Deadly Night, Silent Night by Margaret Daley

Author:Margaret Daley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, mystery, christmas, holiday romance, second chances, christian mystery
Publisher: Margaret Daley

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Chapter Six

Sunday evening, snow pelted his windshield as Alex drove toward Rebecca’s house. He had a list of possible saboteurs he’d compiled while working with HR and doing some digging into a few employees and disgruntled customers. Nothing turned up on the security cameras, except a fleeting glimpse of a medium-built person bundled into a heavy coat and hat outside at the back of the store right before the electricity went down. He hadn’t been able to discern whether the individual was a man or woman.

From what testimony the police had gathered from witnesses at the Iditarod promotion, whoever was responsible for the rats had known where to stand to avoid being caught on film. No one in the crowd knew where the warning about a bomb had come from. Even a few employees thought there had been a bomb planted and had spread the word.

At the closed gate into Rebecca’s property, Alex texted her that he had arrived. Not half a minute later, he was admitted, and soon he pulled up in front of her house.

With Susie beside her, Rebecca stood in the entrance, the porch light illuminating her beautiful features. In less than a week, he’d kissed her twice. Their friendship had altered, and he didn’t know if that was a good idea. He couldn’t keep Rebecca at a distance like he did other women he’d dated. She knew him well, and there was too much past between them for that to work.

With the snow picking up, he jogged to her, the sight of her warming his heart as it had always done. Why hadn’t he made a move on her before she’d started dating Cade? Even some years after his father’s death, he’d still been dealing with it and the added responsibility he had at home, but if he had approached her about dating, maybe things would have been different.

As he greeted her with a quick kiss on her cheek, he stuffed those thoughts away to examine another time when he wasn’t so intent on finding out who had a grudge against her company.

Inside the foyer, Alex shed his coat, hat, and gloves then greeted the German shepherd. “From the look on your face, something’s wrong. Is it the downturn in sales for the store for the past three days?” When he’d been there, few customers had been in the store.

“Dismal is a better word, but then I can’t blame people for being leery of coming to the store after what happened last week. If I didn’t own it, I wouldn’t.”

“How about your other seven stores?”

“They’re doing as well as expected, thankfully, and online sales are steady, but the one in Anchorage usually outsells all of them put together. About all I can do is increase security and offer great sales to tempt the customers to shop there again, but I’m not going to do that until I feel they’ll be safe.”

“And they won’t be until we catch the saboteur. Whoever it is knows your Anchorage store well.

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