Busted Play: The Series (Players, Books 1-6) by Stella Marie Alden

Author:Stella Marie Alden [Alden, Stella Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-12T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Isabella

CJ’s cabin is bigger than most people’s homes. Made of logs, it sits in the middle of the forest, just outside of Bear Mountain State Park. There’s not a friggin’ house around for miles. However, it’s got an incredibly fast internet and I’m stoked to start working. Anything’s better than to dwell on the mess I’ve made of my life.

Slate’s friend Carl is a nice guy but his presence is a constant reminder that someone may be trying to kill me. He’s playing solitaire in the living room with eyes on three monitors, constantly switching between the outside cameras.

Earlier, I warmed up a frozen pizza and shared it with him. If I wasn’t already gone over Grayson, this guy would have my hormones racing, even though he probably has twenty years on me.

“You really think all this is necessary?” I ask again.

He sighs, glances at the screen, then at me. “Someone tried to run you over. This kind of thing has a tendency to escalate.”

“But why? I’m a nobody.”

He shrugs, blue eyes piercing. “Hard to say. There’s lots of crazies out there. I’m sure it will all become clear soon enough. Don’t do anything stupid, okay? In the morning, I’ll send for one of my pals and catch a few z’s.”

“Thanks. For doing this.”

He smiles. “I get paid well but damsels in distress is one of my favorite jobs.”

I head back to the kitchen table but keep seeing that poor girl’s battered body. It should be me lying in a hospital unconscious, not her.

Rather than focus my attention uselessly, I peruse my favorite sites for work. Pretty soon I have a potential set of clients. Then, I insert my resume into a program for best key words. It also will direct people to Linked In, where I have multiple profiles.

If the recruiters use the standard search engines, I’ll have plenty of work by week’s end which is good because no matter what happens, I need to quit my job at Patten.

That done, I open the well-stocked kitchen, make breakfast, and work out in an NFL star’s gym. Staying at Mel’s cabin has some serious perks. Her husband’s workout space takes up the whole basement.

While I run on the treadmill, I think of her relationship with her quarterback hottie. Despite a really rough start, they are so damn cute together and love each other so much. I imagine having something like that with Grayson, then shake it out of my thoughts. I got too many issues. Whereas Mel has had years of therapy, I just started. My psychologist has had a field day pointing out all the ways I fuck up royally.

After taking a shower, I put some logs on the fire, find a dog-eared paperback, and curl up in a huge lounge chair. With a warm granny-square afghan wrapped around me, it’s so comfy, I fall asleep almost immediately.

Suddenly, a loud bang wakes me.

“Carl?” I whisper into the darkness, lit only by the fire’s dying embers and wait for his answer which doesn’t come.

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