Chapter 18If Krissy had been in town earlier, she might not have left Braxton. I checked my watch to confirm I had more than enough time before Cristiano's call. I could stop at Marcus Stanton's house to convince Krissy to tell me what she knew about the jewelry thefts. If she was Quint's accomplice, I would appeal to her sense of friendship to protect Gabriel from any blowback. By the time I reached the parking lot, my cell phone rang. I jumped, thinking it was Cristiano calling earlier than he'd indicated. It wasn't the phone he'd assigned to me that was ringing. “This is Kellan.”
“It's Connor. Sheriff Montague is here with me, and she asked me to give you a call.”
“Everything on track for tonight?” I asked, uncertain if she'd told Connor anything about Francesca's return. We'd agreed
