Cornered in Conard County by Rachel Lee

Author:Rachel Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2017-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“Flash, no,” Dory snapped just before the dog reached Cadell. She hadn’t put him on guard, but she honestly wasn’t sure if he was attacking or greeting. “Stay.”

Flash immediately halted, and only then did she note that his tail was wagging happily. Then she looked at Cadell, part of her still burning angrily and part of her honestly glad to see him.

She was annoyed that he hadn’t told her he knew something about George that she didn’t, but on the other hand...well, Cadell was obviously protective.

“I thought you’d gone,” she said.

“I didn’t get all the way off your porch. The cop kicked in. Is there any chance you can recover that image of the murder? Because I’d like to look at it.”

She hesitated. She’d had the sense that he’d been horrified that she’d drawn such an image in so much detail. “What changed?”

“Like I said, the cop kicked in. Some things struck me, so I’d really like to study it.”

She nodded slowly. “I can recover it.” She paused, then asked, “Want a soda?”

“Any chance of coffee?”

The faintest of smiles lightened her face. “Of course. Just let me start the recovery and then I’ll make it.”

* * *

WHEN SHE REACHED the kitchen, she had to grip the edge of the counter and lean on it. Her knees felt weak, and she was shaking from head to toe. Had it mattered so much to her that he’d walked out? That he’d come back? Hadn’t she been mad at him?

But all of that had vanished in the contradictory realization that he hadn’t left. Now he wanted to see her rendering of the murder scene. Maybe she’d been wrong in thinking that she had repelled him with it.

Drawing several deep breaths, telling herself she was overreacting, whether to Cadell’s return or the idea that there was a good reason for George to seek her out, she didn’t know. Too much. She’d lived with too much for a long time.

The coffee didn’t take long. She seemed to remember that he took it black, so she carried a mug to him. She didn’t want any herself. She was already wound up and simply relieved to have stopped shaking.

The picture once again filled the screen, every detail clear.

“You can turn it?” he asked, then thanked her for the coffee.

“Yeah, but you have to understand I couldn’t see it from any other direction, so you get the reverse of what you see here, plus the other side of the kitchen as I recall it.”

“Every little bit helps. Can I rotate it myself?”

“Not easily.” She pulled a chair over, and he scooted to one side while she called up a menu. She highlighted a box from the graphics software. “The problem with this is you’re not really moving the picture, you’re moving cameras around it. It can get awkward.”

He nodded and picked up the mug, drinking, his gaze intent on the screen. “Turn it ninety degrees, if you can.”

Well, that was easy enough. She hated this view, though, looking straight at her brother as he stood over their parents.

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