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“I’m really sorry, Detective Rafferty, but I can’t tell you anything else. If I knew, I would, but I don’t.”
“Okay, thanks. I appreciate your help.” He ended the call with the paper and immediately dialed Thorn.
“Hey, Slade, you might want to bring Jess a bribe. She is not happy with you.”
“Well, hopefully she will be. I need you to ping Fiona’s phone. She’s not answering, and I think she’s in danger.”
“Shit. I’ll get the techs on it and will let you know what we find.”
“Good. I’m headed back to Angel’s Rise. I’m going to call ahead for backup.”
“We can have armed backup headed your way and will meet you in two hours or less.”
“If I’m right, Fi doesn’t have that long. I gotta go.”
“Anything else?” asked Thorn.
“Yeah, ping Diane Bettis’s phone. She’s the town’s newspaper editor. Call me when you have anything.”
“Done.”
As soon as the call ended, he called the Angel’s Rise police.
“Angel’s Rise Police…”
Slade didn’t wait for the normal response. “This is Slade Rafferty, MCU, I need the chief now.”
“The chief…”
“I don’t care. No. Better yet, get me Went.”
There was a slight pause. “Slade? Went. What’s up?”
“I need armed backup to meet me at the top parking lot at Angel Falls. We’ll need ATVs.”
“What’s happened?”
“I believe… hang on, I have another call. Rafferty.”
“Both Bettis and Fiona are up by the falls—the Angel’s Rise side.”
“Got it.” Slade clicked back to Went. “Diane Bettis had something to do with the death of Mike Ray and Daniel Monkton.”
“What? Are you sure?”
“Pretty damn sure, and if not, you can all blame me. I think she’s going to try and kill Fiona.”
“Holy shit, but why?”
“I think she knows Fi has put the whole damn thing together and decided to use the fictitious murder in Fiona’s book to kill Daniel and frame Fiona. If Fiona knows, Diane’s going to have to dispose of her. She has to be one of the few people Diane believes would move against her. My guess is she’s either blackmailed or will blackmail whoever she needs to. Get your people in gear, Went.”
“You bet. I’ll keep it just to guys who couldn’t have been there.”
“Thanks.”
Slade ended the call and hit the lights and sirens on his SUV. He floored the accelerator and prayed Fiona could stall for enough time. He was going to be damned if the killer denied him and Fi their happily ever after.
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