A Little Too Hot by Desrochers Lisa

Author:Desrochers, Lisa
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: William Morrow Impulse
Published: 2014-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

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HarperCollinsPublishers

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Chapter Twenty

I SPEND THE next week sleeping late, swimming, and focusing on staying mad at Blake. My dragonfly keeps me company a lot of the time, just sitting on the same spot on the pool edge, watching me. I’ve even started consulting it on all my plans to get back at Blake.

As much time as I’m spending at the pool, I’m starting to get some of my color back. Under my tan, my bruises have faded to a pale yellow, and my arm only hurts when I tweak it.

Blake and I have eaten most dinners together, though I rarely come up from the pool for lunch. He’s started stocking the fridge behind the bar in the bathhouse with fruit and cheese and yogurt for me to nibble on. I refuse to thank him.

When I come out of my room, he is filling a travel mug with coffee from the pot.

“Going somewhere?” I ask when I see his messenger bag on the sofa.

He presses the top onto his mug and turns. “I’ve got to head into the office for a few hours. Cooper is on his way.”

“Is it something with Ben?”

He just looks at me for a heartbeat. “We’re not coming up with the evidence we’d hoped.”

“Meaning?”

“His office is clean. No blood or any trace that would indicate Weber died there.”

“Meaning . . . ?” But I know what it means and my stomach knots.

“Meaning, at the moment, all we have to tie Arroyo to the murder is your testimony.”

I wrap my arms around my middle at the sudden cold that sends a shiver through me.

“We’re going to get him, Sam,” he says. “But this is why it’s so important that we keep you out of harm’s way.”

The elevator door slides open and Cooper is standing there, his usual scowl fixed to his face. “Get a move on, Montgomery. You’re going to miss the meeting.”

Blake gives me a look, then steps into the elevator. As soon as he’s gone, Cooper drops into the armchair and starts channel surfing. He stops on a rerun of Myth Busters.

I get myself a cup of coffee and sink into the sofa.

He points the clicker in his hand at the TV and looks at me for the first time since walking in. “You know they’re from here, right? Adam and Jamie? I saw them film the one where they tried to blow up a bathtub.”

“They didn’t try to blow up a bathtub,” I say. “They were trying to bust that movie myth that you can survive an explosion in a bathtub.”

“Whatever. They do most of their stuff over in Alameda.” He settles deeper into his seat, kicking his feet up onto the coffee table.

There’s a long, awkward silence, and finally I stand. “I’m going to head down to the pool and work my shoulder. Blake usually watches from up here,” I say with a wave of my hand at the balcony, because I really, really don’t want Cooper to come to the pool with me.

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