summed things up pretty quickly. “What’s going on, Eloise? Has someone threatened you already?”
“No,” she said, thinking it was useless to lie to him. He’d stay on her until she told him everything. Better to get it out in the open. At least she could trust him—and he did have the authority to help her. She hoped. “I can’t say much now, but…something happened last night. Something really bad.”
The knocking continued and Duff barked a response to each knock, impatient with all the visitors this morning.
Jackson held his hands on his hips, a frown burrowing across his forehead. “Eloise?”
She pushed toward him, then leaned close. “One of my best friends was killed last night,” she said on a whisper. “And I’m pretty sure her husband killed her. I went to help her, but I was too late.” Then she explained what Verdie had told her. “That’s why I wasn’t at work.”
Jackson’s eyes widened as he processed what she was saying. “Is that the cops at the door? Or him?”
She bobbed her head, then grabbed his arm. “Her husband is a cop. I can’t tell them what I know. If I do, he’ll come after me. I can’t step forward and tell the truth, not now. Maybe not ever. I can’t risk it, Jackson. You have to help me.”
She watched as he went into action. Clicking his communication device, he asked, “GQ, what’s the status at your location?”
The knocks persisted but Jackson held up a hand to keep her still. “Got it. Yes, I just heard. Just get out of there now before you blow your cover.”
He lifted a brow toward Eloise, grunted, then sprang toward the door. “Open it,” he said, “and answer their questions.” Then he whispered a quick command to his team. “Stand down and listen in. Don’t move until you hear from me.”
With a quick motion, he pulled her toward the door. “Work with me, Eloise. You have to make this look good. Just let them ask their questions but don’t give away anything right now.” Then he said into her ear, “And after they leave, you’d better tell me everything, so I can make sure you live to see your daughter again.”
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