A Reason to Believe by Diana Copland

Author:Diana Copland [Copland, Diana]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“I’m not telling Aidan about this,” Kiernan said

emphatically as they walked in through the back

door of Matt’s house. Matt flicked the lights on as

he passed, shrugging out of his overcoat and

tossing it on the kitchen table.

“That’s your call.” The adrenaline rush was

starting to wane, but his nerves were stretched

tight as a piano wire, thrumming uncomfortably

just beneath the surface of his skin. When he

thought of what might have happened if he’d been a

second slower, it made him sick to his stomach.

There had been a telephone conversation

between Kiernan and his sister but he hadn’t heard

much of it. His heartbeat had been too loud in his

ears, his eyes darting from the street to the

rearview mirror, searching for anything that might

indicate the dark sedan was following them.

“She’s already unhappy about my staying

behind. If I tell her about what happened, she

won’t leave.” Kiernan took off his leather jacket

and loosened his tie. “She always has been too

much of a mom. She needs to get back and do some

things for herself, and I want her as far away from

this as possible.”

Matt jerked his suit jacket off of his shoulders,

his agitation suddenly taking the form of anger as

he pulled his own tie loose. “If you were smart,

you’d go with her.” He saw movement to his left,

but he still tensed when he felt a hand come to rest

on his back.

“You okay?”

“I’m fine.” Matt shrugged the hand away. “I

need to call it in.” He patted down his pockets,

searching for his cell phone.

“Call what in?”

“It’s called ‘shots fired.’”

“Matt.” Kiernan caught his arm, and Matt sent

him a hard look. He released him and took a step

away. “Do you think that’s a good idea?”

“Shots were fired within the city limits, in my

city. That may happen all the time in L.A., but here

it’s somewhat unusual. I have a responsibility to

report it.”

“Fine, do what you need to do. But you might

want to think for just a minute. Shots were fired,

yeah, but at us, not at random. And I think it’s

pretty clear they had something to do with what

happened earlier today. Do you really want to clue

your colleagues in on what we were doing this

afternoon? I would think the last thing you need is

for Branson to know we were in Abby’s

bedroom.”

Matt stared into the open face and finally

nodded, the movement jerky. “Fine. I won’t call it

in.”

Kiernan took a cautious step forward. “Matt.”

Matt held up a stiff hand. “I need coffee.”

“Okay, fine.”

Kiernan stayed close, and Matt wished he’d just

go away. Instead of ordering him out, he slammed

things around. He pulled filters out of the cupboard

and threw them onto the counter, and slapped on

the tap to fill the glass pot. When he’d added

coffee and poured the water into the well, he was

trembling so hard he spilled some onto the sink.

Infuriated, he punched the On button so hard, the

coffeemaker scooted six inches across the

countertop.

Kiernan hopped onto the counter beside him,

and Matt looked at him as if he’d lost his mind.

“What the fuck are you doing?”

“Putting myself at eye level. Now, are you going

to quit acting like an

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