Free Indecent Danger (Danger Incorporated Book 3) by Olivia Jaymes

wasn’t all that fond of feeling like she didn’t have a clue of what was going on.
    “Baby, we’re only going to help Prather if his investigation is going the wrong way. Even then it will just be a nudge here and there. I don’t want anyone to think we’re interfering in an official investigation. No, we’ll start our own investigation and if we find something that Prather needs to know we’ll give it to him. But right now I’m going on the assumption that he’s not our friend.”
    Aubrey was sure that Prather wasn’t any sort of friend. The only people she had on her side were Shane and Travis, but the two men were an awesome sight to behold. Without any doubt in her mind she knew they would do everything in their power to protect her from being falsely accused of Bruce’s murder. But it couldn’t all be up to them. She had to help herself and it was no time to be timid. They had a killer to hunt down.
    “So where do we start?”

Chapter Eleven
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    M artin’s wife Alana opened the door of the suite and beckoned them to come in. Travis and Shane followed the woman out onto the large patio that overlooked the Gulf, the breeze soft and the sun warm overhead. Martin and his granddaughter Caroline were sitting at a large table that was laden down with food and drink. Apparently they weren’t the first visitors that had stopped by this morning. Rising to his feet, Martin shook Travis’s hand and ushered them into chairs.
    “We came to pay our respects, my friend.”
    Travis and Shane accepted the glasses of iced tea from Alana and she urged them to fill a plate.
    “The management sent up all this food. I’m guessing they want to keep all of this quiet,” Alana said as she reached over to give her step-granddaughter Caroline a hug.
    Bruce’s now widowed wife always looked a little lost but today she appeared more frail than usual. Her long blonde hair was pulled back in a messy braid and her skin was pale and splotchy that contrasted with her red rimmed eyes. The last time he’d seen Bruce and Caroline together they hadn’t been the picture of matrimonial happiness, but then the death of a spouse was likely to be a shock no matter the state of the relationship.
    “We appreciate you stopping by.” Caroline held out her hand to Travis and Shane. “It’s been a long time since we saw you last.”
    “We’re so sorry for your loss,” Shane said smoothly, giving the young woman a gentle smile to help her feel at ease.
    “Thank you. It’s been a…shock.”
    Watching his friends through new eyes, Travis fucking hated what he was doing. There was no way Martin and his family had anything to do with Bruce’s death but if he didn’t talk to them, check them out then he wasn’t doing a thorough job.
    Aubrey needed nothing less than his absolute best. There would be no cut corners, no taking chances. She would be cleared completely and utterly before he was done.
    “Do you have any idea who might have done this?” Travis sipped the iced tea and tried to keep his tone neutral. They didn’t need to know he’d launched his own investigation.
    “I can’t imagine–” Caroline began but Alana cut her off mid-sentence.
    “Stop trying to protect him, Caro. He’s gone now and if his reputation is tarnished he has no one but himself to blame.” Alana looked apologetically at Travis and Shane. “Bruce was not a very nice man, I’m afraid.”
    Caroline nodded in agreement, her voice shaky. “My husband is – excuse me – was a jerk. He treated me and everyone around him like they didn’t matter. But he still didn’t deserve to be stabbed to death, Alana.”
    Travis had suspected that Bruce had been knifed in the heart, but without a murder weapon he hadn’t known for sure. Apparently Caroline had heard from the police on a possible cause of death.
    “Bruce was a Class A bastard and everyone knew it.”
    Martin hadn’t said much but his words hung in the air and no one seemed to want to