Blind Fury by Gwen Hernandez

Author:Gwen Hernandez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military romantic suspense, romantic suspense
Published: 2014-02-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

TARA AWOKE ALONE IN the dark. Her back was cold where Colin had been wrapped around her. According to his alarm clock it was after midnight. She slipped one of his large shirts over her head and padded out to the living room. He rarely slept, she’d learned, but perhaps she could coax him back to bed. It had worked before.

In the dim light that filtered through the blinds from the street lamps, the townhome sat empty and cold. Where was he?

“What’s going on?” She could hear his muffled voice through the opening of the sliding glass door to the balcony, where he stood partially hidden by vertical blinds that had been pulled back.

She started toward the door, thinking she could slip outside and hold him while he talked. But her steps faltered as she approached the door. Who would he be talking to this late? Would he be mad if she overheard his conversation? But what if something had happened to someone in his family and he needed her support?

Or maybe he was just trying to be considerate and let her sleep.

She didn’t want to start out their relationship by sneaking around listening to his phone calls. He’d share when he was ready. Trust went both ways, after all. With that decided, she turned to tiptoe into the kitchen. She’d flip on the light switch to let him know that she was awake. But his next words stopped her in her tracks.

“Mick’s not talking, and Jenna hasn’t learned anything new. If she were planning to turn in any kind of evidence, she would have done it by now. He’s probably keeping her in check for his own reasons.”

Tara started to shake. He was keeping tabs on Jenna and Mick? She stood rooted in place, unable to walk away.

“He did what?” Colin asked, his voice rising. “Sorry.” He spoke more softly. “What did the police say?”

He was silent for a minute and she strained closer to hear. She could see the heel of his right foot peeking out from behind the blinds, so at least he was facing away from her. Keeping tabs on his position, she waited anxiously for him to speak again.

“Okay, I can do that.”

His feet turned suddenly, and when she looked up at him, he was peering at her through the screen door. Their eyes met and he frowned. “Tara, what— Shit. I have a problem. I’ll call you back.”

He yanked open the slider, his face a mask of anger. He was mad?

She didn’t back away when he entered the living room. Instead she put her hands on her hips and faced him down. “What the hell is going on?”

His anger morphed into a look of regret. “It’s not what you think.”

“So you’re not spying on Mick and Jenna?” She hesitated as another thought occurred to her. “And using me for information?”

He gave a self-deprecating laugh. “Okay, well, it’s kind of what you think.” With one finger, he lifted her chin and caught her eye. “But I was not using you for information.

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