Evidence of Attraction by Lisa Childs

Author:Lisa Childs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Romantic Suspense
Published: 2019-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Wendy had won her argument to continue working on other cases while she waited for the trial. But she hated the reason why: that there was someone within the police department she couldn’t trust. Someone working for a murderer.

She shivered.

Hart reached out and turned up the heat so that warm air blasted out of the vents of the SUV. She hadn’t won the argument for him to be removed as her bodyguard, though. She was surprised that she was the only one who thought he shouldn’t protect her. Being around her put him in too much danger, just as it had her family and his daughter.

“Where are you taking me?” she asked.

“Someplace safe,” he said.

She tensed. “You better not take me anywhere near that safe house where my parents and Felicity are going.”

He glanced across at her. “I don’t even know where they’re going.”

She closed her eyes as regret overwhelmed her. “I’m sorry,” she murmured. “That must be hard—to not know where your daughter is being taken.”

“I know she will be safe,” he said. “And that’s most important.”

Wendy couldn’t argue with that. But she kept her eyes closed as tears continued to burn behind them.

“She will also be with very good people,” he said, his deep voice gruff with emotion. “Your parents are so good with her.”

The SUV stopped. And a door opened.

Wendy opened her eyes just as Hart rounded the front of the SUV and opened her door. “We’re here,” he said.

She looked around now and recognized the street in the old warehouse district of River City. It was slowly being transformed to a residential area since some of the warehouses had been converted to industrial-style condos. But yellow tape hung from some of the light poles.

She looked back at Hart and said, “This is a crime scene.”

She had been called out to process the scene. In the past week, there had been a shoot-out here when Luther’s crew had tried to take out Rosie Mendez. Just as had happened at her home, some of Luther’s crew had died here.

But that didn’t mean they wouldn’t return.

“Why would you bring me here?” she asked.

“Because I live here,” Hart said.

“You bought the safe house?”

He shook his head. “No. I live in this condo.” He pointed to one on the other side of the street. It didn’t look much different than a warehouse from the front. Some brick had been added to the metal, and a brick sidewalk led to a heavy steel front door. It looked quite similar to the Payne safe house condo.

“I just bought it a couple months ago when it was completed,” he said. “There’s a courtyard in the middle of the building with a playground.”

He’d bought the place for Felicity. And now he didn’t even know where his daughter was.

Too overwhelmed with guilt to argue with him, she let him guide her to the front door. He opened it quickly and ushered her inside. Then he closed and locked the heavy steel door behind them.

“There,” he said.

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