Free Cowboy Cool: Book 5 (Cowboy Justice Association) by Olivia Jaymes Page A

might have access to you.”
    At first she looked like she wanted to argue but then the fight went out of her and she nodded. “Fine. If I don’t cooperate you’ll just call Logan who will tell Ava and then she’ll call me, so let’s get this over with.” Kaylee stood and grabbed a spiral notebook and pen from next to the phone. Reed had noticed she had them all over the house, probably keeping them close in case she had ideas for a story. “Where do you want to start?”
    “Let’s start with Brent and your other writer friends since they’re fresh in our minds,” Reed said. “And I wouldn’t have called Logan and Ava. You’re a smart woman and you know deep down this needs to be done. Otherwise I’ll be living in your guest room forever.”
    He tried to joke to lighten the tense atmosphere and a smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. “You’re actually nice to have around. I really do feel safe now that you’re here.”
    That’s exactly how he intended to keep Kaylee. Safe and sound. Even from himself.

Chapter Eight

    “A ny help you can give me would be appreciated,” Reed said to Jared Monroe, one of his best friends and also a fellow small town sheriff in Montana. Reed was back in Kaylee’s office pounding away at her laptop. He was close to finding the origin of those two emails.
    “I’ll do what I can,” Jared agreed. “Hell of a thing, having to deal with this on your vacation. Although you’re probably just as happy. You don’t relax well.”
    Reed laughed at his friend’s understatement. It was well known that Reed was a workaholic.
    “My buddy in Florida isn’t too happy but this is alright. Kaylee’s a good cook and we get along fine.”
    In fact, he enjoyed her company more than any woman he could remember. He’d never really been friends with a woman before, at least as an adult.
    “I didn’t really ask about her but I see where your mind is going. Is she cute?”
    “Doesn’t matter if she is or isn’t. If I step out of line Logan will kick my ass.”
    Jared chuckled, clearly happy with the image Reed painted. “I think it would be a draw. Both of you are ornery as rattlesnakes and fight just as dirty. I wouldn’t know which of you to put my money on, personally.”
    “I’ll email the list over to you.” Reed changed the subject, not wanting to continue discussing Kaylee or her attractiveness. He hadn’t liked how jealous he’d felt earlier when she’d been talking to Brent. It was an alien emotion and it had taken him a few hours to even figure out what it was. He’d never felt it before and he didn’t like it one bit. “Anything else going on there?”
    “Nice and quiet. Just how Griffin likes it. Some network offered him and Jazz a load of money to televise their wedding but they put the kibosh on that.”
    As long as matrimony wasn’t contagious, Reed was happy for Griffin. He and Jazz seemed like a good match. Griffin certainly seemed happier than ever.
    “Griffin should have said yes and let them pay for the wedding,” Reed joked, knowing that it wouldn’t happen in a million years. Griffin hated attention of any kind.
    “I need to get back to work. I’ll keep in touch and call you right away if I find anything.”
    “I’ll do the same. Take care.”
    Jared hung up and Reed tossed the cell down on the desk, a grin spreading across his face.
    “I’ve got you, you little bastard. You thought you could hide from me but you’re not as smart as you think you are.”
    A few more keystrokes and a location lit up clearly on the screen. The map was local and so was the address.
    “Yes,” Reed hissed. “You’re under my thumb, you judgmental piece of shit.”
    Entering the address into the search engine, the name of the location popped up first in the results.
    Son of a bitch.
    The public library. A place where everyone was welcome to use the computers. His only hope was a camera or someone remembering their suspect at that particular moment. And