Page 37 of Tangled Passion

Trey nodded. “Yeah. I thought of that.”

“Do you have any idea which way she went?”

“Not really. I figured she’d head back to her state but would stop along the way to rest. I’m planning on driving until we find her.”

“I agree. If you get tired, I’ll take over.”

Trey nodded.

“So, when we find her, how are we going to play this?” Garrett asked.

His brother glanced at him. “Well, we’re certainly not going to spank her first. Right?”

Garrett scowled. He didn’t know if he liked someone who knew him as well as his brother. “Then later.”

Trey rolled his eyes.

They drove in silence, slowing when they came to towns or motels on the highway.

Trey slammed on the brakes. “I saw her car. Back there at that motel.”

“Let’s go get our woman,” Garrett said.

They pulled up, parked next to her car, and got out. The two walked into the office.

“Hello. How can I help you?” the man said.

“We need to get into Madelyn’s room,” Trey said.

The man stiffened. “I can’t do that.”

Trey looked at his brother. “Call the sheriff.”

Garrett made the call.

“Do you know the sheriff of Marshall County?”

“Well, yes, I do. Very well. We went to school together.”

Garrett handed the older man the phone.

Trey listened to his side of the conversation. When the man relaxed and smiled, Trey felt a relief so deep it almost made him dizzy. Now, all they needed was their woman, and he’d be okay.

The man handed Garrett back his phone, turned, and grabbed a key. “Here you go. Just leave the keys in the room when you leave.”

“We’ll do that.” Trey shook the man’s hands. “Thank you.”

“Tommy said he’d arrest me if I stood in the way of true love,” the man said and chuckled.

Garrett grunted and Trey smiled.

When they stood outside her door, the brothers looked at each other nervously.

“We can’t fuck this up,” Trey warned him.

“I know, Bro. Let’s go. I need to touch her.”

Trey didn’t hesitate and opened the door. The first thing he saw was Madelyn asleep on the bed. The light by the bed made it easy to see red swollen eyes and flush face, which told him she’d been crying, and he wanted to kick himself for hurting her.

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