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Missing. Heiress.
Okay, the heiress part he got. From the beginning, he saw there was something much more refined about her. She wasn’t just any country girl. He hadn’t been to any other rodeos either, but he still knew the way she carried herself in that saddle when he first laid eyes on her wasn’t normal either.
Missing.
“Missing from where?” he asked.
“Her mother died under mysterious circumstances on a cruise ship in the Virgin Islands back in February.”
He needed a gulp of whiskey to chase down that revelation. “Jesus Christ.”
“He’s slow to catch on, but when he gets it, he gets it.” Judd’s remark drew a chuckle from a couple of the guys, but Jaren ignored him.
“So she’s on the run? Or she has some connection to the death…” He attempted to puzzle through the information.
“Seems it could be either,” Ross put in. “Momma dies and the daughter takes off.”
“Was the body recovered?”
“Yup—there was a big funeral too, which the daughter attended.”
He swallowed hard. “And her name? Is it Trinny? Trinity,” he corrected himself.
Now they all stared at him harder. “Doesn’t surprise me that you caught her name. You were also seen leaving the bar together last night.”
He scrubbed a hand down his face. Hell, even after showering he still thought he detected the smell of her sweet pussy lingering on his hand.
“That’s private.”
“She didn’t tell you anything about her situation?” Corrine pressed.
“Hell, I barely caught her name.” Though he’d heard his own name screamed a couple times when she was arching underneath him. “I can’t see a woman who will jump into an arena with a bull in order to save a child having anything to do with her mother’s death. That means she must be running from something else.”
“Or somebody.” Judd caught his stare.
As brothers, they had the ability to read each other in the same way the Wynton brothers did. And Judd’s expression reflected what Jaren knew to be plastered on his own face—worry.
“I’m going to find her,” he grated out.
Judd had his boots propped on a desk. Those boots hit the floor and he stood as if ready to join him. “Where will you look? She surely pulled out of town with the rest of the rodeo.”
“Still gotta try. You can stay here—I got this.” He swung out the door and strode quickly to his truck. He knew of a couple places Trinny might be. A lot of the rodeo contestants slept in their horse trailers or the back of their trucks, but a woman like her—an heiress—would seek other lodgings.
Stone Pass had plenty of places for tourists to stay. But a woman who was trying to fly under the radar wouldn’t choose one of the ritzier hotels off the interstate.
He jumped behind the wheel, too late realizing he’d set his coffee down and neededa lotmore caffeine in his system if he was going to be dealing with… Well, god knew what he’d be facing, assuming he could evenfindTrinny.
He left a trail of dust on the road leading from the WEST office. His truck had enough horsepower to climb the steep mountain terrain surrounding Stone Pass, but it didn’t have the same feel as his Harley. Times like these he craved the wind on his face and the growl of the engine, but official business like this called for more than two wheels.
The shady motel called the Sleep Inn Motel sat along the route to the Stone Pass lookout spot. The low-quality place was a big draw for those who couldn’t afford much to stay in town.
It also attracted a lot of low-life scum. He’d heard plenty of stories while shooting the breeze with the ranch hands as well as from a former state trooper, Clay Lexis, who worked with the WEST team.
Stories of drug sales, domestic violence and even a stabbing a few months ago made Jaren stomp on the gas. The landscape whipped by, and usually he’d take his time to appreciate the differences between his new home and the old. But his mind was hyper-focused on finding Trinny.
When he pulled into the small parking lot, his gaze scanned the vehicles there. A minivan and a pair of motorcycles that would pique his interest if he weren’t on urgent business.
Two more vehicles looked to belong to travelers. He got out and walked up to a white vehicle that looked to be part SUV, part truck.
