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Smiling as Destiny had just asked how things were going with Luke, she looked at him over her phone and saw his brow knitted with a frown. “What is it?”
He half stood and shoved his phone into his pocket then sat back down. He looked at her and shook his head, a weak chuckle slipped past his lips. “Ah, it’s nothing.”
Chapter 16
“How can he be out?”Luke ground out as he leaned on Vince’s desk. After dropping Brit off at the Inn, he drove right over to the police station, wanting answers.
“Unfortunately, most of Brian’s charges were dropped. And what wasn’t, he made bail on.”
“What do you mean dropped?” He sat in a chair and rubbed the back of his neck. After seeing Brit smiling and no longer that guarded shy woman he first met, Luke vowed to get answers. “I thought stealing people’s animals and selling them on the black market would warrant jail time.”
“Normally yes.” Vince nodded. “But when big names, important names start showing up in his records, things get swept under the rug and charges start getting dropped.”
“That’s bullshit. What about what he did to Brit?”
Vince frowned. “What did he do to Brit?”
Evidently, she withheld information from the cops.
“Nothing.” Luke shook his head. “He did nothing to her.”
“Look, Luke.” Vince grabbed a pen off his desk, hand poised over a notebook, he said, “If you know something that she hasn’t told us, you gotta let me know. I want the scumbag behind bars just as much as you do. But if no one tells me what exactly he’s done, my hands are tied.”
Luke shrugged and stood, he had to get the hell out of there before he said something he shouldn’t. “I know nothing, she hasn’t said anything.”
“All right then.” Vince threw the pen down. “If she ever tells you anything let me know. In the meantime, he’s staying at the farm. You didn’t hear that from me.”
“Will do,” Luke nodded. Turning, he headed towards the office door, then stopped and looked back at the cop. “And thanks for the info.”
He headed outside to Ben’s car and got in, starting it, he pulled out his cellphone and called Lane.
“Get that phone number for me yet?”
“Well hello to you too brother,” Lane said.
“Sorry, Lane, it's been a helluva day already and it's just barely started," he apologized, easing Ben's car onto the road, the tires crunching from last night's snowfall. “I just need his number as soon as possible.”
