Beneath the Surface by Lynn H. Blackburn

Author:Lynn H. Blackburn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense;Serial murder investigation—Fiction;Christian fiction;Mystery fiction;Love stories;FIC042060;FIC042040;FIC027110
ISBN: 9781493413829
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2017-12-22T05:00:00+00:00

14

At 2 a.m., Leigh adjusted her ponytail and rolled her head in slow circles. Wow, her neck was tight. Tomorrow she was making time to get through her favorite yoga routine. She’d missed her usual yoga class while she was recovering, and now she didn’t dare go. She liked the women who came to her class, and she’d never be able to live with herself if any of them were hurt on her account.

She laced her fingers behind her back and stretched her shoulders and chest.

“You okay?” Keri asked from a station a few doors down.

“Yeah. I’m good.”

“Liar.”

“I’m not lying.”

“Oh? You’re going with that? The ‘no one has tried to kill me in the past twenty-four hours equals a good day’ approach to life?”

“It’s as good as any.”

“No, it isn’t,” Keri muttered. “Your investigator have any leads yet?”

She couldn’t say why, but she had a strong sensation that she shouldn’t share what Ryan had told her, even if it made him look bad for now. She resisted the urge to defend him to her friend and instead gave a noncommittal shrug. “They’re working on it.”

Keri cut her eyes over in her direction. “Working on it? Wow. That’s . . . encouraging.”

Leigh ignored the snide remark. When this was over she’d explain to Keri, but not now. Who knew who might be listening? Or who might overhear Keri talking about it with someone else. Better for Keri to have the wrong idea about things. She’d forgive her later.

If there was a later.

“Hey, did you see I put your jacket with your bag?” Keri asked.

“What jacket?”

“The one I borrowed last night when I got cold.”

Typical Keri. “Okay. I hadn’t noticed,” Leigh said.

“Yeah, you don’t seem to notice much of anything when Ryan Parker shows up.” Keri pretended to swoon.

“Whatever,” Leigh said with a chuckle.

“Are you officially dating him or not?”

A flurry of activity distracted Keri and ended her interrogation. “Looks like we’ve got one on the way in,” Keri said. “You okay to take it? I need to check this little guy’s vitals again. I’m hoping he’ll get to go home soon.”

Keri’s patient was an adorable boy who’d had a rough night and had to come in for a breathing treatment. They’d all been smitten by his dimples and curls. The cuteness made it even harder to hear him gasping for air.

“Yes,” Leigh said. “Get him out of here.”

She walked down the hall and joined the others waiting for the ambulance. Zeke, a registered nurse, and Bill, one of her favorite security guards. “What do we have?”

“Drunk and disorderly is what they said. Probably needs some stitches and a chance to dry out,” Bill said.

She smiled at him. No matter how crazy things got, he kept his cool.

Zeke yawned. “How long you been doing this, Bill?”

“Longer than you young whippersnappers have been alive,” Bill said with a wink.

Ten minutes later, Bill’s prediction proved half accurate. The young man from the ambulance needed stitches, but if he was drunk, she couldn’t smell any alcohol on his breath.

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