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“Did he ever say what he wanted with you?” Detective Belkin asked, scribbling notes down on the pad of paper before him.
Dallas watched Candi swallow hard. She glanced at him, and he gave her a nod. They were seated at a table in one of the interrogation rooms. He had remained next to her side for all of the questioning. Dallas was still dressed in his dark fatigues. He’d removed his weapons once they’d entered the station.
There was no way he was going to separate from Candi. She was visibly shaken from the drama. Aside from the scrapes and bruises, she was physically fine. Thanks to the good Samaritans, they had found the house Lamont and his goons had been holed up in.
Lamont had been taken into custody along with every other person in the house.
The building had been full of drug dealers and gang members.
It wasn’t any surprise when SWAT raided it that they had found a pretty hefty stash of drugs, money, and weapons.
“He was asking about a stuffed animal I own.” Candi shook her head before resting her arms on the table.
“A stuffed animal?” Belkin repeated, glancing over at his partner.
“What would he want with that?” Detective Tull asked, sitting back in his chair.
Dallas frowned. Whatwouldher ex want with her mangy little bear? When she’d reached for it while they were grabbing her things from her place, he didn’t have the heart to tell her to leave the stupid toy at home.
Now his curiosity was piqued.
Her bag had been brought to the station to be processed as evidence. Since it was ruled a kidnapping, they had tagged and bagged everything, just in case they would need it later.
A knock sounded at the door.
Tull pushed back from the table and strolled over to the door. He opened it, revealing the captain.
Dallas and Belkin stood from their seats.
“Captain,” he murmured.
“McNeil,” the captain replied, closing the door behind him.
“Ms. Jennings, my name is Captain Jarvis,” he said, stretching his hand toward Candi, who took it.
“Hello, Captain.” She offered him a strained smile before releasing his hand.
“Can I speak to them alone please?” Jarvis straightened to his full height and turned his gaze to Belkin and Tull.
“Sure. We’ll be outside. Holler if you need us,” Belkin said.
The two detectives exited the room, closing the door behind them.
Dallas wasn’t sure what the captain wanted. Unfortunately, Candi didn’t have any notions of what her ex had been up to since being released from prison. They had been there for a little over an hour and were still in the dark about why Lamont had kidnapped her.
It had taken everything Dallas had in him that was decent not to fire his gun as soon as Candi had hit the floor. He’d had the open shot but knew that was not him.
He was not a cold-blooded killer.
He had spent practically half of his life protecting, and killing a man in cold blood would erase everything he had worked so hard for.
Over here in the good old US of A, he would let the justice system make Lamont pay.
With all of the charges they already had on him, he would be returning to the prison for a long time.
“Ms. Jennings, I just received a call from a special task unit that I’m not allowed to disclose of who has been investigating your ex-husband. Apparently, he had some information that was stolen that he was going to be selling on the black market.”
Candi glanced at Dallas in disbelief. Her eyes were round while her mouth flopped open and shut.
