Hot Witness: A MacKenzie Family Novella by Lynn Raye Harris

Author:Lynn Raye Harris [Harris, Lynn Raye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: MacKenzie Family, Liliana Hart, contemporary romance, Lynn Raye Harris
Publisher: Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
Published: 2017-03-21T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Eva stood at the refrigerator, staring inside but not really seeing the food. She was hungry, but she was also sick with worry. Because she’d failed. She’d had Brandon Cox in her sights and she’d failed to kill him. Jake said he wasn’t dead. Maybe Jake was wrong…

She closed her eyes. No, Jake wasn’t wrong. She’d been scared and she’d aimed poorly. She’d shot Brandon in the arm. If she was lucky, she’d hit an artery and he’d bleed out before anyone could do anything.

She didn’t think she was that lucky.

“Hey.”

She looked up at the man standing beside her, illuminated by the light from the fridge. Her heart skipped and her belly clenched at the sight of him. He was so gorgeous, and so tough. Not her type. Not at all her type…and yet her body reacted. Strongly.

Her nipples beaded and her skin tingled—and she felt the wetness between her thighs, the aching need there.

“You okay?” he asked, folding his arms over his chest.

“I’m…yeah, I’m okay. Just kind of numb, you know?”

“Yeah, I know.” He tipped his chin toward the fridge. “You find anything in there you want?”

She turned back to the contents. “I don’t know.”

He reached past her and grabbed a package of lunchmeat and some cheese. “Here, let’s fix a couple of sandwiches. You get the bread, okay?”

“Sure.” She went over to the counter and picked up the loaf of bread, bringing it over to the table where Jake had sat down with the meat, cheese, and some mayonnaise. She sat and he took the bread and opened it up. A few seconds later, she had a sandwich in her hand.

“Take a bite, Eva. Promise it’ll taste good.”

She did as he said. Somehow, she ate the whole thing, not even aware that she’d done so until she looked up and it was gone.

“Here, have another.”

“I can’t,” she began. But Jake pushed the sandwich on her anyway.

“They’re small, and you’re in shock. Eat.”

She finished the second sandwich while he fixed his. “I’ve never shot anyone before,” she said after a few moments of silence.

He smiled. “I know. But you did good.”

She blinked. “What do you mean I did good? I didn’t kill him, and I really wanted to.”

“Considering the way he startled you, and how scared you already were, it’s pretty amazing you hit him at all. Trust me, you did good.”

“You’d have killed him if you’d shot him.”

“Yes.”

“Why didn’t you?”

He looked grim for a second. “Those were not my orders. Besides, getting you out of there alive was more important.”

She scrubbed her hands up and down her arms. “Wow, I just can’t believe it. Everything I worked for—everything I wanted—it’s gone. Over. I’m no longer inside the compound and Brandon Cox is still alive—and free.”

Jake reached over and took her hand. She tried not to let his touch affect her, but that was a hopeless endeavor. He definitely affected her.

“The MacKenzies are still working on tracking Snake. But Eva…Judge Mason died tonight. Your testimony is going to be key in putting Brandon behind bars.

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