through hours of questioning.”
“Did you do it?”
The younger man scowled. “Fuck you!”
Noah went to step forward, but the stranger grabbed his shoulder. “Not here.”
A hollow laugh burst from Rhett’s chest. “I’m done with this anyway.”
He stormed out, and every part of Noah wanted to follow him. Grab him. Force him to admit to what he’d done.
But Jesse would kick his ass. He had to trust Jesse to get the information they needed.
“Who areyou?” Noah asked the other guy, the words sounding like more of a bark.
“Just someone trying to get a coffee.” He glanced at Addie. “You good?”
She nodded, and the guy headed out of The Tea House.
Noah closed the bit of distance between him and Addie. “What happened?”
“He didn’t do anything. He was just angry that he got called into the sheriff’s office for questioning.” She shot a glance over her shoulder, like she was looking for Rhett. “I would have thought he’d be at the station.”
“Jesse didn’t have enough to hold him.” Second time saying it, and it sounded just as fucking ridiculous as the first.
Her brows flickered but she nodded.
