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“Sit.”
“I can’t. I need to know what’s happening.” They turned towards the door as it was pushed open.
“I’m Detective Deon Williams and this is my partner. I’m sorry to intrude-"
"What is it?"
"I’m a friend of Mac- Macayla and she came to me a month ago, with the suspicion she was being followed."
All three people stared at him as if he was talking gibberish.
"I’m sorry, what?" Michelle asked the question that was going through their minds, golden-brown eyes spitting fire.
"She didn’t tell you?"
"No." Lowering himself slowly into the chair behind him, Brady gripped the arms and bored holes into the unfortunate detective.
Chapter 15
Deon took a seat and gestured for his partner to do the same.
"She came to me a month ago, saying she suspected someone was tailing her. She had a partial plate-" He smiled slightly at that. "She would’ve made a damn good cop, her attention to detail is astounding. Anyway-" He shook his head. "She said she had an encounter with some woman in the apartment complex-"
"Tiffany Knowles." Brady supplied numbly.
"That's the name. She didn’t want to get the woman in trouble because she was pregnant and she, Mac – I’m sorry, but that’s what I’m used to calling her."
"It doesn’t matter." Michelle waved that away impatiently. "You’re saying this woman is responsible for putting my daughter in the hospital?"
"I’m afraid so. We found the BMW she was driving a few miles away from the scene. The engine was busted and couldn’t go any further."
"And the woman?" Sydney demanded.
"In ICU. She’s in bad shape and not supposed to make it through the night."
"We certainly won’t shed any tears." Michelle rose to walk over to the window. "We had lunch this afternoon with the wedding planner to discuss the plans for the wedding." She spoke as if to herself.
"The weather was nasty and I remembered suggesting that she called you, Brady-" She turned from her contemplation of the outside to look at the man who looked as if he was at breaking point. "I suggested she called and asked you to send a driver."
"I told her the same thing when she called." He was speaking, but it sounded as if someone else was. "She was talking about the weather and the pile up of traffic and I suggested sending a driver. She said no." He looked at the two men with a dazed expression on his face. "She made a complaint. Did you follow up on it?"
"Mac is a friend, so naturally, I’m going to look into the situation, even if I had to do it on my own time. We got the plate and everything and did due diligence for a couple of weeks, but she didn’t make a move and Mac called and said it was fine.
She believed she was being paranoid. She even laughed it off and blamed it on hormones." He spread his hands helplessly, a worried expression on his attractive face. "Apparently the suspect waited until she dropped her guard to pounce."
"I need some air." Lunging to his feet, Brady strode out of the room and slammed the door shut behind him.
"I should go-"
"No." Michelle shook her head at Sydney. "He needs to be alone." She looked back at Deon. "What now?"
"We wait to see if the woman makes it." He lunged to his feet, the agitation clouding his features. "I should have followed up."
"You said yourself Macayla dismissed the entire thing." Sylvan pointed out.
"She did." Shoving his hands into the pockets of his khakis, he turned to face them. "Mac's instinct is always excellent. Like I said before, she could have been a cop. It's the reason her books are so good. That's why we shouldn’t have ignored the warnings." Rubbing his hands over his face, he went to sit back down.
The other detective said solemnly. "I’m Detective Pete Saunders."
