Bearly Believing by Scarlett Grove

Author:Scarlett Grove [Grove, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-09-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Summer heard a knock at her hotel room door right at noon. She opened it to find Chance standing there before her. He looked like a vision of masculinity. Her body responded immediately, instinctively remembering the night they’d spent together. That part of her, the part that let go, wanted to fall into his arms and press her lips against his.

The part of her that was a professional with a job to do, the part of her that kept her instincts in line, held her back. They had to work together to solve this murder. She wouldn’t let her animal attraction for a man who was totally wrong for her keep her from bringing down an environmental hazard like the copper mine. This was one of the most important things she’d done in her life. It was her purpose. She couldn’t fail.

“Hi,” she said, grabbing her purse from the table by the door.

“Ready?” he asked her.

“Let’s go.”

They went out to his truck, and he opened the door for her. Summer climbed inside, looking up at the sky. It was overcast and gray today, and she’d only worn a light t-shirt and jeans. Maybe she should go get a sweater. As Chance got in, she decided against it, not wanting to make him wait.

“I went over to the mine yesterday,” he said, starting the truck. “I wanted to know more about those shifter layoffs.”

“Did you find anything?”

“Not yet.”

“Do you think that the poisonings are intentional?”

“I don’t know. I don’t have any evidence of anything yet.”

“If these poisonings are intentional, the owners of the mine are sicker than I’d originally thought.”

“Well, don’t go jumping to conclusions,” he said.

She looked over at him with a frown. Did he think she believed anything without proof? It irritated her. She was a scientist, not an idiot. Past scientific evidence proved that copper mines polluted water. She had good reason to believe the mine was involved. It was Chance who’d suggested there might be intention behind the poisonings. “Well, connecting layoffs to the deaths suggests malicious intention. That was your idea, not mine.”

“We don’t know anything yet. Let’s just wait until we find out about the mine’s environmental checks. I’m waiting to hear back from the manager of the mine about the layoffs. Any lead is a lead. There are shifter protesters around the mine. Those people are dangerous. It wouldn’t be the first time that they’d killed a shifter. We have to keep our eyes open.”

“You’re right. Finding out who and what killed Balor Von and poisoned the Owenses is the most important thing. When is the environmental oversight report coming back?”

“In the next couple of days. Now, what did you want to tell me about the news?” he asked, pulling into a diner.

“Are we going out to lunch?” she asked.

“I thought it would be a good place to talk.”

“We could always just go back to your office or something more… official.”

“Aren’t you hungry?”

“I guess. Fine. Let’s just go.”

The café was full of locals, and the pert waitress quickly showed them to a table covered in a red plaid, plastic tablecloth.

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