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"Jarrod," Audra called as she threw open the door of his office. "Jarrod!"
"Audra," Jarrod looked up from a book he was studying. "What in thunder do you think you are doing? What if I had a client in here?"
"No time," Audra was out of breath from her hard ride to town. "Jarrod, three of them. They kidnapped mother," she panted.
Jarrod's face went white, "What? Who? Who kidnapped mother?"
"I didn't recognize them," Audra was starting to catch her breath. "I came downstairs and they were waiting. They already had mother and they snuck up on me."
"What happened," Jarrod asked impatiently as Audra was still trying to slow her breathing.
"They told me that they were taking mother and that they wanted one of my brothers to bring $10,000 to Indian Springs by noon tomorrow. Jarrod," she gulped for enough breath to finish. "Jarrod, they said they didn't care which one of my TWO brothers brought the money but they had to come alone and unarmed."
"Two," Jarrod looked as confused as Audra had felt when she heard it. "That means they don't know about Heath."
Audra nodded. "I don't want anything to go wrong, but maybe we can think of some way to use that to our advantage."
"Maybe," Jarrod poured her a glass of water. "Here, drink this and wait here. I am going to the bank. Might as well have the money on hand. Did you tell Heath and Nick about this?"
Audra shook her head. "They were still out riding fence when they came for mother. They left early this morning."
"Right," Jarrod nodded. "I will get the money and then we will head back to the ranch and find them."