Dangerous Games by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2004-06-22T05:00:00+00:00

Rayne glanced at her watch. She was running late again. Stifling an oath, she strapped on her gun, then slipped her jacket on over it.

Andrew eased a frying pan into sudsy water. Rayne was the last one in the kitchen. “I thought you said you weren’t going in today.”

“I’m not. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to go out.”

“What’s up, kiddo? Tell your old man.”

She didn’t want to tell him because she didn’t want a lecture. She picked up her coat. The weatherman promised more rain was on the way. It never ceased to amaze her how her siblings could get away without a third degree, but she’d always had to jump through hoops when it came to their father.

Probably because she’d given him so much to worry about when she was younger. None of her brothers or sisters had ever had to have him come down to the police station to fetch them. In hindsight, it had been a harmless prank, but the Aurora police department hadn’t thought so at the time.

“Nothing’s up, Dad. I’m just running a few errands, catching up on things. Doing a favor for a friend.”

The frying pan sank below the suds, sending foam over the side. He ignored it. His attention was on his daughter’s last words. And her manner. “What kind of a favor?”

She was already out of the kitchen, heading for the front door and freedom. “The kind that needs doing.”

“Rayne—”

“Probably,” she called over her shoulder. “I’ll be sure to take an umbrella.”

Throwing open the door, she managed to make good her escape.

And come very close to slamming into Cole.

Swallowing a gasp of surprise, she took half a step back. With the door at her back, there was no place for her to go.

Instantly her temper flared. Was he spying on her? “I thought we had a deal.”

Amusement tugged on his lips. She looked breathless, as if she’d made a run for the door. Breathless looked good on her. He didn’t allow his thoughts to go any further than that.

“The thing about deals is that when they involve more than one person, as they perforce need to, they have a tendency to fluctuate.” Before she could say anything, he indicated his car parked across the street. He’d positioned it to look as if he was visiting the people on the other end of the block. “I did sit in the car and wait for everyone else to leave,” he pointed out. Which brought him to a question of his own. He’d counted more than half a dozen cars coming and going since he’d arrived. “Just how many people stop by here in the morning, anyway? I’ve seen less traffic at roadside diners during rush hour.”

He watched a hint of a smile curve her lips. “My father likes to feed the family.”

He came from an almost nonexistent family. His mother was an only child and his father had one brother whom he despised. Cole’d heard the feeling was mutual. The concept of a

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