Dropping the Hammer by Joanna Wayne

Author:Joanna Wayne [Wayne, Joanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-01-15T16:56:58+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Luke would have loved to hear Dr. Kincaid’s side of the conversation, but he had to make do with Rachel’s words and visible reactions. That was enough to know that the outcome of this call would not be good.

As if on cue, dark clouds began to roll in, hiding the sun and dropping the temperature a few degrees. Patrons at the tables around them finished their lunches quickly, paid their tabs and wandered off before they got caught in a storm.

The forecast was for a cold front to move in tonight, ushered in by heavy rain. This looked more like an afternoon thundershower. Unexpected changes in the weather were typical for this part of Texas.

But they should probably move on themselves to be on the safe side. Not that he’d hate getting caught in the rain with Rachel.

For that matter, doing anything with Rachel from scrubbing floors to having a water fight beat anything he’d done with anyone in recent memory.

It had been years since a woman affected him like this—if ever. He knew he was falling too fast and too hard, but logic had nothing to do with this. He’d lain awake for hours last night thinking of how she was messing with his mind and libido.

It was hard to be around her without touching her. Impossible to touch her and not want more. And kissing her literally left him aching to make love with her.

All in due time. When she was ready. When she wanted him the way he wanted her. God help him if that didn’t come soon.

She finally broke the phone connection. “That was lovely,” she said, her voice dripping satire.

“I got the feeling it might be. From what I heard it sounded like he wants you to come and talk to him in person.”

“For starters. Then he wants me to talk to Roy Sales.”

Luke muttered a few curses under his breath. “Surely you didn’t agree to that.”

“Not yet, but he’s leaving an appointment open for me tomorrow morning in case I decide to cooperate.”

“What does he expect to accomplish by putting you through that hell?”

“He thinks that Sales is either genuinely obsessed with me or else trying to play mind games with the doctor. He insists that it’s all part of deciding if Sales is sane enough to stand trial.”

“The psycho was so obsessed with you he tortured and tried to kill you.”

“Yes, but either Roy doesn’t remember or understand my captivity the way it was in actuality or he is manipulating the sessions. From what I know about him, I’d go with the latter.”

“Exactly how does Sales remember it?”

“That I was with him willingly, that we shared an ethereal bond. Without a doubt he’s mentally unbalanced, yet I’m convinced he was sane enough that he knew exactly what he was doing when he kidnapped me and the others. Sane enough that he knew to keep us hidden away and under lock and key.”

“And that’s sane enough to stand trial,” Luke added.

“I definitely

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