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Chapter Six

That was definitely not what Austin wanted to hear Deputy Gage Ryland say.

We’ve got a big problem.

Austin already had enough of those. A dead woman. Two destroyed crime scenes. And a whole mess of loose ends he needed to be working on.

Including taking Rosalie to a safe house.

“What’s going on?” Austin asked Gage.

“A guy just showed up at the hospital, and he demanded to see the P.I., Sonny Buckland. I told him it’d have to wait, that he was still being stitched up, but before I could send him on his merry way, Sonny came out of the examining room. Armed. He snatched the security guard’s gun and aimed it at the guy. Sonny’s holding him at gunpoint now.”

Of all the problems that Austin had imagined, that wasn’t one of them.

Austin shook his head. “And who exactly is the visitor?”

“Trevor Yancy.”

Even in the darkness, Austin could see the surprise dart through Rosalie’s eyes.

The concern, too.

“I wouldn’t have called you,” Gage went on, “but this Yancy idiot is egging Sonny on, along with demanding to see Rosalie and you. I’d really rather resolve this without bullets.”

So would Austin, especially since the babies might still be nearby.

“I’m on the way,” Austin assured Gage, and he turned and headed in the direction of Main Street.

“I want to go with you,” Rosalie insisted. “It’ll only waste time if you drop me off at the sheriff’s office first. And besides, it sounds as if the sheriff and his deputies already have their hands full.”

Austin couldn’t dispute any of that, but there was another angle to this. “You’ve already been put in enough danger tonight.”

She took hold of his arm, forcing him to make brief eye contact. It was just a glance, but Austin could see the determination written all over her face.

“Trevor might have kidnapped my daughter,” she reminded him. “And your nephew. If he did, I want to see his reaction when you ask him about it.”

“You’re not getting a chance to see his reaction or anything else.” Then, Austin huffed. “Sonny’s armed, and I don’t want you caught in the middle of whatever beef these two morons have against each other.”

And it was that beef that Austin was especially eager to learn more about. Sonny had said he’d suspected that Yancy had played a part in at least some of the baby kidnappings, so that might explain why the P.I. would want to hold Yancy at gunpoint.