Haunted by Susan E. Scott

Author:Susan E. Scott [Scott, Susan E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Painted Hearts Publishing
Published: 2019-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

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Gage

It had been a hell of a day. Luc and I had been dispatched to the murder of an elderly woman, a Josephine Henry, first thing that morning. She’d been killed in her home in the same general neighborhood as the Ravenwood estate, and the house had been ransacked, like someone had been looking for something. It hadn’t looked like a robbery because there were three flat screen tv’s and other pawnable items still in the house. We’d spent the morning talking to neighbors and making a list of family and friends to interview. Odd to have two murders in a neighborhood that was usually so quiet. I made a note to check and see if the Henry woman had known Camille Dubois.

By the time I got a chance to call Rafe, it was already almost one o’clock. I have to say, he did sound pissed off at first, but as soon as he realized that I wasn’t calling to cancel the date, he mellowed out. Damn. I could tell already that if I decided to pursue a relationship with him (and it looked like that’s where I was headed), he was going to be a handful, but I didn’t care. I was up for the challenge and life would certainly never be boring.

As soon as I ended the call, I looked up to see Luc staring at me with both eyebrows raised. “What?”

“Sooo, you’re taking your boy to Irene’s? Kinda expensive for a cop, isn’t it? Unless, of course, he’s somebody special.”

“Eavesdrop much?”

“Hell, man, I’m sitting three feet from you. How could I not hear you?”

I grinned at my partner and best friend. “And isn’t that convenient for you since you’re so curious and all?” He gave me a mock hurt look and I laughed. “Anyway, he’s not a boy, mine or otherwise. He’s a man.”

“Yeah? How old is this man?”

“Twenty-four, I think.”

He raised his eyebrows. “Still, that’s young for you.” I must have had some kind of look on my face that made him realize I’d taken offense at that, and he needed to explain himself in a hurry. He held up his hands and said, “Now, wait a minute, I didn’t mean that you’re too old for him. I meant he’s younger than the guys you usually date, that’s all. I’m the one who told you to go for it.”

“Yeah, well, I like him. He’s kind of got a smart mouth, but I seem to find that attractive.”

“Hm. I guess it doesn’t hurt either that he’s gorgeous.”

Just thinking about how hot Rafe was made me smile at Luc. “There is that.”

He leaned forward and lowered his voice. “My only advice to you is that if you happen to get lucky tonight, take him to your place. Don’t go to his.”

“Why not?”

He gave me a disbelieving look. “Are you kidding me? That place is creepy as hell. I don’t think I’d be able to get it up in that house. I’d be too worried that a ghost or two would come strolling through the bedroom.

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