Trail of Lies Read Online Free

Trail of Lies
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Author: Margaret Daley
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the days around my husband’s disappearance. My housekeeper who lives here. My uncle stayed with me when Axle didn’t come home and I couldn’t get in touch with him. The day he disappeared I was at a conference in Dallas. My daughter was here with Juanita, and when Axle didn’t come home, I had her go to my uncle’s until I could get back to San Antonio.”
    â€œI just like covering all the facts and details of a case. I’ve been assigned to find out what happened to your husband.”
    â€œAgain, I want to know what case you’re working on.”
    â€œOne that could have far-reaching consequences. That’s all I can tell you right now.”
    And she wouldn’t tell him that she had contacted the FBI in Dallas after her conference to tell them the little she knew about her husband’s activities. Axle had let her go to the conference since she was the chairperson of the committee working for the mayor on drug education. He’d known she wouldn’t do anything with Kaitlyn in his hands, that she would never leave her daughter behind in SanAntonio. But also, she was sure Axle had her followed. That feeling had stayed with her during her brief time in Dallas and all the way back to San Antonio. She still felt she was being watched. All she wanted was for Daniel Riley to leave her and her daughter alone.
    She massaged her temples. “I don’t know anything more and my daughter will be home any minute. I don’t want anyone upsetting her.” She pointedly stabbed him with her gaze. The door he’d used to come into the house was through the mudroom, which she could close off so Kaitlyn wouldn’t see the busted door.
    â€œI’d like to talk with Juanita, but I’ll make sure Kaitlyn doesn’t know why I’m here.”
    â€œI appreciate that. She doesn’t understand why her daddy was gone for so long and then last week we had a funeral for him.” The sound of the garage door going up rumbled through the house. Melora wearily shoved herself to her feet. “Juanita and Kaitlyn are home.”
    He followed her into the kitchen. “I noticed your daughter was at the funeral.”
    Yes, and Melora had noticed he had been there, too, with the other Texas Ranger, Anderson Michaels, who’d come to the Alamo Planning Committee in October. Another committee she was on. Axle had wanted her to project the right image to the world, and she’d never complained because she liked making a difference and helping where she could. In fact, she still tried to maintain as normal a schedule as possible although she’d buried her husband two days ago.
    She threw him a glance. “Kaitlyn needed some closure with her father.” She hoped instead of Kaitlyn getting distressed because her father hadn’t come home that her daughter’s nightmares would stop since she’d gotten to say goodbye to her daddy at the funeral.
    The knob on the door to the garage turned. Melora fortified herself with a deep breath and faced her daughter who raced into the room with Juanita trailing at a more sedate pace.
    â€œMommy, you’re home.” Kaitlyn threw her arms around Melora’s legs. “I had a great time at Cara’s.”
    While her housekeeper made her way toward her suite off a back hallway, Melora hugged Kaitlyn. “I’m so glad. We’ll have to have Cara over here soon.”
    â€œTomorrow?” Her daughter bent back and looked up expectedly.
    Melora forced a chuckle that fell flat. “We’ll see.”
    Kaitlyn leaned around Melora, peering at Daniel Riley. “Who are you?”
    He crossed the kitchen, a smile lighting his gray eyes as though they were pieces of silver. “I’m a friend of your mother’s.”
    Her daughter tilted her head and studied the Texas Ranger. “How come I’ve never seen you?”
    His shoulders lifted in a shrug. “That’s going to
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