Head Over Heels by Susan Andersen

Author:Susan Andersen [Andersen, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Love Stories, Bars (Drinking Establishments), Washington (State)
ISBN: 9780380819171
Google: ChCzBpoRZtIC
Amazon: 0380819171
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2002-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 13

The man locked the mahogany double doors behind him and tossed his keys on the entryway table, then listened to the echo of his footsteps as he crossed the slate-floored foyer. His home had that hollow feel that only an empty house can produce, and he walked into the den, clicked on the brass-trimmed banker's light on his desk, and stared down for a moment at the framed photograph that sat on the polished cherry-wood. Then he reached for the decanter and splashed a couple fingers of scotch into a cut-crystal tumbler. Collapsing with his drink onto his big leather chair, he picked up the remote control and keyed up a jazz music station. Very carefully, he replaced the remote where he'd found it.

Which was pretty damn restrained of him, if he did say so himself—considering what he'd really like to do was wing it through the huge window overlooking the few lights still on down in the flats. Damn that Starkey bitch.

The woman was a troublemaker. She always had been, but he would not tolerate her stirring up interest in the Crystal Davis affair.

One side of his mouth curled up as he gazed down into the amber swirl of single malt in the bottom of his glass. Interesting word choice; one that undoubtedly qualified as a bona fide Freudian slip. His affair with Crystal was something he'd gone to great lengths to cover up, and there was no way in hell he'd allow some bigmouthed gossip to churn up waters he'd managed to smooth over with such masterful originality.

Not that she'd said anything of real import. But he hadn't become smarter than the average bear by leaving things to chance. No, siree. The moment he perceived a problem, he jumped into action. He studied everything that could possibly go wrong and strategized ways to minimize the potential risk.

He saw no reason to treat the Davis matter any differently. It was a dead issue—no pun intended—and he intended to see it remained that way. The entire town believed Eddie Chapman had killed her. They were happy with that conclusion, and the last thing anyone needed was a bored rumormonger reviving interest in whom Crystal may or may not have been sleeping with. That kind of gossip did no one any good, so Darlene Starkey had better watch her mouth.

Because if she persisted in shaking the tree just to see what she could get to drop out at her feet, he might be forced to do something about it. And she wouldn't like the result.

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