Stockyard Snatching. Barb Han

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      “How would you characterize your relationship with Allen Lentz?” he asked Kate.

      “Professional,” she retorted.

      “I had to ask.” Tommy brought his hand up defensively.

      “But he wasn’t kidding about our office being like a family. Do you really think he broke into my house and stole my laptop and adoption files?” she asked Tommy, looking as if she was trying to let that possibility sink in.

      “Not completely, no,” he answered. “It doesn’t mean he’s not involved, though. The kidnapping attempt could’ve been a distraction while the burglar got what he really wanted.”

      Kate pinched the bridge of her nose as though staving off a headache.

      Tommy’s cell buzzed. He glanced at the screen. “If you’ll excuse me.”

      Kate nodded as Tommy hurried out of the room.

      Dallas didn’t say that none of this added up quite in the way he wanted it to. All her employees would know that she was already at the soup kitchen. If someone wanted her laptop and adoption files, all he had to do was break in while she was gone. But it was clear that her adoption was at the center of the kidnapping attempt. Could someone be trying to erase the paperwork trail? “Do you ever go back to your place after leaving for work?”