Intense Love (Love Collection Book 5) by Natalie Ann

Author:Natalie Ann [Ann, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Taking Bets

“So it is true,” Mick said, drawing Ian’s eyes away from Cam’s. He’d been plugging away, typing up his report when he felt a stare on him. He hadn’t expected it to be Cam’s and wanted to get up and go talk to her, but held back. She played along just as well, it seemed.

“Mick,” he said, standing up and bringing his partner in for a hug. “What are you doing here? How are you feeling?”

“I’m feeling good. I needed to get out of the house before the wife took a knife out and stabbed me again. Said I’ve been getting on her nerves.”

Ian laughed, glad that Mick seemed to be getting stronger each day. “What is she going to do when you retire next year and you’re around even more?”

“Who knows? Now I know I better have some kind of a plan. Maybe this was a good thing, letting me know we might have to do some traveling or something.”

“You’ll figure it out,” Ian said.

“So back to Dr. Mason. I see you did more than manage to talk her into signing your release.”

Ian grinned. He had to play along. Seemed Cam knew what she was doing all too well. Best that he didn’t jump up like a lovesick fool trying to get everyone to believe he was still winning her over.

He’d never been a lovesick fool in his life and he sure the hell wasn’t going to turn into one during this assignment.

“You only wish you had the charm that I’ve got.”

“I had it years ago,” Mick boasted. “No need to have it now when I’ve got Penny at home.”

“Just sharpening those knives,” Ian said.

Mick snorted, then sat at his desk. “Fill me in. What’s going on with the case?”

Ian had been dreading telling Mick what had been discovered. That Zippy’s body was found in an alley Saturday morning. “No word on Fast. He’s gone in the wind right now.”

“I heard about Zippy, Ian,” Mick said, his eyes troubled.

“That’s why you’re here? Who told you?”

“I get a lot of visitors. Someone thought you would have told me.”

“Things have been a little crazy lately.”

Mick nodded his head. “The trouble at your girlfriend’s house?”

Since the alarms went off and police were dispatched, he couldn’t play that off. The same with the tires. Only a few knew about the snake. “We’re looking into it. As for Fast, I asked around last week. Nothing. If anyone knows, they aren’t saying, not that I figured they would.”

“They would have spoken to Zippy about it. Do you think he was silenced?”

“OD. Been dead a few days when they found him. Nothing looked like foul play. Nothing they could find.”

“Any word on the girl?”

“You mean the one that was trying to gut you like a deer?” Ian said. “Nothing.”

He’d walked around showing her picture to everyone on the street. Trying to get a name. Anything he could find out. She still had a toe tag in the morgue. At some point the body would be cremated if no one claimed it.

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