Judgment Road by Christine Feehan

Author:Christine Feehan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

TWELVE

“Alena.” Tom Randal waved and hurried toward her.

Alena turned and sent him a high-wattage smile. She wore tight, pencil-thin jeans, ruffled leather boots with spike heels and a formfitting red top that hugged her curves. Her platinum hair was a fall of waves around her face. Red lips matched the blouse she wore as well as the color on her long nails. “Tom, how lovely to see you.”

The private investigator came right up to her, all smiles, clearly happy to see her. Alena reached out and touched his arm, ran her finger from shoulder to elbow, over his biceps. His head jerked up and he reached for her packages.

“I’ve been out shopping. I love to cook,” Alena explained. “I don’t know if you noticed, but that building on the main street just past the bar is going to be a small, intimate restaurant. All mine.”

“That surprises me,” Tom said. “A beautiful woman like you enjoys cooking?”

Alena hung on to her smile. It was rather insulting the way he said it, as if because she was beautiful, she might not have the brains to cook. Or worse, that women who enjoyed cooking probably weren’t good-looking.

“I love it. I cook for my brothers and sometimes all the others. I’m used to handling a large group, so I think I’ll be good cooking for strangers. Are you enjoying our little town?”

Tom nodded, setting a slow pace so he had more time to spend alone with her. “It surprised me how nice it is here. The ocean is different. Wild one minute, and smooth as glass the next.”

“I thought you were staying in Fort Bragg, but here you are in our lovely Sea Haven.” Alena waved at Inez as she passed the woman on the opposite side of the street. “That’s my car.”

“Do you have time for a cup of coffee?”

Alena hesitated. Looked conflicted as if no, she didn’t have the time, but really wanted to be with him longer. “I have to get these groceries home. I’d love to have a cup of coffee and be able to talk awhile. Do you have time to follow me to Caspar? It isn’t that far.”

It was his turn to hesitate. She knew he wanted to talk, not just because she was an alluring woman, but because he wanted information on the club, specifically, on Czar and Blythe. With his private investigation business, he was good at extracting the data he wanted from people—probably women. He was good-looking and knew it.

Alena laid her hand on his arm and dropped her voice low. “No one is around today.”

Tom nodded, making up his mind, flashing her a smile. “I’ll follow you. My car’s just across the street.”

Her smile jerked his head up again, it was so bright and happy. He strode across the street, and she glanced up toward the roof where Storm lay watching, his eye to the scope of a high-powered rifle. She sent him a quick smirk and a thumbs-up. Thomas Randal wasn’t going to be having nearly the pleasurable afternoon that he thought he was.

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