âSo, how much did you make off my brother?â
âThe money had nothing to do with it,â Beau said, his voice dangerously soft. âI brought him in because he was my friend.â
âYou donât shoot friends in the leg. You should have let him go.â
âHeâd never have gotten away, Aubrey. And if the wrong cop had found him, heâd have been dead.â Beau literally had to bite his tongue to keep his temper from boiling over. He knew Aubrey would never believe her precious older brother, half-insane with desperation, had fired the first shot.
âYouâve already made up your mind about me. Iâm the bad guy. Nothing I could say would change your opinion, so why bother?â He suddenly realized he was on his feet.
Her eyes filled with tears as she looked up at him. âBecause I donât want you to be the bad guy.â
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Aubrey SchuylerâEven after she is assaulted, the police wonât take her fears for her missing cousin seriously. Sheâs forced to turn to childhood friend Beau Maddoxâthe man who shot her brother and sent him to prison.
Beau MaddoxâEx-cop, bounty hunter, Beau believes he might redeem himself in Aubreyâs eyes if he can bring baby Sara home safe.
Patti ClarendonâAubreyâs flighty cousin has a history of drug addiction. So when she disappears with her baby, Aubrey knows sheâs in trouble.
Sara ClarendonâPattiâs six-month-old daughter.
David ClarendonâAubreyâs cousin vows to move heaven and earth to bring his sister and niece home unharmed.
Wayne ClarendonâAubreyâs millionaire uncle is dying of cancer. But heâs not so ill that he canât offer a million-dollar reward for the granddaughter heâs seen only once.
Lyle PalmerâThe incompetent detective sees this case as his chance to get his name in the paper.
Greg HolmesâThe crooked insurance agent is Pattiâs boss, and itâs rumored they were having an affair. How far would he go to protect his secrets?
Summer DeetzâShe works with Patti at the insurance agency, and she sure acts as if sheâs got something to hide.
Cory SilvanâBartender at the alternative nightclub where Patti moonlights, he is also Pattiâs drug dealer.
Charlie SoffitâBaby Saraâs father is a rough-looking, hard-drinking biker with whom Patti had a rocky relationship.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
âJust please hurry home. I need you real bad.â
Aubrey Schuyler stared at her cell phone. What now? Ever since her cousin Patti had come to live with Aubrey, life had been full of surprises, most of them unpleasant. But today was worse than usual. The phone call had interrupted a faculty meeting, and Pattiâs voice had sounded desperate.