Free [B.S. #2] Bound to Cyn by Dale Cadeau Page A

fall asleep yet and he didn’t know if he saw her in bed if he could resist the temptation she would make. Keeping the volume low, he watched a police show already in progress and picked up the rest of the wine that Cinnamon had left in her glass and swallowed it down.
     
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    Angel looked out the window of the front door. He had just about given up of ever seeing his truck or Chase this night. Finally, he spotted his truck turning into the driveway. Over two hours had passed since he had spoken to Chase. Opening the door, he watched as a limo also pulled up to the curb behind his now parked truck as he walked down the driveway. Chase jumped out of the truck and met him halfway up the driveway.
    “Sorry to be so long, but Clay was called to the hospital, something about Laura. Brad was watching her at the time and all I know is that Clay left the office like the devil was on his tail. With all the guys busy, it took me some time to contact my driver, who I had given the night off to come and pick me up. I also don’t have your break and enter skills, so I had to go to the Braden office downtown and get your keys after Grant told me where you kept them. I like your house by the way,” Chase rattled off to him as he walked past him and into Cinnamon’s house. Angel just shook his head as he was left to retrieve his suitcase on the front seat of his truck and follow behind him.
    Chase was already in the kitchen by the time Angel had gotten his suitcase out of the truck and entered the house. “What happened to Laura?” Angel asked as he watched Chase look through Cinnamon’s cupboards.
    Finally finding glasses, Chase turned and walked to the small kitchen table. “Don’t know. I thought we would call as soon as I got here. While I was in the offices I found some of James’s Scotch and brought it over. I thought we could use a drink.” Chase opened the bottle and poured Scotch into each glass to its brim.
    Angel took out his cell phone and called Clay as he pulled out a chair and sat at the table. Chase put a glass in front of him as he also took a seat, and Angel picked the glass up and took a long swig of the liquor.
    “Clay here. What do you need? I don’t have time to deal with anything right now.”
    “Angel here. Chase just told me about Laura. Is she OK? Is there anything we can do?”
    “Thanks, but I’m just waiting for the doctor to come out and tell me. Some ass-wipe delivered a package to Laura’s place today. When she shook it, something exploded and her hands were burned with whatever was in the package. Brad took her to the hospital and that’s all I know right now. God, I’m glad now I didn’t listen to you when you said I couldn’t have Brad watch Laura’s house. Will keep you updated. Have to go.” The call was abruptly dropped with Clay’s voice sounding rushed and under stress.
    Picking up his glass of Scotch, Angel took a long swallow and updated Chase on what he knew about Laura.
    “Hope it all turns out OK. I’d hate for the big guy to finally find a lady and lose her.” Chase’s hands fiddled with his glass of Scotch in front of him on the table.
    “How’s your lady? Before Clay left he said that Cinnamon was really shaken up after being grabbed by the guy in the parking lot.”
    “I was just going to check on her when you arrived. She was pale and still in shock when we got here. I persuaded her to have some wine and she went to bed. I don’t like that the guy came so close to the club this time. I know it allowed us to get a partial face picture, but he usually stays farther in the back of the lot. He seemed to be upping his game and getting bolder. We have to find this guy soon.” Angel looked at Chase and finally clued in the something else that was bothering him besides the incident tonight. Chase was staring into his Scotch and being unusually quiet for Chase.
    Angel got up from the table. “Let me check on my lady and then you can tell me what’s on your