Amanda Haunting Rachel by Kay Hooper

Author:Kay Hooper
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: cookie429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9780553383843
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2005-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The phone conversation was brief.

“You wanted to know where they went.”

“Yes.”

“A restaurant first. Then a quick stop at the lawyer’s office. She went in, he didn’t.”

“And from there?”

“Looks like they’re heading to the store.”

“All right.”

“Do you want me to—”

“I want you to follow your orders.”

“Right.”

“And this time don’t fuck up.”

“I’m surprised Becket didn’t insist on coming along,” Adam commented as Rachel unlocked the front door of the store and they went inside.

“He did make a suggestion.”

“That he come along?”

“It might be a good idea, he said. Just to look the place over and hear about all my plans. So he could advise me about business permits and so on.”

“Which you’re perfectly capable of finding out on your own.”

“Exactly what I told him.”

Adam looked at the big empty space surrounding them. “Still, this is quite an undertaking. Maybe he could advise you.”

“You’re more charitable about him than he is about you.” Rachel kept her voice casual.

“I’m a nice guy.”

Are you? Are you really? “And not a suspicious lawyer.”

“I guess it’s an occupational hazard for him.”

“Definitely more charitable than Graham.” Rachel shook her head, then said, “I want to go check out the back. I didn’t take more than a quick look last time.”

“Hold on a second.” Adam slipped around her, moving quickly enough to catch her off guard, and went through the door into the back areas of the building.

By the time Adam reappeared, Rachel had managed to remind herself that all kinds of appearances could be deceptive. Maybe Adam really was worried about her safety.

Or maybe he just wanted her to think so.

God, I hate this!

“Satisfied?” she asked lightly.

Equally lightly, he said, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean someone isn’t out to get you. Being careful never hurts.”

“What did you expect to find back there?”

“A clear space and a locked rear door. Which is what I found.”

“You do realize this place doesn’t even have gas heat? It’s electric.”

“I realize it now—after seeing the furnace in the back.”

“May I go back there now?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

They were, she thought, both being polite. Very polite. “I need to get a rough estimate of the space back there.”

He followed her this time. “So you can get the work started?”

“That’s the idea.” She stood beside a tall stepladder left behind by the previous occupant, opened the small notebook she’d brought along, and used one of the steps as a makeshift desk.

While he watched, she paced off the dimensions of the office space, then did the same in the storage area behind it, and recorded the rough measurements in her notebook. “Plenty of space.”

“I’d say so.”

She looked at him quickly, the hair on the nape of her neck stirring suddenly. “What’s wrong?”

Adam was looking slowly around. “Nothing.”

“There is something. I can hear it in your voice.”

He shook his head. “I thought I heard something, but I guess not. Are you about done?”

Rachel closed the notebook and put it in her shoulder bag. “I have enough to get started with.”

“Then let’s go.” He took her hand, and she could feel his tension as they walked through the big, echoing space of the store.

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