Susan Sleeman - Holiday Secrets

He faced them. “Looks like they’re gone.”

Adam let out a long sigh and pushed free of Lexie’s hold.

Gavin holstered his weapon. “I’ll take you home, then come back to handle the scene with Dad and Tessa.”

“That’s fine.” Lexie shouldn’t let him take over for her, but she didn’t want Adam to stand around looking at the destruction. “I picked up a prescription at the pharmacy and need to grab it from the glove box.”

“Is that really necessary tonight?”

She nodded, thinking he didn’t need to know that the doctor had put Adam on ADD medication.

“Then I need to warn you. The inside of the truck is trashed, and the medication could have been stolen.” Adam got in the SUV, and Gavin walked her to the truck. He shone his light inside.

Lexie gasped and forgot all about the prescription. In the bright beam, glass sparkled from the slashed-open seats. The mats had been jerked out and the carpet torn up. The glove box hung open and items she’d stored in the jump seat were scattered across the floor and ground.

Gavin leaned in behind her, focusing his light in the cab. She felt the heat of his body, but forgot even that when the light landed on a piece of paper lying next to a cell phone on the seat.

“That’s not my phone.” She reached for it.

“Don’t touch it,” Gavin warned. He focused the light on the paper with its big bold letters and read the message.

“‘I want the information. Give it to me before I have to take more drastic actions. Keep this phone with you at all times. I’ll call with further instructions.”’

“The killer?” She spun to look at Gavin, finding him even closer than she thought. She could easily imagine his strong arms going around her right now, offering the comfort he’d so often provided in the past. For that very reason, she pushed him back. “The killer must have seen me and didn’t trust that Dad was telling the truth.”

“So he thinks your dad gave you the information.”

“But what could it be?”

Gavin met her gaze and held it. The dark worry she saw in his eyes told her bad news was coming. “It likely has to do with what I wanted to talk to you about. I came back to town to investigate your father.”

“You what?”

“I’d hoped to do a better job of telling you, but my team has been investigating health-care fraud and your dad just came on our radar.”

“No, I don’t believe it.” She shook her head hard. “Not Dad. He may not have been a great father, but he would never sink that low.”

“I hoped the same thing, Lex, but we have to face facts now. Someone killed him. Someone who’s part of a syndicate.”

Gavin took her hand, but she couldn’t think clearly with him touching her, so she jerked it free.

“It’s looking more and more like he was involved with some unsavory people,” Gavin continued, his tone deadly serious. “We need to figure out who they are and what they’re looking for before they try to kill you, too.”

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