Close To Danger by Suzanne Ferrell

Author:Suzanne Ferrell [Ferrell, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense, Romantic Action/Adventure
Publisher: Suzanne Ferrell Productions
Published: 2017-10-09T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

They parked outside Chloe’s condo. Dylan hated to admit it, but given how treacherous the roads had been, despite the efforts of the Department of Transportation’s crews, she was glad Steven had done the driving. He’d handled the Jeep on the skids like a man used to driving on icy roads.

“This the place?” Janowski asked, staring up at the converted Victorian.

“Yes. It was built at the turn of the twentieth century and was once a one family home of some industrialist. A few years back it was converted to four two-bedroom condos. Chloe said it reminded her of the old place where Bobby raised us, only more up-to-date.”

“So your sister raised you and Chloe?” he asked as they climbed out of the Jeep.

She shoved her hands into her coat pocket and carefully met him at the front of the car. “After our parents died. Bobby was twelve years older than Chloe, fourteen ahead of me. She quit college, got her associate teaching certificate to teach pre-K for a few years and then finished her BA in teaching all while raising Chloe and me.”

“That’s a good big sister. Steady there.” Grasping her arm as she started across a slick spot on the sidewalk, he kept her steady until they were on an area still covered with snow, but not slick. “The last thing either of us need is a trip back to the ER, this time on a stretcher.”

“Especially with Cardiff covering surgery tonight,” Dylan said and they both laughed.

They carefully made their way up the steps and inside the lighted vestibule.

“Looks like the power’s back on if it was out before,” Steven said as she took the key she had to Chloe’s place and let them inside the security door. “That’s a good thing.”

“Well, yes. If she’s here, then she’s not freezing to death…” She let the statement hang.

“But if it’s not a power outage?”

“Then she better have a damn good reason for not answering Bobby’s or my calls.” And the little niggle of worry she’d been pushing to the back of her brain all day while busy in surgery, suddenly grew into a warning bell.

She led him up the stairs to the second floor where Chloe’s condo took up the right half of the floor. At the doorway, the stopped cold.

It stood slightly ajar.

Dylan reached for the knob, but Janowski grabbed her hand, shaking his head to stop her. Reaching into his coat, he suddenly pulled out a gun, stepping between her and the door. “Stay behind me, Doc.”

Hell yes, she was staying behind him. The man had a freaking gun in his hand.

At some point she was going to have to address the fact that her new co-worker had a concealed weapon, but as she inched her way into Chloe’s apartment and saw the savage chaos of the usually neat and tidy space, she was very glad Janowski was armed.

“Look,” she said, pointing to the alarm system by the door. Someone had pried it open and cut the wires.

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