Page 77 of Recklessly Yours

Obsessed and crazy were the words that stood out to me. Could Josh have taken Hattie? Was he working with Brian?

I swallowed past the lump in my throat. “What kind of flowers?”

Michael shrugged. “All kinds and colors.”

I fisted my hands at my sides. They obviously weren’t going to be any more helpful. “Thanks.”

I headed out to my car, pulling up Aiden’s number as I went. We needed to see whether Josh was on our list of buyers. I had looked into all three regulars after I’d chatted with them that first day, but Josh didn’t have a car registered to his name in North Carolina and neither of the other guys owned a Toyota Corolla, so I’d moved on.

Once I was in the driver’s seat with my laptop, I dialed Aiden.

“Do you have a sixth sense or something?”

“What the hell is going on?” I snapped as I pulled up the buyer list.

Luckily it was in spreadsheet form so I could sort by name.

“We just finished questioning him, but he has a pretty tight alibi for the night Hattie was followed.”

“Yeah,” I croaked, raking a hand through my hair violently. “Because it’s not him.”

I sorted the list by last name, and when Josh Calvin stared back at me, I gritted my teeth. The address listed here was in Tennessee, which was where he said he’d moved from.

“What do you mean?” Aiden asked.

“Hattie was taken. It’s one of the bar regulars.”

There was a clatter on the other end of the line. “Wait, how do you know?”

I updated him on the evening as I took a deeper dive into Josh’s information.

“In Tennessee, there was a dark gray Toyota Corolla registered to his name, but he let it lapse.” Jesus, why the fuck didn’t I look deeper into the regulars? “He lives a few blocks from here.”

At least he’d changed his address with the local DMV.

“Dylan,” Aiden warned. “Don’t do anything until we get back.”

Anger blazed like fire through me. Was he fucking kidding me right now? He wanted me to sit here and twiddle my thumbs for the next hour?

“I can’t wait that long.”

“Dylan—”

“I’m going to get my girl back.”

And I wouldn’t stop until I did. She was it for me, and there was no way I could lose her. I was so fucking in love with her, and I would do anything to get her back.

A loud sigh came through the phone. “At least take backup.”

“Roger that.”

Chapter Thirty-Six

HATTIE

“I heardyou talking to Ashley tonight. The timing couldn’t have been better.” Josh’s high-pitched chuckle broke through the haze I was in.

My head throbbed, and I couldn’t move my arms. Where was I?

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