Easy Prey (Love-Inspired Suspense) by Lisa Phillips

Author:Lisa Phillips [Phillips, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Thriller, Crime, Suspense, Romantic Suspense, Intrigue, Christian, Faith, Inspirational, Animal Trafficker, Zoo, US Marshal, Widow, Secrets, Teenager, Danger, Attacked
ISBN: 9781460389157
Google: 4nrCBgAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 25074413
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense
Published: 2015-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

Elise watched from the window as Hailey Shelder’s car pulled up out front. She wasn’t going to fly out the door and hug her son to death, even though she wanted to. With teenagers you had to play it cool and wait for them to let you know what they needed. Then you could ignore it and do what you wanted, after you’d respected their “needs.”

Shelder opened the door but kept her eyes on Jonah’s land while Nathan stepped inside. He dropped his backpack by the door.

Elise got in his space and wrapped him up in her arms. When had he gotten so tall?

“Uh-oh.” Nathan chuckled. He leaned back and put on a ridiculous high voice. “It’s been less than twenty-four hours, but you don’t care. I’m so big. You’ve missed me so much.”

Elise shoved his shoulder playfully. “Smarty-pants.”

It was laugh or cry. She hadn’t even seen Jonah yet that morning. He’d been in his home office—which technically should be the dining room—all morning, talking on the phone and basically ignoring her.

Elise turned back to Hailey. “Thank you so much.”

Nathan trailed straight for the kitchen, being a big fan of second breakfast. Hailey said, “He’s a good kid. Kerry seems to think so, too. My thirteen-year-old has developed a terminal crush on your son.” Hailey laughed. “Nathan seemed to take it pretty well.”

Elise smiled. “I bet that was interesting.”

“She actually stopped playing with her puppy for five whole minutes, just to stare at him.”

Elise chuckled.

“Shelder. In my office.” Jonah’s voice was a boom down the hall.

Hailey glanced at Elise, a frown on her face.

Elise whispered, “I have no idea. He won’t even speak to me.”

Hailey went to Jonah’s office, and he shut the door.

Elise sighed, figuring that was pretty much how their whole relationship had been—one giant closed door. Is that what I’m supposed to think, God? Maybe he doesn’t feel the way I feel, and he never has. Jonah was everything I wanted for so long. Now that I have him back in my life, I don’t know if I can let him go again.

Maybe she just needed to be content with them being friends only. She didn’t think her heart could handle that, not considering the fact they were going to be in each other’s lives now. Forever linked by Nathan. The only question was exactly how hard it would be to continue to see him and never be able to tell him how she’d always felt.

Because despite the four years she’d been married to Martin, Elise had always been in love with Jonah. As horrible as it made her, and as bad a decision as that was, Martin had been good to her. Elise never deserved even his meager attempts at being a husband. He’d tried at least. He’d loved her, and she’d never reciprocated it the way he’d wanted.

She didn’t know what would’ve happened to them, had he lived. Perhaps she’d have grown to love him better, for their son’s sake. Or maybe she

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