Free The Eligible Suspect by Jennifer Morey Page B

guess. Or just to get away and clear his head. After all, his girlfriend was just killed.”
    No, Damen did not go there to get away. There had to be another reason, and it popped into his head right then. “He went after Korbin Maguire. Korbin has a friend who owns a cabin there.”
    “No way, man,” Bear said in surprise.
    There weren’t many other places in Wolf Creek that Korbin could go, and as long as no one told the cops, it was a great place to hide. The only reason he knew about it was that Korbin had taken Damen hunting one year and Damen had talked about it.
    “He was pretty busted up over his girlfriend. Maybe he went to cap him. Finish him off.”
    So, his brother had told Bear that Korbin had killed his girlfriend. “What did he tell you about her murder?”
    “That he saw Korbin leaving Collette’s house. That’s what he told the cops. Now Korbin is their prime suspect.”
    He’d actually told the cops Korbin had killed her, or alluded to it. If Korbin had been at her house at the time of the murder, he’d look guilty.
    “Where was he when he saw Korbin?”
    “He didn’t say. He just said that he found her dead after that.”
    Demarco smothered a scoff. Found her dead. He was probably the one who killed her.
    “He cared for Collette. He told me he was going to ask her to marry him. If somebody killed my sweetheart, I might go after him, too.”
    Demarco refrained from saying there had to be another reason Damen went after Korbin. “That’s what worries me.”
    “Yeah. Damen can be dangerous. You have to watch him, but Korbin—” Bear shook his head “—I wouldn’t go up against a guy like that. Damen might be the one to get hurt.”
    Korbin did have a formidable reputation. Demarco was afraid that he was innocent and Damen had framed him. Korbin would be no match for a gun.
    Damen was a jealous man. And he was especially jealous of Korbin. He often complained about him, but never cut him out of his life. Korbin was good at what he did, that’s why. Damen was more interested in making money than the way he felt about Korbin. Maybe he’d caught Korbin with Collette and sought revenge. And then something else had happened. He and Collette argued and things got out of hand? Whatever the reason, Damen hadn’t intended to kill her. And it made no sense for him to go after Korbin, not when he’d already set him up for murder. So what was going on? What was his brother up to now?
    Demarco saw movement in the kitchen to his left and had to stop a physical flinch. On the beat-up wood table were piles and piles of money. Wads of cash that someone was dividing.
    “Business must be good,” Demarco said as nonchalantly as he could muster. As Damen’s twin, the criminals who now worked for Damen trusted Demarco. They assumed Damen told him everything, or they wouldn’t have let him in the house while they were counting the proceeds of a drug deal. Damen dealt drugs, but not on this scale. From the looks of it, he’d hit the big time.
    “Damen got that Sinaloa dealer to work with him,” Bear said. “Things are going to change for him. For all of us. We’re very happy to be working for him.”
    Demarco could just bet. Money like that would be a great motivator.
    “I won’t keep you,” Demarco said.
    “You going after Damen?”
    “Yes.” He grinned. “Keep him out of trouble again.” As always.
    “All right, man. Hey, if you see him tell him we got the first payment, okay?”
    “Sure.”
    Demarco left and cursed in his car. He didn’t want anything to happen to his brother, but was it wise to involve himself in any of this? How far would he go for him? Not having an answer and feeling deeply obligated and compelled to save his brother, he called his wife, preparing himself for her reaction. They had a nice life together. He made a good income with his antiques and estate auction house. She didn’t have to work and stayed home with the kids. Their life was so different from