A Shot at Love by Peggy Jaeger

Author:Peggy Jaeger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“I think this needs stitches,” Gemma said once she’d secured the bandage over the deep cut on Rick Bannerman’s cheek. “Otherwise, you’re gonna have a scar.”

He smiled and grabbed her hand, kissing the knuckles. “A scar is always a great conversation starter,” he said. “I’ll get a lot of pick-up mileage out of it.”

She smacked his arm and pursed her lips. “God help the members of my sex.”

When she looked up from her brother-in-law’s business partner, she found Ky leaning against the kitchen counter, watching them.

Unlike Rick, Ky’s face was unmarked from the fight, but she’d noticed him rubbing a hand across his abdomen a few times while she tended to her friend.

Lord, she’d never been so scared in her life as when she’d cracked open the bedroom door, the gun secured in her hand, to see the looming hulk of a man come through the front door. Ky had him on his knees in a heartbeat and it was then she saw the dim light from the late afternoon sun cross his face and realized it was Rick Bannerman who was getting the crap beat out of him.

“Are you okay?” she asked Ky.

“Fine. Mind explaining why you’re here?” he asked Rick in a tone that told her he wasn’t hurt as much as pissed off.

Bannerman fingered the bandage at his face and flicked his gaze from Gemma to him and then back to Gemma.

“Josh wanted to make sure you two got here okay, encouraged by Kandy, I’m sure. She’s worried about you, Cleo.” He dragged the finger down Gemma’s cheek.

She wasn’t sure, but the sound that came from over her shoulder sounded a little like a growl.

“You need to stop calling me that,” Gemma told Bannerman.

He winced when his smile burst fast and easy. “Ow. I think you might be right about the stitches. Anyway, after you two got in touch and Josh set you up here, he realized he had no way to make sure you’d arrived safe and sound, or to check on you. Since I’m between jobs at the moment, and this is my place, he asked me to come. Sent me with supplies, too. They’re out in the car.”

He turned his attention to Ky. “I was surprised you’d found and programmed the boundary line alarm. I didn’t set it the last time I was here.”

“Good thing I did, then,” Ky said. “We knew you were coming.”

Bannerman considered him. “I’ve never had it go off when I’ve been here. How much warning did you have?”

“Thirty seconds, give or take.”

“You got the drop on me pretty quickly, then. Good job.”

Gemma couldn’t tell if Ky was pleased by the compliment or not. The unreadable expression on his face never wavered.

Cop face, again.

“He found your weapons stash, too,” she said, a little pride singing through the words.

“Okay, so now I’m impressed. And a little ticked off. I thought that room was well hidden.”

“I’m going to assume all those weapons are licensed and registered.”

Gemma’s head whipped around to glare at him.

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