Honor by Janet Dailey

Author:Janet Dailey [Dailey, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2012-04-19T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Kenzie agreed to meet him at the park in the morning. Early. Linc sat in his car, waiting for her and watching the sun come up. She pulled in less than five minutes later.

They ran some laps, and she told him what Jim had said. Then she ran ahead. He lengthened his strides to catch up, concentrating on the running so he could think.

She outpaced him several more times.

Feeling frisky. She seemed to have bounced back from her near breakdown at the climbing gym over that ugly card.

He caught up again and flung himself across an imaginary ribbon. “And the winner is!”

“Cheater,” she yelled, laughing.

He loped off the track toward the exercise structures and she followed.

Linc grabbed the pull-up bar and swung himself up, doing several.

“Jim’s not crazy, Kenzie. Five.”

The pull-ups hurt his arms, but it felt good. He’d been spending too much time sitting in front of laptops.

Kenzie leaned against the metal frame of the structure, looking around absently at the small park.

“I guess he was just thinking out loud. I never saw him get that steamed, though.”

He let himself down with excruciating slowness and went up again. “Six. You can understand why.”

“Yeah, I do.”

“Seven.” He went for some fast ones. “Eight. Nine. Ten.” He sucked in a breath, tightening his abs, and let it out with a whoosh. “Going to the media is an idea. I considered it myself. But—eleven—it won’t work for us. Not at this point.”

“Don’t forget about Randy Holt. She didn’t want to go public.”

“Twelve.” His biceps bulged as he stayed up, swinging a little in midair. He thought he detected a flicker of interest in Kenzie’s eyes. About time. He was killing himself.

She swung her arms to warm up. “Are you done showing off?”

“Are you impressed yet?”

Small smile. Okay, she had a lot on her mind. He wouldn’t push it. Then—Linc almost lost his grip when she walked over and put a hand on his chest.

“Don’t forget to breathe,” she said mischievously.

Linc gasped. He wasn’t sure whether to drop to the ground and take her in his arms, or lose the challenge.

“Thirteen. Fourteen. And ... fifteen.” He dropped to the ground with bent knees, more winded than he expected. “Your turn.”

Kenzie reached high to grab the bar before he could grab her and did several without breaking a sweat, her ankles crossed. Perfect form. In more ways than one.

“I thought about Randy,” he said. “She’s the main reason I shelved it. Once the spin starts, it gets hard to control.”

“Didn’t you tell me once that you know some big-deal reporter?” She breathed in rhythm with her efforts. “Hell. I forgot to count. What am I up to?”

“More than me,” he said. “And yes. Not Gary Baum. Someone else. A friend of my older brother.”

“Name?” She kept on doing pull-ups, her trim arms working hard. “He? She? Why are you being so cagey?”

He thought about stalling her a little longer and decided against it. “She. The one and only Kelly Johns. If we ever need her, she can command a three-ring media circus.

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