Page 124 of Broken Daddy

“Oh, sorry.” Gwen shot Kent a look.

“Liam works for me, Devi,” Kent said gently. “He was looking into your brother’s case because of these threats Stein was getting.”

She felt nauseous. “You thought that Rohan was sending Stein threatening messages. He wasn’t!”

“No one thought that,” Kent told her. “There’s no way he could have from prison anyway. We were investigating the last few cases Stein lost. Your brother’s case caught Liam’s interest.”

“And now it’s caught mine,” Gwen said. “I’ve decided I’m going to help Rohan.”

“Help him?” she asked faintly. What was happening right now?

“Yes, I’m going to take his case. There are a number of inconsistencies and issues with it.”

As much as Devi would love to hire Gwen as Rohan’s attorney, she didn’t think that Gwen would come cheap. “Oh, that’s really nice, but?”

“Pro bono, of course.”

That would be amazing. But Devi knew she was only doing that because of Hayes. Gwen didn’t even live here.

“I couldn’t ask you to do that,” Devi said.

“You’re not asking. Besides, I want to do it. It intrigues me.” Her phone started to ring and she drew it out. “Hey, yep, I’m here. Already run into some interesting cops. Detective Brown. He threatened to arrest Devi for obstructing justice. Yep. I’ll put you on speaker.” Gwen put the phone down. “This is my friend, Reuben. He’s also a lawyer.”

“So you’re taking the case?” Reuben asked.

“Of course.”

“The case of the missing shoes wasn’t enough for you, huh?” he said dryly.

“Well, it was gratifying. But this has a bit more meat to it,” Gwen said. “Are you going to help?”

“Of course,” the other man said smoothly. “I’ll always help you.”

“Great. Can I send you a few things and you look over them?”

“Send away. Miss Dawson?”

“Yes?” For some reason, the guy on the other end sounded terrifying. And yet so supremely confident that she also found herself feeling more confident as well.

If this guy was helping then . . . then Rohan just might get out of jail.

“Just wanted to say that once you get out of hospital, it might be a good idea for you to leave town for a while. These gang members won’t be happy that you reported them to the police. And the local police don’t sound like they’re particularly good at their job. Something I’m going to have fun looking into. All right?” His voice was stern. And certain. He didn’t sound like a man who was used to people disobeying him.

“Yes.”

Only problem was, where was she meant to go?

26

Hayes stared at Devi.

What was going on in her mind? Since being interviewed by the detectives last night, she’d been very quiet.

She’d fallen asleep quickly, before she’d even eaten. And this morning, she’d just pushed her breakfast around.

The urge to take over and just feed her himself had ridden him hard.

The nurse had just come in to give her some pain relief. Now Devi was just staring at the ceiling.