Page 76 of Guarding Over You
Clay lifted his eyebrow. “Yours or Arden’s?”
“Hers.” He filled his brothers in on the events of the day, then added the first note so that Ash was caught up.
“What does Tate think of it?” Ash asked.
“I don’t know. I left to get Gracie. That is Arden’s daughter. She asked me to pick her up at daycare so she could finish up the report. It’s not like I can call and find out.”
“Ford could,” Ash said.
“I won’t ask and he won’t reach out for something like this. It’s out of his jurisdiction.”
“No, it’s not. It’s Warren County,” Ash argued.
“County and city don’t always play nice,” Clay said. “You know that, Ash.”
“Yeah, well, you live just outside the city,” Ash said. “So you could call Ford and it’s still his county even if the GFPD covers it also.”
His brother wasn’t wrong. “I’m hoping it doesn’t come to that. Not at her place. So far whoever this is, is keeping it out in the open.”
“And not getting caught,” Clay said. “Could mean a couple of things.”
“I think they are just blending in. Both times it’s happened, her car has been in blind spots. It’s not as if the notes were exactly after the fights.”
“So you think it’s not the ex?” Clay asked.
“I don’t know what to think, but Tate would have told her if Billy didn’t have an alibi because of the visitation tomorrow. She’s still going.”
“Did she talk to her ex?”
“Yep. The guy is a real dick. Just the way he talks to her. But he told her the new girlfriend’s last name.”
“Give it to me,” Clay said.
“Tina Morris.”
“You’ve looked into the ex already?” Ash asked.
“Yeah, nothing on him. Or nothing that held. Doesn’t mean people don’t change and flip when their back is against the wall. We’ve all seen it.”
“More than once,” Ash said.
“Don’t need to tell me.”
He’d lost count of the fighting and violence in the ER. Mix drugs and alcohol in there and smaller rural areas weren’t immune to it.
Matter of fact, it seemed as if some of the violence was bleeding over from Albany and downstate.
Nothing was left untouched or unsoiled.
“I’ll see if I can find anything out about this woman. I can do it now if you want to swing to my place.”
“You don’t mind?” Blaze asked. “It’d ease my mind.”
“I’ve got the time,” Clay said. “Let me lock up and I’ll finish here in the morning. Let me go let Meredith know.”
“She’s in the kitchen,” Ash said. “Finishing up there, but was almost done putting the food away that was left behind.”
“Anything good?”
