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“That’s who your grandmother’s attorney is?” Dawn’s eyes widened and she went cold at the mention of the name Jackie Travis.
“Yes,” Kelly said, sniffing. “Do you know her?”
“Only in passing.” Dawn had to stop from gritting her teeth. “Kelly, I’ll sort things out and call you back. Is this the number I can reach you at?”
“Yes,” Kelly confirmed. “And thank you. This is the most anyone has told me about Tiger in weeks.” She sniffed again. “The vet and that attorney have been keeping our cat hostage for weeks.”
When Dawn hung up, Liam and Scott were still looking at her. The pieces of the puzzle were starting to merge together. She looked from Scott to Liam. “I don’t think this has anything to do with Bailey or the Littlefords,” she said slowly.
“Okay…” Liam said, watching her. “What do you think it’s about?”
“A three million dollar cat!” Dawn breathed and tapped Liam’s notepad. “I think we need to move Greg to the top of our suspect list along with his ex-wife, Jackie Travis.”
Scott’s phone beeped and he looked at the message and turned toward her and Liam. “I think you’re right about that.” He pointed to the phone. “Sam Donovan’s contact has managed to find out that the fake Black Ocean II that blew up this morning is registered to Greg.”
“And I was the one who helped Greg’s mother take custody away from Greg and his wife,” Dawn finally confessed and told them the truth about what happened with Greg. “Ben’s mother, Judge Hardy, helped me get a restraining order against him with the help of Greg’s mother. I gave Greg’s mother the evidence she needed to take her granddaughter out of her parent’s toxic grasp.”
“I believe Greg’s father and his mother have cut him out of their wills,” Scott informed them.
“That couldn’t be too good for Greg,” Liam added. “Greg has been desperately trying to get a cash injection into his company. He even asked if I wanted to amalgamate our firms a while back.” He shook his head. “Albright Investments is huge, or at least it was until Greg took it over from his grandfather. I must say, it was a very tempting offer. One of those too good to be true ones. Sam Donovan did some digging for me into Greg’s finances. Sam found that Greg’s company was under investigation for accounting fraud by the IRS and there were rumors that the FBI were looking into Albright Investments for securities fraud.”
“I think we’re starting to get bigger pieces to the puzzle,” Dawn said.
“Yes, there are just a few more that we need to get the full picture,” Scott added.
“I think it’s time to loop Detective Winslow in,” Liam suggested. “Do you know anyone who could bring Greg in for questioning?”
Scott nodded and dialed.
“How are you holding up?” Liam reached over the desk and took Dawn’s hand.
Her heart jolted and her breath caught at the simple comforting gesture made more intimate by the emotion in his eyes.
“I’m fine.” Dawn sighed. “I just wish this was over.”
“Greg’s not in New York,” Scott told them when he hung up. “He skipped town two weeks ago, a day before the FBI raided his firm.”
Dawn and Liam looked at each other before looking back at Scott. The plot just thickened a little more.
CHAPTER 16
Liam and Dawn were exhausted. They’d been on a non-stop adrenaline-fuelled ride for a few days, and they needed some sleep. After gathering some of the bigger pieces of the puzzle, Liam had called Detective Winslow, who was already on her way to the Summer Inn Hotel to question Dawn about her latest adventure on the high seas. While they waited for the detective to arrive, Scott had been summoned by the group that was now ready to leave for L.A.
“Are you sure you’re going to be okay with finishing this without me?” Scott asked, glancing at the SUV now filled with people waiting to get to Boston Airport.
Liam and Dawn stood outside the hotel, having said goodbye to the teens and the rest of the group heading out, waiting impatiently for Scott in the car.
“Dad!” Harper called. “We need to go, or we’re going to miss our flight.”
“We’ll get there in more than enough time, sweetheart.” Scott turned and scowled at his daughter. “Newbury Port is close to Boston by helicopter.”
“Scott, go, we’ve got this,” Dawn promised. “Besides, you’ve left a small army behind to protect us. I think even some drug cartels would be jealous of our security.”
“Funny,” Scott said, pulling her to him for another hug. “No more boat rides.” He kissed her head and looked at Liam. “I’m trusting you to look after my sister.”
“I won’t let her out of my sight,” Liam assured him. “Not until Detective Winslow has the suspects in custody.”
“You’ve got the briefing for her that we went over,” Scott asked Liam for the millionth time.
