Lawman From Her Past. Delores Fossen

were already by the injured man by the time Cameron reached them. She could see them talking, but she couldn’t hear what they were saying.

      But she had no trouble seeing the alarm on Cameron’s face.

      Whatever the man had said to him had caused Cameron’s shoulders to snap back. Her brothers had similar reactions, and Gabriel took out his phone as he made his way to the house. Cameron and Jameson were right behind him. That was when Lauren realized the injured man was no longer moving.

      Gabriel made eye contact with her, and while he continued his phone conversation, he caught on to her arm and maneuvered her back inside the house.

      “What about the man?” she asked.

      “He’s dead,” Cameron told her the moment he reached the porch.

      The sickening feeling of dread went through her. “Did he say anything?” But Lauren fully expected that answer to be no.

      It wasn’t.

      Cameron nodded. “He gave us the name of the person who hired him.” His mouth tightened when he made eye contact with Lauren. “The gunman said it was you.”