Conard County Justice by Rachel Lee

Author:Rachel Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-02-04T20:27:48+00:00

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DUKE WAS OUT running again when he got Cat’s message. The news quickened his pace without regard to endurance. He wanted to get back.

He’d stayed up late working with her weights. Then he’d added more repetitions. Trying to work through the maelstrom of emotions that wouldn’t do a damn thing except cloud his mind.

Finally he had grown sleepy and had started looking for the bed and the bath. No clean clothes, so now he stopped at the motel on his way back from his run to shower and change.

Then he was off again. Remembering Cat had said something about a bakery, he detoured and found Melinda’s Bakery facing the courthouse square.

“Hey,” he said to the dark-haired young woman behind the counter. She had her head mostly covered by something like a shower cap.

“Hey,” she answered with a smile. “Would you like lunch or pastries? At this point in the morning, the pastry levels have begun to shrink.”

He looked in the case. “I bet you can hardly keep them full.”

“For just as long as it takes me to fill the case and open the front door.” She grinned. “I’m very popular.”

He flashed her a smile. “Any idea what Cat Jansen likes?”

“Oh yeah. Turnovers and Danish.”

“Then load me up with Danish, please.”

She paused as she began to pull items out of the case and place them in a white bag. “I don’t think I know you.”

“I thought everybody within fifteen miles must know by now.”

She laughed. “You’ve figured this county out. But no, I haven’t heard about you.”

He paused, then said, “I’m Larry Duke’s brother.”

Her hand froze as she started to fold the bag to close it. “Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry! He was such a nice man.”

“He was.” Duke hurried to pay, then left with his bag of delights. He wondered if he should take them to Cat at the office, then figured it would be uncivil of him to walk in those doors without enough to share.

He jogged back to her house and made coffee, then settled in for the wait.

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