Crybaby Falls by Paula Graves

Author:Paula Graves [Graves, Paula]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373697892
Google: PaJUBAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00JZFL06Y
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Goodreads: 21911604
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“What do you mean he’s not here?” Sara’s tone went from friendly to sharp in the span of a second, and considering the annoyance flashing in her dark eyes as she towered over the sweet-faced, middle-aged secretary in the Purgatory High School principal’s office, it came as no surprise to Cain that the woman looked visibly shaken.

Sara might not be a cop anymore, but she could still be pretty damned intimidating.

“I’m sorry,” the woman said when she finally found her voice, “but he and his assistant coach are in Nashville for a seminar on college-recruiting rule changes. There’s so many nitpicky things you have to worry about these days to stay in compliance with the NCAA, our coaches like to stay on top of it. They’ll be back here Wednesday morning.”

“Maybe you could talk to Becky Allen,” Cain suggested as he walked Sara back to her truck.

“She did call me, asking if I wanted to come over for dinner some night. It kind of took me by surprise, actually. It’s not like we were great friends with her and the coach.” She looked at Cain over the truck cab as she unlocked her door. “My stomach is growling. You hungry?”

“I could eat,” he said with a smile, wondering if she’d given any thought to what kind of rumors might spread if people saw the two of them eating together in public.

“I heard there’s a new Lebanese place in town. What’s it called?”

“Tabbouleh Garden,” he supplied.

“Right. Kelly Partlow told me about it.” She pulled open her door and slid inside. When he’d settled in the passenger seat, she added, “In fact, isn’t that where she ran into you last week?”

“It is.” Cain smiled at the memory of Kelly’s exuberant invitation to the alumni get-together. “She’s a force of nature.”

Sara laughed, catching Cain by surprise. It was a big, full-throated, uninhibited sort of laugh, the kind that made him want to laugh along. “She is definitely a force of nature. I sometimes wonder how she and I ever managed to become friends. We’re so different.”

“Are you? So different, I mean.”

Her laughter faded as she turned her curious gaze toward him. “Yeah. Very different. She’s a social dynamo—always wanting to be out and about. I prefer a night in, curled up in a chair reading a good book.”

He smiled at the picture her words painted. “Literature or pop fiction?”

“Either. I’m not that picky.” She buckled her seat belt and started the truck. “So, what’s good at Tabbouleh Garden?”

“I had the falafel plate. It was excellent.”

“There’s a great little place in Birmingham with the most amazing falafel wraps,” she said as she pulled out of the high school parking lot and headed the truck toward town. “Donnie never cared much for Lebanese food, but I couldn’t get enough of it. Thank goodness one of my fellow detectives loved the place. I could talk him into going there to grab lunch at least once or twice a week.”

“What did your fellow detective friend have to say about your leaving the police force?” he asked, curious.

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