Keeping Watch by Jane M. Choate

Author:Jane M. Choate
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

When Dani came to work the following morning, it was to find her coworkers huddled together, whispering excitedly. They broke off when they saw her, but not before shooting guilty looks her way. It didn’t take much guesswork to know they were talking about her.

Though she didn’t socialize with Trevor and Sarah, she’d always thought she had a good working relationship with them, but now she wondered. It wasn’t possible, was it? That one or both of them was behind the stalking? She gave a brisk nod and continued on her way.

An officer from the Atlanta P.D. was standing guard outside her office, his presence a grim reminder of last night.

Dani settled behind her desk and began going through her messages and emails when Clariss appeared, her face flushed. “Ms. Barclay—I mean Dani, would it be all right if I left a little early this evening? I have a date with my boyfriend.”

Dani looked up from her keyboard and smiled. “Of course. Have a good time.” She was glad Clariss had a date, a reminder that life went on. It was nice to think of something other than her own troubles.

Jake showed up after lunch. The morning had been filled with meetings with the insurance agent and claims adjuster. In between meetings, she’d sprinted through a store, picking up a few essentials with Jake at her side. Sometime, she’d have to carve out time to replenish her wardrobe.

When she’d finally made it to the office, Jake announced that he wanted to check with Monroe about lab results. She wanted to go with him but couldn’t afford to take any more time from her own work.

The D.A.’s office didn’t shut down just because her apartment had been vandalized. Her head pounded as she struggled to keep all the balls in the air without dropping one.

A key witness had backed out of testifying and was ready to bolt, and she was needed to put out the fire. She’d held his hand, promising him protection and then making good on that promise with a call to the Atlanta P.D. to arrange round-the-clock security, which made her feel guilty about the man stationed outside her office. The department didn’t have enough manpower to assign someone to babysit her.

Last night, Jake had given her strength and truth, not pity or lies. Fear could be paralyzing. Jake understood that and had gotten her past it, had helped her to temper it with action. She owed him for that.

Someday, they’d sort out what was happening between them. Someday.

All of that went through her mind as she asked, “Any news?”

“The lab checked out the writing on the paper. It was pig’s blood.”

It was a relief that the blood wasn’t human, though it was hard to find anything positive about what had happened.

“No news about the paper itself. Run-of-the-mill bond. Monroe’s taking a look at Brooks’s monitoring records. So far, they’re clean. But a monitor can be short-circuited.”

“So you said. A person would have to have specialized knowledge to do that, wouldn’t he?”

“Maybe.

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