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CHAPTER 98

Author: Shile
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“Damn it… What do you think? Is he guilty?”

“Could go either way. But my gut…he didn’t set the bomb.”

“So we could still have a psycho out there after Dad?”

“Or after you. While you were in the swamp, we got a couple of phone calls on Dad’s cell, some guy asking where you were and how to find you. He always used private, untraceable numbers and never talked long. I never knew if he was a reporter or a criminal.”

She frowned. Surely, he was overreacting. It had to be the press trying to get ahold of her and bite into the big juicy story of her and Jesse’s busted relationship, which seemed like a lifetime ago now…. She’d assumed about all the unavailable calls and mute voice mails on her cell phone were all members of the press, too.

“I haven’t made any enemies.”

“That you know of.”

True. Kimber sighed. But unlikely. Had to be the pesky press not knowing when to leave a story alone. “Go with me to the hospital later today, just in case?”

“Yeah. Let me know what time. Could I…” He hesita
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