Page 45 of Betrayed

AJ’s head snapped toward him. The pain in her eyes was unmistakable. “No. You can stay. I appreciate having you here.”

He nodded. “Okay.” Not that he was sure he could stomach talking about this again.

Adam Jamison, Amelia’s partner, joined them. Logan stood and shook his hand.

Adam said, “It’s good to see you guys. Are you …?” He pointed back and forth between AJ and Logan.

“No, we’re not back together. I’m here to …” He honestly didn’t know why he was here.

AJ finished the thought. “Because he’s the protective type and doesn’t like that someone is harassing a person he once loved.” She then looked at Amelia. “Logan and I are married, though separated. I had a brief affair five years ago with Daryl.” She sat back with a puff of air.

Logan cringed. As much as he hated hearing the words, he also hated hearing the pain in her voice.

Amelia said, “I’m sorry. Have you had any contact with Daryl in the last five years?”

AJ shook her head. “No. I mean, I see him around on occasion, but I’ve gotten pretty good at avoiding him.”

“I hate that I have to ask some of these questions, but it’ll help. Who broke off the affair?”

“I did. I hated it. I didn’t want it. But I had been stupid and lost myself for a moment. Your next question will probably be about his response. It wasn’t good. When I told him it was over and I wanted to be with my husband, he kind of blew up. Threw a few things—not at me—and called me some nasty things, but that was that. I haven’t really talked to him since. But at both of the recent run-ins he suggested we ‘reconnect.’” She shuddered.

Logan rolled his shoulder. This conversation was terribly uncomfortable. He wanted to find Daryl and put a bullet in him for ever touching his wife, but Logan wouldn’t do that. However, if that man ever did touch her without her wanting him to, Logan might have a change of tune.

Adam sat back in his chair and gave Logan a look like he knew exactly what went through Logan’s mind. Adam shook his head disapprovingly.

Logan shrugged.

Adam sat forward and clasped his hands together. “Sounds like we have a solid suspect. Let’s dig into things a little bit. Amelia filled me in earlier. May I see your phone to try and recover the deleted texts?”

“Sure.” AJ pulled her phone out of her pocket and handed it to Adam.

Amelia took some information from AJ to access her phone records. Adam and Amelia would dig into finding the identity of the texter. If it was Daryl, they would go have a talk with him.

Logan said, “I still can’t figure out how he knew what groceries to buy. Even if Daryl saw your basket. I saw it, and the items were piled on top of each other. Wait, did you use your store card?”

“I did. I want the sale prices. Thinking maybe he hacked it?”

Logan nodded.

Adam said, “It’s possible. We’ll look into that too.”

Logan and AJ thanked the detectives and left together. He yawned as they walked into the lobby.

“Long night, huh?” AJ asked.

“I didn’t get as good a nap yesterday as I had hoped.”

They stopped walking near the door.

AJ turned to him. She wanted to say something; he could see it in her eyes. So he waited. He needed to stop and listen for once.

“Thanks for being beside me in this. You have no idea how much it means to me.”

He kept his eyes locked on her deep blues.

“Does this mean we’re talking again?”

He looked down at their feet. “For now, I guess.”