Hush by Carey Baldwin

Author:Carey Baldwin [Baldwin, Carey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781937248093
Publisher: Carey Baldwin
Published: 2013-07-06T10:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Near Tangleheart: Tuesday, 6:00 A.M.

CHARLIE GLANCED IN the cabin’s bathroom mirror, dragged his fingers through his disheveled hair and shut down the emotion that made it hard to swallow, hard to breathe. Anna had turned away from his kiss when they’d awakened this morning, but now was not the time to dwell on the matter.

They’d taken a few hours to rest, just until the first light of morning began sifting through the cabin windows—it would’ve been futile to work by moonlight, and they needed sleep badly. Grateful the property owners had kept the water on, if not the electricity, he washed his hands, and then exited the bathroom.

He found Anna in the kitchen. The sun’s first rays pinked her skin and floated a halo of light above her freshly brushed hair. Her blood-shot eyes sported dark circles below. She looked like an angel—an angel who’d just pulled a double shift at Billy Bob’s.

A piece of old poster board had been laid out on the picnic-style table, and some colored pens leaned in a jelly-jar glass. Apparently, librarians carried colored pens in their purses. Anna had removed the newspaper clippings from the folder and judging from her assorted piles she’d wasted no time getting started on them.

“Morning, beautiful.” He slipped an arm around her waist and kissed the back of her neck.

He couldn’t help himself.

Her shoulders jumped, and she quickly slipped out of his embrace. Clearing her throat, she pointed to the warped piece of poster board on the tabletop. “I thought we’d make a murder board.”

Uncomprehending, and more than a little put off, he turned his palms up.

“You know, like the one Beckett uses on Castle. I think it’s a good way to get organized, and I want to—”

“Get our ducks in a row.” He didn’t have a clue what Beckett did on Castle, but he was in for a penny already. “So we’re going to stop a killer and find Simone and Bobby by using petrified poster board, colored pens and…your knowledge of television crime shows? Have I got that right?”

Hurt welled in her eyes. Instantly he regretted his sarcasm. Beneath her cheerful facade, Anna was terrified, and with good reason. Her sister was missing. Mere hours ago a gunman had ambushed them. And now, while Anna was busy keeping a stiff upper lip and trying to make the best of dire circumstances, he was busy acting like a jackass because she didn’t kiss him good morning. It was time for him to get his head on straight and be the man she needed him to be.

“Hang on a minute.” He hurried to the bedroom and back, then laid his pistol on the table next to the murder board. “You know anything about guns?”

“A little. Daddy used to keep them. He took me target shooting a few times.”

“So maybe you can show me how to work a murder board, and I’ll refresh your memory on how to work a firearm. Okay?”

“Okay.” She used the back of her hand to wipe a dab of moisture from her cheek.

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