Harlequin Special Edition December 2017--Box Set 2 of 2 by Brenda Harlen

Author:Brenda Harlen
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488029578
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Colin realized that he was more on edge and alert than usual. That was because he kept looking around for Miranda to pop up. He told himself that he didn’t want to run into her. If he saw her coming, he could avoid her.

So he remained vigilant, expecting the woman to materialize somewhere along his usual route, the way she had the day she’d waylaid him about that little girl’s missing mother.

He didn’t drop his guard when he walked into the precinct, since she’d turned up there, as well.

But she didn’t turn up there, nor did she track him down along his route. Not that day, nor the next day. Nor the day after that.

When the third day passed, he told himself he should feel relieved. That maybe “the curse” had been lifted.

But he didn’t feel relieved. Instead, he had this uneasy, growing feeling of impending doom. He sensed that the second he let his guard down, Miranda would strike again.

The odd thing was that he felt edgier when she wasn’t around than when she was and he was interacting with her.

So after the third Pollyanna-free day came and went, he began to think that something was wrong. Rather than leave well enough alone, he found himself needing answers in order to gain some sort of peace of mind—or a reasonable facsimile thereof.

Maybe she hadn’t been around because Lily’s mother had taken a turn for the worse. Or possibly that German shepherd Miranda had brought home with her—Lulu or Lola or something like that—had turned on her. It had been known to happen.

Not all German shepherds took after Rin Tin Tin, although Colin was still annoyed with himself for not just being grateful that she wasn’t around, but actually seeking her out.

He refused to examine what he was doing, because if he had, he would have labeled himself as certifiably insane. What else would you call willingly leaping out of the frying pan into the fire?

As if in self-defense, he jabbed the doorbell before he could think better of it, get into his car and drive away as if the very devil was after him.

Run¸ you idiot! Get out of here before it’s too late!

But he didn’t.

He heard barking in the background the second he pressed the doorbell. Either that canine Miranda had brought home had turned into a guard dog, or she was trying to get his attention because something had happened to her mistress.

Damn it, what the hell was wrong with him? Colin wondered. He didn’t think this way.

Calling himself a few choice names, he turned on his heel and began to walk away.

“Colin?”

Miranda had the same surprised note in her voice that he’d heard in his aunt Lily’s when he’d showed up at her place.

Apparently nobody expected him just to drop in. So why was he doing it?

“Yeah.” Colin answered almost grudgingly, half turning toward her. “I just wanted to make sure everything was all right—with Lily’s mother,” he added belatedly, not wanting Miranda to think that he was here checking up on her.

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