Diamond by Sharon Sala

Author:Sharon Sala [Sala, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Historical, Man-Woman Relationships, Tennessee, Western, Singers
ISBN: 9780061081965
Google: GKpH_jW1BFgC
Publisher: Avon
Published: 1994-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

“I never needed to before,” he said. He turned away. He was still sick of himself and the way he came unglued just thinking about her.

“Dammit, Jesse. Ain’t there somethin’ we can do? Me and Rita feel bad about what happened. Didn’t you find any signs of her when you went back to—”

“Not a trace,” Jesse said. He held up the tape and CD, his hand shaking with suppressed anger as he waved them in Al’s face. “And if this is any indication of what was going on, it’s no damned wonder. She probably feels like I stabbed her in the back.”

“Oh, hell no, boss!” Al said. “She knew it wasn’t you. We all did. Why, when she first came, ol’ Tommy said to…”

He flushed a deep shade of red, embarrassed by what he’d just admitted as his words trailed off into silence.

“Just what the hell did Tommy say, anyway?” Jesse asked.

Al turned away. “I done said too much as it is. I ain’t talkin’ anymore. Whatever trouble is between you and Tommy needs to be worked out between you two. You don’t need no third party, let alone the whole damn band, interferin’.”

Jesse’s fury was barely contained. It was the first time in weeks that he’d felt any emotion at all save that of pain. And this was so intense, it was overwhelming. He spun around and flung the cassette and CD across the room, splintering plastic.

“It will be settled,” he said.

Al ducked his head. “Well, I’d better be goin’,” he said. He started out the door and then stopped and turned. “Jesse?”

Jesse looked up.

“We’re all real sorry,” Al said. “And the boys said to tell you that if there was anything they could do, just to let them know.”

Jesse swallowed. Al and the other men in his band were as close to him as brothers. And like brothers, he got along with some better than others. But when push came to shove, they were, after all, family.

He nodded. “Tell them I said thanks. And if they should happen to hear anything about her…”

Al nodded. “It’s done.”

Henley entered the room just as Al was leaving. He looked at the broken cassette tape and the splintered CD cover and then up at Jesse.

“I’m going out,” Jesse said. “I don’t know for sure what time I’ll be back.”

Henley frowned. An argument was on the tip of his tongue when Jesse went on.

“You don’t have to worry. I’m not going off just to get drunk as a skunk. Not ever again.” The lines around his mouth tightened. “But I am going after a skunk. And I won’t be back until I find the bastard and skin him alive.”

Henley didn’t know whether to be glad that Jesse was actually coming out of his shell of indifference, or to be worried about the violence Jesse had just threatened.

He was under no misapprehensions as to which skunk was about to be parted from his skin. It was obvious to him that if there was one in their midst, its name was Tommy.

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