Deadly Sight by Cindy Dees

Author:Cindy Dees [Dees, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429, Extratorrents, Kat
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-12-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Sam made up some silly argument between her and Gray that launched Miss Maddie into an hour’s worth of advice on marriage. Which was ironic given that the woman had never been married herself. After a little while, Sam concluded that the woman had learned everything she knew about relationships from soap operas. She tuned out her neighbor entirely after that.

She’d positioned herself in a chair beside Miss Maddie’s large living room window so she could see outside. The woman had a surprisingly good view of a hefty chunk of Spruce Hollow from here. The man in the white Cadillac had followed Gray out of town, but had been replaced in about a half hour with a dusty pickup truck. She didn’t recognize the man inside, but he looked impatient at having been stuck on surveillance duty.

How long was Gray going to be gone, anyway? She didn’t know how much more of Miss Maddie’s prattling she could take.

Finally, in desperation, she asked the older woman, “By the way, would it be possible for you to tell me how you make that amazing macaroni and cheese of yours? I swear, Gray still hasn’t stopped talking about it.”

Miss Maddie simpered. If she weren’t pushing eighty years old, Sam might be jealous of the woman’s obvious crush on him. “Honey, I’d be glad to give you the recipe.”

Sam did her best to blush. “Actually, I’m a terrible cook. A recipe won’t be much help to me. I was wondering if you could show me how to make it.”

“Why, I think I have all the ingredients. How about we whip up a batch of it right now? A peace offering for your handsome young man,” she added slyly.

“You’re amazing.” She gave the woman a genuine hug of gratitude. For all her gossiping, Miss Maddie had a good heart.

Thankfully, the conversation turned to cooking, and Sam actually did her best to pay attention. No one had ever bothered to teach her anything about functioning in a kitchen. Her own mother had been too drunk or too stoned to bother, and none of her mom’s long string of boyfriends had cared much for cooking.

Sam had been too busy running around being an idiot, and then trying to get an education and right the listing ship of her life to slow down before now and learn for herself. But Gray appreciated good food, and a desire to be able to provide it for him coursed through her.

Good grief, he’d brought out a domestic streak in her. Horrors! Except actually, it felt kind of nice. Normal, even.

Miss Maddie made them cups of tea while the macaroni and cheese baked, and Sam limited herself to looking at her watch every three minutes or so. But as time ticked by, she grew more and more concerned about Gray.

“Don’t worry, sweetie,” Miss Maddie patted her hand. “I’ve seen the way he looks at you.”

That captured Sam’s attention. “How’s that?”

“Like he’s adrift at sea and you’re his anchor.”

The insight of that remark staggered Sam.

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