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Jarrod dialed Melody’s number quickly. That bracelet was the fastest shot they had at finding Haldyn. Dom was behind him, getting an APB out on Luke Bell’s SUV. And every TSP cop out there tonight was being alerted.
And they were calling in everyone else they could.
They were going to search this damned county until they had her back. Jarrod would search to the edges of the earth until he got her back. He just hoped she knew…he was coming for her, too.
Him, Dom, Jake, Lake, Daniel, Heather, and Lila. None of them would stop until they had her back. When they did, he was never letting her go. Ever.
Melody patched him through to the security team that monitored those damned bracelets. What he heard wasn’t good. He wrote down the information and disconnected. He turned to the man next to him. “Haldyn’s bracelet was disconnected or turned off less than two minutes after the time stamp on the security video here. There is a record she pushed the distress pattern in incompletely. Then the bracelet cut off.”
Meaning she couldn’t complete the distress pattern.
“Where?”
“Boethe Highway.”
“So we know he was headed south. I have already notified Addy down in Value, and he’s alerted every law enforcement agency in his county. He’s calling in reinforcements from as far away as Houston and Garrity.”
“Let’s get out there,” Jake said. “Get our girl back.”
Daniel’s phone rang again. He answered. Listened.
“We’ll be there as quickly as we can.”
Jarrod’s focus sharpened. Daniel’s tone was intense.
Daniel disconnected and looked at Jarrod. “That was dispatch. An officer in distress call just went out.”
“Where?”
“Boethe Highway. A mile past where Haldyn’s bracelet stopped. Let’s go. Ambulances are on the way.”
Jarrod was already heading toward the door. The chances of that being in the same direction Haldyn was last seen in—no, he wasn’t stupid. This was related to her disappearance. He was sure of it.
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They saw the lights first. Heather recognized them as reds and blues for a patrol unit. She tensed, automatically. Those lights would always cause that conditioned response. Adrenaline was sharp. Her hand gripped the door handle reflexively. As soon as the SUV stopped, she would be assessing the scene and hopping out.
She was with McKellen. He liked to keep her close whenever anything happened. He kept her with him or her partner. She knew it was because she was the newest to the team. The unknown quantity. It was the way it worked.
She just didn’t like being in a dark vehicle with anyone she wasn’t related to.
“Do you think this has anything to do with Kimball and Haldyn?”
Saying that woman’s name was a gamble. She didn’t know what would set Daniel McKellen off. And his relationship with Haldyn was very complex. She was still trying to figure it out.
“I do. Too coincidental.”
She waited. For more.
Okay. So, he wasn’t going to share his cookies. Not with her.
Heather just kept her mouth shut. And waited until he pulled to a fast stop, just seconds behind Lake and Jarrod, who were in the SUV ahead. Dom and Lila and Jake were behind them.
An ambulance was already there. And two patrol units.
They were lifting a man in a patrolman’s uniform onto a gurney now. Heather was steps behind Daniel as he rushed to the gurney. “What’s his condition?”
