“Other suspects?”I asked, curious as to who they thought would do something so vile.
Rhys nodded.“Dean brought in Billy and the guy from the bar.His name’s Tommy.”
I shook my head in disbelief.Sure, I might’ve considered the guy from the bar had locked us inside, but not once had I thought he had blown up the bar.And Billy… He was an asshole but not a murderer.
“Oh, come on,” I said, letting my disbelief ring through.“I turned him down.I’m not exactly worth killing over.”
I watched my brother, noticing the way his eyes darted over to Lynx.I peered up to see him staring at me.The look on his face said I was way off base on that one.
Waving him off, I leaned forward, releasing Amy’s hand for the first time.“So what now?You know the story.This guy should be spendin’ the rest of his life in prison with a cell mate named Bubba.”
“It seems clear to me that this guy is workin’ alone.He’s not gonna hire someone to do his dirty work,” Madison stated.“Which means we’re gonna have to get him to show his hand.”
“And how do you propose we do that?”
Madison cocked one eyebrow at Rhys, then smiled.“Without you here.”
“What?”My brother frowned.
“You’re the sheriff,” she stated.“And although the plan is to get this guy arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, I can’t promise you it’ll be aboveboard all the way.”
Lynx grinned.“I like this woman already.”
The screen door opened and Gage stepped inside.Travis instantly moved toward him and I watched as the two men shared a moment.It was clear from their simple body language that they loved each other.In fact, it was so powerful I had to look away.
“I just got off the phone with RT,” Gage announced.“Sniper 1 Security will be sendin’ someone down to Houston to keep an eye on this guy.At least we’ll know where he is for the time being.”Gage peered at Amy.“It won’t make this any better yet.But it’ll at least give us time to put a plan together.”
Amy nodded.
I had to wonder why they hadn’t done that in the first place.
“And again, it’s important that the Adorite name get around,” Travis clarified.“They believe that this will draw him out, make him curious.”
Everyone seemed to be tossing that one around mentally, trying to figure out how it would work.I had never heard of the Adorites, or the Southern Boy Mafia.I wasn’t sure how it was supposed to lure the police chief out of his jurisdiction.But what did I know.
“What if it simply stalls him out?”Lynx questioned.“If he thinks somethin’s goin’ on, he’ll lie low for a while.How does that help us?”
“It doesn’t,” Gage responded.“However, we need time to put a plan in place.Without him here.”
Lynx didn’t seem impressed with the response, but he didn’t say anything in return.
“What about the agents already planted here?”Wolfe inquired.
“They’ll remain here.All eyes are on Amy.”Gage nodded toward her.“They aren’t gonna let this bastard get close again.”
I felt a little relief knowing that they would be keeping tabs on this guy.As much as I wanted this to be over with, I wanted to get my life back to normal.And that required not having to look over my shoulder every second of the day.No, I wasn’t this guy’s target, but it appeared he didn’t care who was collateral damage, and that meant we were all in the line of fire.
At least now, maybe we could relax a little.
My eyes cut over to Lynx, who was staring back at me.
Then again,relaxmight no longer be a word in my vocabulary.
Lynx
I waited until Reagan went outside before I cornered Wolfe, Rhys, Travis, and Gage.
I glanced at each face.“I thought Amy was gonna go public.”
