How to Seduce a Cavanaugh by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-06-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Well, that turned out to be a colossal waste of time,” Kane bit off once they had walked out of Daniel Wilcox’s palatial house. Kane continued to keep his hand against her back until they reached his sedan.

The case, think about the case, not the fact that Durant’s hand feels so right against your back, idiot, Kelly kept telling herself.

It didn’t really help.

“Maybe not,” she told her partner, doing her best to focus on what he was saying and not what he was doing.

Dropping his hand, Kane was instantly alert. “Did he say something to you?” he asked.

How had he missed an exchange between the two, he wondered. Wilcox hadn’t been out of his sight the entire time.

“Not in so many words—” Kelly began.

Okay, false alarm, Kane thought darkly. “Did he say something to you in any words?” he asked.

Kelly got into the car and buckled up. “There was a look of recognition on his face. Just for a second,” she qualified.

“Oh. A look. Great.” He made no effort to hide his sarcasm.

She ignored the dismissive note in Kane’s voice. “I just think that he knows more than he’s saying.”

“It would be hard for him to know less. We could take him in for questioning, but if he doesn’t want to talk, he doesn’t want to talk,” Kane emphasized. “And when you get down to it, the guy’s a victim, not the guilty party.”

“I know, I know,” Kelly answered, frustration pulsing in her voice. “But this does fit in with your idea that whoever’s conducting these home invasions knows his victims and is robbing them of their most prized possessions out of some sense of revenge, not because he’s out for the money.”

Though it was his theory, he was still on the edge about it. However, there were procedures to follow.

“Maybe we need to dig deeper. See if these victims belong to the same health clubs, church, took a vacation together, frequent the same restaurant, invested in the same stocks—anything that would connect them in any way possible.”

She nodded. It would be tedious, but perhaps fruitful.

“Are we going to talk to the other victim now?” she asked. It was getting kind of late in her estimation, but since Durant was the lead on this case, he had to make the call.

Kane glanced at his watch, then shook his head. There was some place he wanted to be and it didn’t involve questioning another victim who most likely would have no useful information to give them.

“It’s late,” he told her. “We can drive back up tomorrow.”

Kelly studied her partner for a long moment. Something in his voice told her he wasn’t as focused as he normally was.

“You have somewhere to be?” she asked, seemingly casual. In reality, she was anything but.

“Why?” he asked suspiciously.

“You’ve looked at your watch a few times in the last couple of hours. That’s not like you,” she observed. “You usually don’t seem to care what time it is.”

“We haven’t been working together long enough for you to use the word usually,” he told her.

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