Dangerous to Her by DePaul Virna

Author:DePaul, Virna [DePaul, Virna]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Suspense, Contemporary, General
ISBN: 9780373277445
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-08-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

She’d shut down. Of course she had. He hadn’t expected anything else.

As soon as he’d mentioned the name Tony, she’d stopped talking, except to tell him to bring her to the hospital. Now, as they sat in the waiting room for news about Linda, he decided he’d had enough. Placing himself directly in front of her, he held out a cup of vending machine coffee.

She glanced up, her face pale and her eyes dazed, staring at the cup as if she didn’t know what it was. Sighing, Dom kneeled down in front of her. He took one of her hands and wrapped her fingers around the cup, knowing the lukewarm coffee would do little to alleviate her shock.

“Have they told you anything?” she asked in the same ghostly whisper she’d used back at his truck.

“Not yet.” He raised a hand and brushed the backs of his fingers against her cheek. Once more, he was struck by a feeling of rightness. When he talked to her, when he touched her, he felt calm. The restlessness that flowed through his veins seemed to subside. He wanted to bask in it, but now wasn’t the time. She pulled away from his touch. The rejection stung just as much as it had before. “Don’t you think it’s time we talked, Mattie? If I’m going to help Linda, I need to know if this attack was personal.”

She averted her eyes, but he nudged her chin up, refusing to let her hide. “She and your brother are dating?”

Biting her lip, she shook her head. “Thirsty,” she murmured. He straightened and settled into the seat next to her. With a trembling hand, she raised the cup to her mouth and took a sip. “They used to date. A few years ago. But Tony didn’t do this. He couldn’t have.”

He didn’t bother telling her that anyone was capable of violence. That even seventy-year-old women had been found guilty of serial murder. She wouldn’t listen to that, and it certainly wouldn’t get her to open up to him. “I’ve never met your brother, but from the little you’ve told me, I’m sure he wouldn’t. But I need to know why Linda said his name when she’d just been attacked. Have they talked recently?”

“No. I just saw Tony yesterday. He was over at my house, watching Jordan.”

She gasped and all the color drained from her face. The hand holding her coffee jerked, spilling its contents on both his legs and hers. She didn’t even notice. Fear had darkened her eyes until the brown orbs dominated her pale face. Dropping the cup on the floor, she dug into her purse.

Dom winced, knowing instantly she was looking for her cell phone. She was afraid now. Afraid for her daughter. If she was wrong, she’d regret it later, but if she was right…

He deliberately kept his voice gentle. Soothing. “Where is Jordan now?”

“At a friend’s.” She dialed a number, her breaths panicked. “Janet, this is Mattie Nolan, Jordan’s mom. I was just checking in—” Her features and her shoulders relaxed.

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