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“He’s going there anyway, Joe, and for a long time, so don’t waste your money.”
Joe shot the policeman a look. “Why?”
“He lit the fire in the barn.”
“You didn’t tell me that!”
“I didn’t want you losing control outside the cells. Not good for you, or for anyone to see one of their town councilors with bloodlust in his eyes.”
When Joe looked back, Tim Trainer was as far away from him as he could get.
“You tried to kill my brother and woman!” He grabbed the bars and shook them.
“You’ll just tire yourself out doing that, Joe. Step away now.” Fin grabbed his arms. “They make those bars pretty impenetrable, is my guess.”
The look Joe sent the man behind those bars made him move back another step. He then walked away from everyone while he tried to rein in his rage.
“What else has he got to say?” Joe heard Fin ask.
“Tell them.”
“I told you it was her. She paid me to do it. She did Elijah, shot him in the back of the head, then made me throw him in the falls, because he heard us talking about it.”
“Who?” Joe moved back to the bars. “Who is she?” He looked at Chief Blake.
“Well, that’s what I’ve been trying to get out of him, but he said he wouldn’t speak until you came in here.”
“She paid me to get rid of her because she wanted you for herself, but I couldn’t do the job both times, so she decided to do it on her own.”
“Carry on, or I’m coming in there!” Joe snarled.
“The fire, it was to kill the girl, the one you’re with, Bailey Jones.”
Joe’s blood ran cold as his father nodded his way.
“I was desperate when I grabbed her that night outside the bar. She was getting angry, refusing to pay me. She wanted her dead, and then one of your brothers, so it made you weak. She was going to step in and look after you.”
“Who?” Fin growled.
“Angela Pedderson.”
Joe ran then, out the doors, with Fin and the chief on his heels. He pulled out his cell phone and called Bailey again, she didn’t answer.
“I just called the lodge. They said Angie’s not there. She was, but left, supposedly sick,” Fin said, running at his side. “Bailey was there earlier, but left after talking to Mr. Goldhirsh and her grandfather.”
Angie and Bailey both missing. She was in danger, he could feel it, knew that if he didn’t get to her he’d never find her alive again. This was the tension that had been building inside him. He called Jack, who was with Luke. Neither of them had seen her. He filled them in on Angie, and that he needed to find her fast. He was sprinting now, heading to his pickup. Beside him, Fin called Maggie and Piper. Neither of them had seen Bailey or Angie.
“I can’t lose her, Fin.”
“You won’t.”
“Jesus, could it really be Angie?”
“She had us all fooled if it is, bud.”
He jumped behind the wheel, and was driving seconds later. Where the hell he was driving to, he had no idea, but he had to be on the move.
His phone rang, and he shoved it at Fin, who put it on speaker. “Hello?” Fin answered. The call was from Luke, who had asked his firefighting buddies if any of them had seen Angie.
