CCBM01-03 - Casper Crime Boss Trilogy by Crowder Linda

Author:Crowder, Linda [Crowder, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cThriller
ISBN: 1519097387
Google: 6HxVMQAACAAJ
Amazon: B01N8QJXPC
Publisher: 307 Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-11-09T23:00:00+00:00

11

"Boy, have I missed you!" said Jake, wrapping his arms around Emma when he found her in the kitchen.

She laughed and tilted her head so he could kiss her neck. "I've been busy," she said.

"Don't I know it." Jake released her and leaned against the counter, his eyes never leaving his wife as she bustled about the room making dinner. "I think I've only seen you long enough to say hello in the morning and goodnight when we go to bed."

"I seem to remember you saying a few other things the other night," she answered with a rakish smile. Then she dodged him and popped a bowl into the refrigerator. "Pasta salad is done and cooling in the fridge. Shrimp is on the skewers and marinating. Ten minutes on the grill, and they'll be good to go."

"We having company?" asked Jake, noting the volume of food Emma had prepared.

"I asked Kristy to come," Emma said. "I've been feeling so guilty keeping it from her that I'm working with Cheri. I just wanted to do something nice for her."

Jake took a second look at the food and turned to his wife, the refrigerator door still open. "Kristy eating like a lumberjack these days?"

Emma blushed. "Oh no," groaned Jake. "Tell me you didn't."

Emma turned away from him and began making tea to ice for dinner. "Who is he?" asked Jake.

"Just somebody I thought Kristy would like," said Emma.

"Who?" Jake put his arms on either side of Emma, trapping her against the counter.

"It's only one night."

"No, you didn't. You did not invite that man to our home."

"You'd like him if you gave him a chance."

"How much more of a chance do I have to give the man? I see him in court every damned day. I don't want to see him—" Jake's voice was cut off by the sound of the doorbell.

"Just be nice," whispered Emma. She kissed Jake's cheek and slipped under his arms. As she went to open the door, she called over her shoulder to him. "Could you open the wine?"

Jake grumbled to himself as he pulled the wine from the rack in the wine cooler. He fished in the drawer for the corkscrew and was taking glasses from the cabinet when Emma returned with Kristy in tow. She wore a pink sundress, with her hair tied up off her neck because of the heat.

His smile faded as a man joined them, following Emma and Kristy into the kitchen. "Clint," he said, manufacturing a polite smile. "I see you've met Kristy."

Clint Taylor, assistant county attorney, smiled easily and accepted the glass Jake handed him. "We turned off the highway together," he answered, his voice a little too loud to Jake's ear. "She followed me ten miles up the road until I figured either we were going the same place or she was some kind of crazy stalker."

Jake checked his watch all evening, only stopping after Emma kicked his shin under the dining room table. She'd planned to eat on the deck, but the Casper wind had forced a quick change of venue.

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