“I’m sorry it took so long.”His blue eyes darkened for a moment, but then he gestured toward the door.“Ready to get out of here?”
“Yes.”She still held the bag containing her dress clothes.She’d been tempted to toss them out, but the fact that everything else she owned was likely gone for good had caused her to rethink that plan.The clothes could be cleaned and worn again if she was able to land another job.
“I left Rex a message.Hopefully, he’ll call with a new rental property for us.”Micah opened the passenger-side door for her.
“I guess that means our next stop is the Madison police station.”She knew they needed to get that task done, but she wasn’t looking forward to it.“May as well get it over with.”
“I think we should wait to hear back from Rex first.”He gave her a quick glance and shrugged.“I don’t know why, but I’m not keen on the idea.”
She frowned.“I thought we talked about this.You and Rex said you don’t think they’ll arrest me.”
“I don’t see how they’d have probable cause to do that.”His seemed to choose his words carefully.“But I’m also having a hard time knowing how much we can trust them.As Rex pointed out, Damien was your boyfriend, and he was found dead in your house.”
She swallowed hard, trying not to panic.“Rex seemed to think we’d be okay working with Lieutenant Krogan.”
“Yeah.I have his number.”Micah’s expression turned grim.“We’ll call him in a bit.”
It seemed as if Micah was having second thoughts about talking to the police.Wouldn’t it be better to go in voluntarily?Or did he know something she didn’t?
“If I’m in trouble, I don’t want to take you down with me.”She turned to look at him.“Seriously, Micah, this is my problem.Not yours.You’ve been nice enough to help keep me safe, but I don’t think avoiding the police is smart.What if they issue a warrant for my arrest?”
“I’ve thought of that,” he admitted.“And we have the recent shooting at the rental property to validate our story.”
“Yes, that does corroborate our story.”She relaxed back against the seat.“I still think we need to go straight to the police station.”
Micah drove in silence for a few minutes.When she noticed he was driving toward the capital, she realized he was taking her advice.
This time, things would be different.She had to believe that with Micah’s support, not to mention his being with her this entire time, that the police wouldn’t treat her as a suspect.
It was important they ruled her out so they could focus on those responsible.
Micah kepta wary eye on the rearview mirror as he took a roundabout way back to the city.He hadn’t noticed a tail on the way to the airport, but he wasn’t going to relax his guard either.The last time he’d thought they were safe, they’d barely escaped the rental property before a gunman opened fire.
He would not make that mistake again.
When his phone rang, he gratefully answered Rex’s call.“Thanks for calling.”
“What do you mean a gunman found you at the rental property?”Rex sounded upset.“How did that happen?”
“My fault,” he admitted.“Bryn used her phone to check work emails.Someone at the company noticed and cut off her access.A short time later, the steel-gray SUV rolled by the house.We’re safe now, but that was a close call.”
Rex was silent for a long moment, and he knew his boss was working hard not to call him an idiot for allowing that to happen.“I guess we know that someone within Bryn’s company is responsible.”
“Yeah, that was our thought,” he agreed.“The timing is too much of a coincidence for the two events not to be connected.”
“Richard must be the one behind this,” Bryn spoke up.“After uncovering the embezzlement, he tracked down Damien, killed him, and then tried to pin the whole thing on me.”
“If not for Bryn reaching out to me, his plan may have worked,” Micah added.“He wouldn’t have anticipated she’d have an alibi for the time frame in question.”
“That’s sounds like a plausible theory to me,” Rex said.“Have you spoken to Lieutenant Krogan yet?”
“No, but I’m heading into the city now.”He glanced at Bryn, then added, “You’re sure we can trust him?”
“I have no reason to distrust him,” Rex said.“But you know how that goes.He may have something to tie Bryn to the murder.”
“I’m innocent,” Bryn protested.“That should count for something.”
“It should, yes,” Micah said, but he was concerned about what evidence may have been planted at her house.As he grew closer to the North District police station, the one governing the neighborhood of Bryn’s home, the more he was second-guessing their decision.“Rex, have you learned anything more about the homicide investigation?”
