Deadly Seduction (New York State Trooper Series Book 6) by Jen Talty

Author:Jen Talty [Talty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense
Publisher: Jupiter Press
Published: 2017-05-22T16:00:00+00:00

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Josh sat on the picnic table under the tarp he’d strung up with the help of some tree branches. The rain had reduced to a slow drizzle, making it easier to start a decent fire. He palmed the tin mug, holding it up to his nose, smelling the bitter coffee that tasted more like tar. Gray clouds covered the sky, and frog floated across the lake. He fought a battle raging in his head regarding Delaney. She had an innocence to her, but she was also smart. Smart enough to figure out things weren’t kosher with her father and his restaurant.

The sound of a zipper ripping open drew his attention to the tent. Delaney slipped on her shoes before standing, wearing a long-sleeve T-shirt, a pair of shorts with a low waistband, and his baseball cap with her flowing blond ponytail tucked through the opening in the back. She had his iPad in one hand as she stomped toward him with a scowl.

“You knew I’d see a picture of my dad with Gray Eyes—”

“You mean Bobby Getz.”

“Don’t care what his name is,” she snapped. “You knew I’d see him with my father.”

Josh nodded. “It’s not proof of anything, but it should at least help you understand that I’m not making this shit up, and that your father was in over his head.”

She shoved the iPad at him. “You might want to know that the lawyer who counseled me on selling the restaurant was in those pictures as well.” Her eyes glowed with a fierce rage that scared him a little.

He took the tablet then set it on the table. “Who?”

“Steve Barbaro.”

“Fuck,” he muttered. “Anyone else you recognize?”

“A few people Kirk introduced me to. I can go through the images and tell you who I’ve met, if you want, but I doubt I could give you any information on them.” She sat beside him. “Is that coffee?”

He handed her the mug. “It tastes like shit.”

“Well, that goes with my mood.” She took the mug. Her fingers brushed against his skin, but he ignored the impulse to slip his fingers through hers.

“There is more coffee on the fire,” he said.

Minutes ticked by, neither one saying a thing to the other. He glanced at her a few times, but she stared straight ahead, eyes narrowed as she took a sip of coffee, choking.

“That’s worse than the outhouse,” she said, handing him back the mug. “I have to be the dumbest person on the planet. When I think back over my childhood, I can see things that should have been red flags with my father, but I ignored them.”

“You were a child.”

She let out a short laugh. “I always thought it was weird my father never wanted us at the restaurant. I wanted to have my sweet sixteen there, but he refused. When I showed up there for his birthday during my first semester in college, he got so angry, he practically shoved me out of the restaurant. I thought maybe he was ashamed of me, or there was something there he didn’t want me to see.

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