Brand by Leanne Tyler

Author:Leanne Tyler [Tyler, Leanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twisted Page Press LLC
Published: 2019-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

Carly was too quiet on the ride back to her apartment for Brand’s liking. He couldn’t tell what she was thinking, but at least he’d gotten her to stop talking about leaving the city for now. She had to testify for Hawkeye in the murder trial first, but once that was over, Brand would take her to Montana if that was where she wanted to go. If she wanted to go away with him.

Whoa! What was he even thinking? As soon as this case was over, he was certain the woman would be glad to be as far away from him as she could get. Why would she even want to be around another male after the way Justin Porter had treated her?

Damn. She even had him referring to her ex-husband by his full name.

The SUV slowed to a stop in front of Carly’s apartment and he opened the door to get out from behind the driver. He noticed right away that Ragsdale’s car sat across the street, but the P.I. wasn’t in it. That alarmed him. He leaned back in and spoke to Petree. “Do you mind parking and coming up with us. I might need back up.”

“Sure thing, Brand.”

“What’s going on?” Carly asked, coming alert for the first time since they got in the SUV.

“I’m not sure. Stick close to my side and do what I say without question. Got it?”

She nodded, getting out on her side of the SUV and closing the door.

Brand hurried around the front of the vehicle and ushered her inside the building. They waited on Petree to join them before proceeding upstairs.

“Take off those heels,” Brand ordered.

“What?”

“Do you want to announce to whoever might be upstairs that we’re coming? You can hear the clicking of those shoes a mile away on the marble tile flooring in this building.”

“Oh.” She picked the shoes up and slipped them into her satchel.

When Petree joined them, they took the stairs instead of the elevator so their arrival wouldn’t be broadcast. Brand led the way with Carly in the middle and Petree covered her six. There was no way anyone was going to get to her without taking one of them out first.

Ragsdale was picking the lock to her apartment when they reached the landing to her floor.

“Hold it right there,” Brand said.

The man halted.

“Step away from the door.”

“This isn’t what it looks like.” Ragsdale held his hands up in surrender. He was wearing latex gloves so he wouldn’t leave fingerprints behind. “I was listening to surveillance when I heard something suspicious going on inside. I came up to make sure no harm was going to come to the lady. I’m hired to watch her and not let anything happen to her.”

“So Justin Porter had you bug my apartment?” Carly said. “And you think that makes it all right? You think you can listen into private conversations and it doesn’t mean anything? That you aren’t violating people by doing it?”

Without warning, Carly ran toward the man so fast

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