CATCH, RELEASE by CAROL ERICSON

Author:CAROL ERICSON, [ERICSON,, CAROL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ROMANCE - - SUSPENSE
Publisher: HARLEQUIN
Published: 2013-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Maybe just one sip.

Deb tilted Beau’s bottle of beer to her lips. The earthy taste of hops and grains filled her mouth and bubbled against her tongue.

Beau was right. She had to stay strong for Bobby. She couldn’t turn into that spineless pile of rags she’d been when she’d first discovered his kidnapping. Her weakness had wasted valuable time and caused missed opportunities.

Who knew how much detail she’d ignored from that first phone call, from the daycare worker’s information?

Swiveling her head, she picked out Beau on the side porch of the restaurant. He had his back to the window, but the set of his shoulders and the stiffness of his back screamed out argument.

If that was a business call, business wasn’t so good.

Suspicion flared in her gut. Those old feelings and instincts that had vanished the past week were creeping back into her consciousness.

If Beau wanted her to feel empowered, so be it.

She slammed the bottle on the table and pushed to her feet. The soles of her tennis shoes kicked up sawdust on their way to the porch. She eased open the door and held her breath.

She couldn’t catch any of Beau’s words, but his tone was unmistakable.

She took one step onto the porch, and he spun around, gripping his phone in one hand like a weapon. His ferocity tumbled from him in waves, encompassing her and making her knees tremble. Amid all the talk of families and children and the sexual teasing, she’d almost forgotten who he was.

“Eavesdropping?”

The word hung between them, creating a veil of mistrust on both sides.

“Are you worried about what I might’ve discovered if I had been?”

He dipped his head and rested his forehead against one end of the phone. “The game’s up, Deb.”

Her heart fluttered and her knees practically wobbled. Had Zendaris discovered the truth about the murder? “What game?”

“The game I’ve been playing with Prospero.”

Her knees crumpled, but she managed to fold onto a cold bench. She crossed her arms and tucked her hands under her armpits. “Wh-what does that mean, exactly? Do they know you’ve been working with me?”

“Not quite. It’s not as bad as that.”

She scooted further onto the bench before she slipped off and gulped in a few lungfuls of cold air. “Get to the point, Beau.”

“Jack found out about us.” He smacked the phone against his palm. “Somehow he discovered we’d met before, had spent the night together.”

“Okay.” She released her breath in small spurts where it formed gusts of fog in the air. “Did he mention how he found out?”

His brows jumped to his hairline. “Why does that matter? He’s Jack Coburn, that’s how he found out.”

It mattered because the only people she’d told about that night were her brothers in arms—Cade, J.D. and Gage. If they’d ratted on her to Jack, it meant they no longer had her back. It meant they believed the worst of her.

“It doesn’t.” She shook her head and drew her hand across her mouth. “What’s the upshot? Why

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