Simon Says Die

regularly and took meds.”
    â€œMadison never mentioned that.”
    Tessa frowned. “She didn’t?”
    â€œNo. Did you find his medical records in New York?”
    â€œNot yet. I don’t have anything worthy of a search warrant, so I may not even be able to get anyone to admit they were his doctor.”
    â€œCan I get a copy of that folder?” Hamilton asked.
    â€œAbsolutely.”
    â€œThis isn’t getting us anywhere closer to finding Madison,” Pierce said. “Are you sure you followed up all the leads at the motel? Someone had to see Madison’s car leave the parking lot. What direction did it go?”
    â€œI’m drawing a blank there. I can’t find a single person who saw the car leave, which seems bizarre since it’s such an eye-catching color.”
    â€œAnd yet, you have several witnesses who saw the car arrive, and it was caught arriving on camera—conveniently showing the license plate as well,” this from Matt.
    Tessa looked up at him, her eyes half-closed as if she were only tolerating his presence because she had to. “I admit it seems like someone wanted witnesses to think Madison was at that motel.”
    â€œRight,” Pierce interrupted. “But when the car left the motel, it left in some obscure way—perhaps down a back alley, to avoid witnesses and cameras.”
    â€œA set-up,” Matt said.
    â€œSeems that way to me. Madison has been with me for several days. She’s had no opportunity to be alone, to arrange some clandestine meeting with some man in a motel. And she’s not exactly the type to sneak around. If she wants to do something, she does it.”
    â€œNow, that I’ll agree with,” Hamilton said. “I’ve seen no signs of meek and mild in Mrs. McKinley.”
    Pierce raised a brow. “You’re on my side now?”
    â€œI’ve never not been on your side. I just want the truth.”
    â€œSo what’s the next step?” Tessa asked. “We’re out of leads.”
    The front door slammed and everyone glanced up.
    Logan Richards stood in the entryway, his usual crisp, polished appearance only a distant memory. He needed a shave as badly as Pierce did, and his suit was rumpled, as if he’d slept in it. He saw Pierce and strode toward him.
    Pierce rose to greet him, but his words died on his lips when he saw the anger flashing in Logan’s eyes.
    â€œI asked you to check on my sister.” Logan’s deep voice boomed through the room. “And now she’s missing.” He shoved Pierce, forcing Pierce to take a step back. “What the hell are you doing to find her?”
    â€œNow wait just a minute.” Matt tried to shove his way between them.
    Logan knocked him flat on the couch without even looking at him.
    â€œDon’t,” Pierce said to Matt, when he jumped up with his fists curled in front of him. “Logan has every right to be angry. I should have protected Madison. It’s my fault she’s missing.”
    â€œDamn right it is,” Logan said.
    Matt ignored Pierce’s warning and pushed between them again. “Arguing isn’t going to help us find her any faster.”
    Pierce froze and blinked in disbelief as he stared past Logan. Logan turned and they both stood in stunned amazement to see who was standing in the open doorway.
    Madison.

 
    Chapter Eighteen
    â€œI TOLD YOU. I ’M fine. Please stop fussing over me.” Madison pulled her arm back from the EMT and rubbed where he’d just drawn blood.
    Pierce sat on the couch across from her, unable to look at her. He was too afraid she’d see the doubt in his gaze. Instead, he focused on everyone else in the room while he tried to make sense of the story she’d just finished telling them about her abduction.
    Her alleged abduction.
    â€œWe have to make sure you’re okay.” Logan put his arm around her shoulders.
    â€œBy poking me with needles? Gee, thanks.”
    Pierce looked down as she looked across the coffee table that separated them. She’d been abducted, by someone no one else saw. And she’d supposedly awakened this morning sitting in her car a few miles away. With the keys in the ignition. She’d simply started the engine and drove home.
    It was perhaps the strangest story he’d ever heard. And he couldn’t wrap his mind around it. He desperately wanted to believe her. But nothing she