Forbidden Fire by Bonnie K. Winn

Author:Bonnie K. Winn [Bonnie K. Winn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 978-1-62681-431-8
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2015-06-23T04:00:00+00:00

“I’m sorry, Miss Katherine.” Vance’s beefy stance was unrelenting as she shadowed the incriminating evidence.

“It’s not your fault. I’ll simply have to be stricter with the shipper and remind Mr. Tremaine not to sign the invoices until he checks the supply.”

Vance held his tongue, but his expression spoke for him.

“Oh, and Vance. Don’t mention this to anyone.” Katherine stuffed the invoice in her pocket, not meeting her employee’s eyes.

“You can count on me.”

“Yes, I know. Thank you, Vance.” Slowly she moved toward her own office, trying to think of some plausible excuse for the altered invoice. As she walked down the wide hallway, she spotted Annette from the corner of her eye. Wondering what the girl was doing lurking around the supply room, she called out sharply. “Annette!”

Guiltily the girl started and turned around. “Yes?”

“Did you need something?”

Annette’s face closed. “No. I’m just going to the kitchen.”

The kitchen was nearby, but this hall was hardly the most direct route there. Looking as though she were concealing something, Annette edged away.

“Isn’t it time to be changing your clothes for the evening?” Katherine asked, keeping her voice even.

“I guess so. I’ll have my snack later.” Sliding away, Annette escaped the hall and headed upstairs.

Katherine stared at the space she’d vacated, a niggling suspicion growing. There was no reason for Annette to be anywhere near the supply room, unless she was concealing something. Katherine started to pull the invoice from her pocket and look at it again.

“Hey, there.”

Katherine spun around, surprised to see Morgan lounging close behind her. The last she’d seen him, he and Jake had gone off to spar. Jake had sent her an apologetic glance after the rehearsal ended when Morgan had suggested the sparring match. Even though she and Jake had planned to spend time together alone, they both wanted him to repair his friendship with Morgan.

On closer inspection it was apparent that they’d just finished boxing. Morgan’s shirt clung damply to glistening skin, and his hair looked mussed.

“Hello, yourself,” she answered, pushing the invoice deep into her pocket.

“What are you doing in the hall?” Morgan asked casually.

She glanced downward for a moment. “Just coming from the supply room.”

“Oh.” He wiped his face with the towel looped around his neck.

When he didn’t comment further, she pressed a bit. “I saw Annette hanging around the door when I came out.”

He seemed unconcerned. “Maybe she was thirsty and heard we kept a lot of booze around the place.”

“Maybe.” Katherine forced an answering laugh.

Morgan frowned. “You sound like you don’t think so.”

She shrugged. “Just seemed peculiar that she was outside the supply room. I asked her about it, and she said she was going to the kitchen.”

“Maybe she was.”

“Sort of a roundabout way to get there.” Katherine was unable to let the subject drop.

“You looking for trouble?”

Katherine ran a hand over the furrow in her brow. “Of course not. I simply thought it was odd.” Tell me, Morgan. Tell me what’s going on.

“No need to go borrowing trouble. We have enough of our own.

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