Baby Breakout
“That breath hadn’t come from the body; Marcus Leighton was dead. Jed had checked his pulse to confirm death. The man’s skin was already cold. And so was Jed’s blood—cold with dread.
He turned toward the door and found Erica watching him—her eyes as wide with shock and horror as Marcus’s. She obviously thought Jed had killed his lawyer. He shook his head in denial of the question she hadn’t even bothered to ask. She had just assumed his guilt, not even looking around as he had, for the real ...killer.
No one else was inside the building; it was just the two of them. And the dead man.
“He was shot.” Jed pointed to the hole in Leighton’s chest, burned through his blood-soaked shirt. He lifted his palms. “I don’t have a gun.”
With a trembling hand, Erica pointed to the one sitting across the desk from the body. Leighton must have been visiting with someone who’d pulled the Glock 9 mm gun on him, shot him and then left it on the desk next to the half-empty glass of liquor.MoreLess
He turned toward the door and found Erica watching him—her eyes as wide with shock and horror as Marcus’s. She obviously thought Jed had killed his lawyer. He shook his head in denial of the question she hadn’t even bothered to ask. She had just assumed his guilt, not even looking around as he had, for the real ...killer.
No one else was inside the building; it was just the two of them. And the dead man.
“He was shot.” Jed pointed to the hole in Leighton’s chest, burned through his blood-soaked shirt. He lifted his palms. “I don’t have a gun.”
With a trembling hand, Erica pointed to the one sitting across the desk from the body. Leighton must have been visiting with someone who’d pulled the Glock 9 mm gun on him, shot him and then left it on the desk next to the half-empty glass of liquor.MoreLess
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