Griffin. "Who did he get in your town?"
"An accused child molester."
"Looks like he did the world a favor." Logan's expression was hard.
"He was accused. It wasn't proven. Shit, you are one tough bastard, Logan. Do you even care about the law?" Jared asked, his eyes narrowed. Jared was all about law and order.
Logan leaned forward so he was out of his chair, and pressed his hands to the table. "I care so much about the law that I want decent folks to be able to live their life without fear of their kids being assaulted or their property being taken. I think young girls should be able to walk the streets at night unafraid and families should be able to leave their doors unlocked. I think people should be able to send cash in the fucking mail. That's how much I love the damn law."
Tanner put his hand on Logan's shoulder, pressing him back into the chair. "We all feel the same, Logan. We're all balancing keeping the peace with protecting people's rights."
He felt Logan relax so he turned to Jared. "Who did he get in your town?"
Jared gave Logan a hard look. "An alleged drug dealer. But I had my doubts about the man's guilt."
Reed reached for the coffee pot. "But you arrested him?"
"I brought him in for questioning. But after talking to the guy, it just didn't feel right. I didn't arrest him due to lack of evidence and was going to keep my eye on him. He turned up with a bullet in his brain two days later."
Tanner tapped the table with the coffee stir. "You know what bugs me about this? How does he know? Our towns are spread out in a three hundred mile or more radius. How does he fucking know? And what else has he done that we don't even know about?"
Griffin's lips twisted. "I think we need to face the fact we may have people in our own towns who are feeding him information."
"You're saying they know he's a vigilante?" Reed asked. "If so, that's a major weakness for him. The more people that know about a crime, the harder it is to keep the perpetrator a secret."
Griffin shook his head. "I don't think they know or we would have more evidence. I think they're being duped into giving him information."
The meeting droned on with each man giving his update. Tanner felt antsy today and wanted to get back to town. Normally, he loved hanging out with his cop buddies but now he simply wanted a meal and some decent coffee.
When the meeting ended, Logan followed Tanner to his SUV. "What does the other guy look like?"
Tanner chuckled, touching the bandage on his forehead. "Better than me. I broke up a fight in Patty's last night. Needed a couple of stitches."
Logan grimaced. "Ouch."
"It wasn't too bad." Tanner shrugged, remembering how gentle Madison Shay had been. Even the numbing shot hadn't hurt too badly. He'd been impressed with her calm, professional demeanor and amused at the SpongeBob T-shirt she'd been wearing.
Without a bra.
"Man, I hate doctors," Logan declared. "Of course, every time I see one they're trying to fix up something I've broken."
"That might have something to do with it. You okay?"
"Why wouldn't I be?" Logan leaned against the door of the truck.
"We were giving you a pretty hard time in there."
Logan grinned. He was a cocky son of a bitch, but one of the best friends Tanner had ever known. "I can take the heat. We seem to have a basic disagreement, that's all. If I have a chance to get the vigilante, don't worry, I'll bring him in. I'm not condoning what he's done. But he makes it hard to hate him when he picks the victims he does. That's all I'm saying." Logan's smile fell. "You seemed in your own world in there. Still thinking about Abby's new man?"
The thing about best friends was you couldn't fool them worth a damn. "Actually, I was thinking about Chris. It was his fight I broke up last night."
Logan shook his head in sympathy. "You need some tough love for him, man. It's