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“I wouldn’t have figured it would be a sheriff’s deputy.”
Ames shrugged. “It wouldn’t be my first choice of suspects either, but it happens. Organized crime recruits cops when they can. Just ask your friend Mal.”
“We’re not that friendly these days.”
“About time. Anyway, the clerk more or less corroborates your story and I’m guessing when Shaw is able to, he’ll back up the rest. I suspect that, given the circumstances, the sheriff will forgive you for stealing the vehicle since it saved a respected law enforcement veteran’s life.”
“Which has me getting out when?”
“Actually, I’m sure he’d release you into our custody if I asked him nicely.”
“Why didn’t you say that in the first place?”
“Is that what you want?
“As opposed to staying locked up here?”
“Yeah.”
“Damn right, that’s what I want. What are you waiting for?”
“I don’t know, this just seems like where you belong. A please would be nice.”
“Okay, please get me the hell out of here.”
“Well, since you put it that way.”
Margot looked at Radcliff. “Were you just going to leave me here?”
“No, we had a date.”
Margot gave him a puzzled look and he shrugged as he said, “He’s the lead detective.”
“So, we could have been having this conversation in the car?”
“No, I figured you can drive your own car back,” Ames told her as he stood up and left the two of them in the interrogation room.
“Maybe I’ll ride back with you, if that’s okay,” Radcliff said as he took Ames' chair.
“I’d be good with that. Actually, I’d be good with you driving. I’m exhausted.”
“I bet. Maybe we skip going out and you just come back to my place. I know you can handle yourself, but with Brantley still out there, I’d feel better knowing where you are.”
“Even if he’s somehow alive, I don’t see how he’s going to be a threat for a while. I shot him five times at close range. Last I checked, they don’t make body armor good enough to stop that. Hell, if he is the cowboy Mal was talking about, this might be the safest I’ve been in a while.”
“Does that mean you don’t want to spend the night?”
“No, but let's do it for fun, not because some killer in a cowboy hat is looking for me.”
“Actually, that sounds better to me too.”
END OF BOOK 4 – Shadow of Betrayal
Excerpt From Book 5 – Shadow of Misgivings
“Sorry man, but business is business.”
“He could have at least heard what I was proposing.”
