Nocturne 007 – Karen Whiddon - Pack 05 - Cry of the Wolf by Silhouette Nocturne

Author:Silhouette Nocturne [Silhouette Nocturne]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-09T07:48:13+00:00

Chapter 8

A n hour later, Colton drove Jewel to self-defense class. Since she’d paid a month in advance, she didn’t have to worry about the bill. At least for now. Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared when she and Colton walked in.

“Small town,” he muttered. “Keep your head up and don’t let it bother you.”

“Okay.” She swallowed. “You could leave now, you know.”

“No. I’m going to spar a bit, too,” he said, doing a much better job than she of pretending not to notice the attention they were getting. At the end of the lobby, he glanced down at her. “See you later.”

Something in his expression made her catch her breath. She couldn’t reply, couldn’t speak. All she could do was nod and stare helplessly after him as he headed back toward the men’s dressing room.

From the other side of the room, a woman screeched. “Yoo-hoo! Jewel!”

Suddenly realizing she was standing in the gym entrance, Jewel raised her head. Reba. Making a beeline for her, the other woman looked intent.

“Come here, girl,” she cried, grabbing Jewel’s arm and practically dragging her toward the women’s room. “Spill all.”

“All what?”

“What on earth is going on with you?” The other woman’s eyes sparkled with interest.

Jewel pretended ignorance. Shaking her head, she sighed. “I’m surviving.”

“I’ll say. Since our phone conversation was so short, and then I had to take that other phone call, we didn’t get to finish talking. Tell me everything.”

“Everything? You already know everything. Have you heard any word from the owners of my rental cabin?”

“Not yet. They have more money than they know how to use.” Reba dismissed the entire incident with an unconcerned wave of her manyringed hand. “And since you appear to have survived the car crash, I’m more interested in what’s happening with you and Colton. When I talked to you last, you were just staying there short term. Now I hear around town that you’ve moved in.”

Jewel sighed. Small towns never changed. East or west, north or south, they were all the same. She should have known she couldn’t get away with any secret for very long.

“Nothing’s going on.” Though she spoke truth, her denial sounded weak, even to her own ears.

“You’re living with him.” Reba stabbed a scarlet nail at Jewel’s shoulder. Instinctively, she flinched. Marriage to a man like Leo did that to a woman. “I’m only staying with him until I figure out what to do.”

“Oh, no you don’t.” Gripping her arm, Reba led her over to the two chairs in the ladies’ room sitting area. “I know better than that. I’ve seen the way you look at him.”

Preferring to stand, Jewel searched the other woman’s heavily made-up face. “What do you mean?”

“Whenever he’s around, you go all dreamy-eyed. And he watches you like a hawk. Remember that story I told you?”

“About his wife and daughter? He mentioned that.”

Reba’s eyes went big. “He did, did he? Everyone says Colton Reynolds never talks about his past.”

Jewel shrugged, letting that one go. “He did to me.

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