If You Hear Her: A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Walker Shiloh

Author:Walker, Shiloh [Walker, Shiloh]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780345517579
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2011-10-24T22:00:00+00:00

IT WASN’T ENTIRELY UNUSUAL TO SEE A VEHICLE PARKED in front of Lena Riddle’s house.

But he knew the cars he expected to see there.

He was careful—after all, this was his territory and he made sure he knew exactly what took place in his territory.

The truck parked in front of Lena’s house now wasn’t one he wanted to see there.

It belonged to a newcomer.

It belonged to a cop.

One who’d been in the sheriff’s office last week.

One who’d been talking to Lena Riddle in town last week.

One who’d been talking to Lena Riddle rather often, as a matter of fact.

Seeing that truck parked in front of the woman’s house now had him furious—for so many reasons.

He’d finally made a decision about what to do with his girl, and he’d come to take care of things, and now, he couldn’t. Not while there was a cop a few hundred yards away.

“Why?” he muttered to himself as he retreated into the trees.

Why in the hell was the cop there? What did he want with Lena?

He’d done some asking around about Ezra King. Knew the state cop was on leave.

On leave. And out of his jurisdiction. But that didn’t mean much to some cops, he knew. Apparently King was one of those, the kind who’d caught a scent of something and he didn’t want to let it go.

Or maybe all he had caught scent of was Lena. Still, on leave or not, he was showing too much interest in that woman, an interest that hadn’t started until after the phone call reporting the screams.

Damn it.

Damn her.

Right then, he didn’t know if he was damning Lena, or damning his girl, or damning them both.

As he got farther from the house, he broke into a run. It was hot out, hot and muggy and sweat dripped down his arms. Under the long-sleeved shirt he wore, sweat stung the scratches on his arms. Scratches from her, from his pursuit of her through the woods.

Fortunately, considering his job, it wasn’t unusual for him to be seen wearing long sleeves, and nobody would think twice of it. The scratches would heal, and they weren’t deep enough to scar.

New plans. He needed to come up with a new plan, something that might deter the cop. Give the cop something else to focus on.

The cop—damn it.

The anger ate him, but he’d be careful.

He was good at his games and he knew, better than most, just how important it was to be careful.

“I don’t know if my legs are gonna work,” Ezra mumbled against her neck.

They still leaned against the wall and Lena was pretty sure that if he let go of her, she would just sag to the floor, maybe sleep for an hour or two. Or ten. Then, she just might find the energy to walk.

“You’re gonna have to walk, Slick,” she said, turning her head and kissing his ear. “If I have to stand here too much longer, I might decide to spend the night here.”

“Night’s still a long time away.

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