Page 17 of Every Which Way

“If we’re lucky, maybe something crazy will kick off at the wedding show.” Maizie chuckled.

Kenna’s phone started to ring, tucked in her clothes. She stepped off the podium and glanced at Adrielle and Laney. Both of them had red noses. Laney sniffed, and Adrielle dabbed a tissue under her eye.

“It’s Jax!” Maizie ran out from behind the screen.

Kenna answered the call and put the phone to her ear. “Hey.”

“It’s going well?”

Kenna glanced at herself in the mirror, and from this angle, she could see both Jaxton women still sitting.

Maizie sat on the floor crossed-legged beside them and said, “This happens a lot. Sometimes, she talks to him forhours.”

“Kenna?”

“Huh?” She cleared her throat and focused back on the call, trying to remember what they were talking about. “Things are good.”

“That’s good. I got a call from local law enforcement there in Denver. I guess someone watches the news, and when your name popped up in their system, they called the FBI office in Phoenix to ask for me.”

Kenna frowned. That was going to start happening more and more in the future. Even if the wedding happened quietly with not many people in attendance, word would get out within the law enforcement community.

Jax said, “The Denver PD has a crime scene they’re working, and the DNA left behind came back as a familial match…to you.”

“Me? That makes no sense.” She didn’t have any close living relatives except… “My mom?”

“I guess it’s possible.”

“It’s insane is what it is.”

“They want to know where you are so they can pick you up for questioning.” He didn’t sound all too happy, and she didn’t blame him, but she figured it wasn’t for the same reason she was unhappy about this. “But we have no information on this, so you’ll be going in with no idea what the case is or whose DNA this might be. It could be a cousin, for all you know. Or your dad’s DNA from years ago.”

“So I’ll find out. Then we’ll be back to what we’re doing.” She glanced at Maizie and saw the teen had a bunch of questions. Kenna mouthed,Get Ramon. Then she said to Jax, “Don’t worry. We’re all good here.”

He was all the way down in Phoenix. No need for him to be distracted by what was happening here in Colorado. After all, if anything did go down, he’d be too far away to help.

“Right.” Jax dragged the word out.

Kenna ducked her head and smiled. “I’ve got this.”

“I know you do.”

“But?”

“Nothing.”

If she pressed him, would he tell her he was ready to quit his job so he could be around her all the time? Working together. Solving crime. “We need you in the bureau.”

Jax chuckled. “I might not quit today. Ask me again tomorrow.”

“I’ll find out what they want.”

“Good. Call me later.”

He hung up.

Kenna turned to Akira and said, “We’ll take the dress.”

ChapterFive

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