Lawman's Perfect Surrender by Jennifer Morey

Author:Jennifer Morey [Morey, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-10-20T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Dillon threw a small pebble at the second-floor window of Hallie’s house. The middle of July had brought dry heat to Cold Plains, but it cooled off at night. When no one appeared, he threw two more. He’d always wanted to do this. Hallie appeared in the lit window. She opened it a crack. “What are you doing?”

“Want to go to a party?”

“Are you nuts?”

“Grayson reserved the bar at the Stillwater. My parents are there.” His mom hadn’t been drinking the way she used to. He’d noticed other changes in her, too. Like the way she stood up to his dad more. His dad was a lost cause but there was still hope for his mom.

“Wait there.” Hallie disappeared and a few minutes later she emerged through the front door of her grandmother’s house.

“My grandmother is already asleep.”

“Good.” Dillon looked across the street at Gemma’s house. Ford’s SUV was parked in the driveway behind her car. There were lights on inside but no sign of Ford. He didn’t want to be caught going to the inn.

He started driving. “So, when are you going to tell me why you’re spying on Samuel?”

As always she didn’t respond, just looked forward as he drove.

“Or is it Bo Fargo you’re after?”

“I’m not after him.”

He smiled because she’d given herself away. She wasn’t after Fargo; she had other motives, like watching him. Just like he was watching Grayson.

He heard her sigh. Several seconds passed. “He refused to help my grandmother and me when we came to him about my father.” She paused. “My father disappeared a few months ago.”

“What do you mean he disappeared?”

“He moved me and my grandmother here. She lived with us. He wouldn’t say why we moved here. But as soon as we settled in, weird things started happening.”

“Was he a Devotee?”

“No. He was the opposite. He despised Samuel and his followers. He was fairly vocal about it, too. He received several threats before he disappeared.”

“They chased him out of town?”

“He would never leave me and my grandmother here. Something happened to him and I think Bo Fargo knows exactly what that is.”

“What makes you think that?”

“He wouldn’t do anything to help us find him. He claimed my dad told him he was going to take a trip to Australia and that maybe he decided not to come back.”

Dillon parked his truck along the street in front of the woodsy landscaping of Stillwater Inn. It was a nice building and location, but it could also be in a horror movie. Too many dark places to hide outside. Dim lighting inside. Stillwater Inn…creepy.

“I’ve heard that happens a lot in this town.”

“I need to know where my father is.”

Her earnestness was a dart hitting the center of what drove him. “Well, let’s go join the party, then.”

She got out of his truck when he did. He locked it and walked around to her.

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