Cardwell Christmas Crime Scene by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels [Daniels, B.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

DJ couldn’t quit trembling. It had happened so fast that at first she’d been calm. She’d gotten up from the ground, staying behind her horse as she watched the woods for Beau. Had someone really taken a shot at them? Not them. Her.

She’d never been so relieved to see anyone as Beau came riding out of the pines toward her and dismounted. He’d given chase but must have realized there was no way he could catch the man. She’d heard the snowmobile engine start up, the sound fading off into the mountains.

Still, she didn’t feel safe. “You’re sure he’s gone?” she asked now as she looked toward those dark woods.

“He’s gone. We need to get back to the ranch and call the marshal. I can’t get any cell phone coverage up here.”

Her legs felt like water. “If you hadn’t tried to kiss me again...”

He grinned. “Maybe next time... That’s right. I told you there wouldn’t be a next time. I’m usually a man of my word.”

She could tell he was trying to take her mind off what had just happened. “I guess you have a kiss coming.”

“Glad you see it that way.” He looked worried, as if what had almost happened hadn’t really hit her yet. Did he expect her to fall apart? She was determined not to—especially in front of him.

She could tell he was shaken, as well—and worried. His gaze was on the trees—just as it had been earlier.

“Why would someone try to kill me?” she demanded. This made no sense. Nor could the same person who’d sent her the doll and the photograph be behind it. That had to be from someone in her family who’d wanted her to know about them.

But she remembered her father’s fear when he’d seen the photo. Who was he so afraid of?

“All this can’t be about something my father did over thirty years ago,” she said, and yet it always had something to do with him. She thought about what Zinnia had told them. “Apparently this person really carries a grudge.” She could see that Beau wasn’t amused.

“We’re going to have to find your grandmother.”

“Marietta Pisani. You think she’s hired someone to shoot me? Why now?”

“I wish I knew. But maybe it’s what your father said. They didn’t know about you and now they do.”

She shook her head. “They don’t even know me. Why would they want to kill me?”

He shook his head. “From what Zinnia said, it could involve money.”

“If that’s true, no wonder my father told me my mother died in childbirth. He was actually trying to spare me. How do you like that?” She let out another bitter laugh as she turned to look at the cowboy. “So now they want me dead.”

“If your mother died a few months ago, maybe that was when the rest of the family found out about you. It must have come as a shock.”

“My mother chose her family and their money over me.”

“I’m sure it wasn’t an easy choice.”

She hated the tears that burned her eyes.

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