Colton's Covert Witness by Addison Fox

Author:Addison Fox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-04-05T15:17:16+00:00

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Watching the body language of the cops from her safe perch in the car, Evangeline wanted to scream with the frustration of it all.

They didn’t believe her.

It hadn’t taken much in the way of intuition to read the skepticism painted across the various officers’ faces. Nor did she need clairvoyance to understand what Detective Shea was saying to Troy.

It was one more problem laid at her feet.

And she hadn’t even called this one in to the GGPD.

But there are still a dozen police officers swarming your home.

As that thought filled her mind, the urge to sink lower in the car expanded in her lungs until she nearly burst with it. Which was the exact reason she sat up straight and opened the door. She’d worked too damn long and hard to overcome the frustrations of her childhood to sit and cower. Digging her keys out of her purse as she crossed toward her door, she had them in the lock before Troy caught up to her.

“Hey. I want you to stay in there.”

“And I want to be in my home.”

“But it’s not safe.”

Evangeline blew out a hard breath and turned to face him before flinging out a hand toward the flashlight-illuminated officers. “I’ve got a dozen cops on my lawn. I think I’m fine.”

“Let me at least do a sweep of the house first.”

“I’m fine, Troy.”

The words spewed out, harsh and bitter, but try as she might, she couldn’t pull them back. They were the culmination of more than a day’s worth of fear and exhaustion, layered on top of months’ worth of the same. Twisting hard on the key, she shoved on the door and pushed into the house. She had no interest in being the center of gossip in her condo complex, nor did she have any interest in seeing the mix of what was sure to be pity and censure in Brett Shea’s eyes. Hell, his dog would probably wear the same expression at this point.

“Let me.” Troy followed her into the house, flipping on lights as he went. “I’ll do a sweep of the house.”

“I’ve got this.”

He stilled at that, laying a hand on her forearm. She expected him to say something but when he remained silent, she finally looked up.

“Please let me do this.”

The emotional fire that had carried her inside suddenly sputtered out and all she could do was nod. “Okay.”

Although she refused to huddle on a chair underneath a blanket this time, she did remain in the living room as he did the same sweep as the night before. Onward toward the back door, flipping on lights and opening closet doors. Then back down the hall and on into her two bedrooms. He finished the search in a matter of minutes. “All clear.”

“Good.”

“Thank you for letting me check.”

“No, thank you. I’m sorry I was so petulant and ill-behaved.”

Something flashed across his features. It was quick—if she’d looked away from him for even a moment, she’d have missed it.

But in that flash, Evangeline thought it looked a lot like anger.

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