Dark and Deadly 00 - Secrets Exposed by Lisa Renee Jones

Author:Lisa Renee Jones
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Published: 2012-02-28T17:36:31+00:00

Chapter Nine

Stepping to her apartment door, she could hear the ringing of her phone through the wood. Hoping it was Mark, she quickly rammed her key into the keyhole. Slamming the door behind her, she raced across the room and grabbed the phone. “Hello?”

Click.

“Damn,” she muttered and slammed down the phone, wishing she had signed up for the caller ID she’d insisted she didn’t need. If she knew it had been Mark, she would call him back. But she didn’t, so she couldn’t, and she wasn’t even sure why.

Then her eye caught on her blinking message light and silently she cheered. Three messages, surely one of them was from Mark. She hit the playback button and leaned against the desk. The first two were hang-ups, making her frown. Would Mark hang up without leaving a message? The third was from her father.

Shuffling to her bedroom, she quickly stripped down and put on a t-shirt and boxers before settling on the bed. With a sigh of resignation, she dialed the hospital. Her father was full of cheer. “Lindsey, where the hell have you been?” he demanded.

“I work for a living, remember?” she shot back, feeling defensive.

“I tried the office,” he stated.

She grunted and rolled her eyes. “Building a case is often in the field, you know that. Do I now have a curfew, Daddy?”

He grunted and then paused. “Look about today . . .” His voice trailed off. Lindsey knew how hard it was for him to apologize. That was as close as it got.

Lindsey softened. “I’m sorry, Daddy. I hope you will forgive me for talking to you like I did. I just need Mark’s help.”

“I’ll let him stay, but I warn you he is not to be trusted,” he retorted. “In fact, I wouldn’t put it past him to try and bed you to get the firm.”

“Daddy!” Lindsey gasped indignantly. Her father never spoke of such things. The fact that Mark had, in fact, already been in her bed only made the statement more raw and hard to swallow.

“He wanted the firm, and I’m sure he still does. He has a reputation for getting what he wants, no matter what it takes.”

Trying to ignore the warning bells in her head, she defended Mark. “He told me he doesn’t want the firm anymore.”

“Of course he did. He has to play things just right to get me to cooperate.”

She mulled over his words, her heart beating like a drum in her chest. “Look Daddy, you thought a lot of Mark for a long time. Ease up on him,” she pleaded, and then added, “please? We both need him right now.”

He grunted. “Just be careful. I hate being stuck in the bed like some kind of invalid, not able to handle things.”

“I know you do,” she said with understanding in her voice. “I wish I could make things different for you. But you’re tough and you’ll make it through this. We both will.”

“I will, and don’t you forget it,” he ordered.

Lindsey smiled into the phone.

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