Nowhere to Run (Stephanie Carovella) by Nina D'Angelo

Author:Nina D'Angelo [D'Angelo, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nina D'Angelo
Published: 2013-02-07T11:00:00+00:00

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“Damn you, you had no right. You had no right to get Jake involved in all of this,” Stephanie spat at the man standing calmly in front of her.

“Someone needs to protect you,” he spat back in disgust. “God knows you seem determined to put yourself in the path of this crazed serial killer. You may be hell bent on getting yourself killed, but I love you too damn much, Stephanie, to sit around and just watch you self-destruct!”

She blinked at his words, softening her tone. “Damn you Jesse, you had no right to tell Jake to follow me.”

“Babe, we’re only trying to protect you,” Ben said quietly. He sat on the kitchen bar stool, watching Jesse and Stephanie’s stand-off.

Jesse leaned against the kitchen bench, watching with lazy amusement as she roughly pulled sterling silver roses out of a vase. “You’re going to ruin your flowers,” he drawled.

“No. I’m ruining your damn flowers,” she spat, tossing the dead roses into the bin and placing the remaining living flowers back into the vase.

“Sweetheart, do I really look like the type of guy who’s into flowers?” he teased.

Stephanie rolled her eyes, tossing a dead rose at him. “You know what I mean, Jess. Stop trying to change the subject. I’m not going to have Jake traipsing around, following me everywhere. Apart from the fact that his friend Rafe gives me a serious case of the heebie jeebies, it’s also an invasion of my privacy.”

Lifting up the vase, she strode into the dining room, leaning over and placing the vase back onto the centre of the kitchen table. Jesse followed her, watching her sleek movements, a puzzled expression on his face.

“Actually, sweetheart, I don’t know what you mean.”

“I’m not your sweetheart,” she growled, glaring at him in annoyance. She hated playing mind games.

“Seriously, Stephanie, how am I supposed to know what you mean?” Jesse asked perplexed.

Stephanie put her hands on her hips defiantly. “Jesse, I know the flowers aren’t yours. They’re mine. You bought them for me. Stop mind-fucking me and answer my question. What the hell did you think you were doing bringing Jake into this? You’ve endangered him.”

“Stephanie, I didn’t buy you any flowers,” he said slowly, his body tensing with apprehension.

“Of course you did. The Sterling Silver roses are my favorite. You know that,” Stephanie said, annoyance sliding across her face.

“No Steph, I didn’t,” Jesse said grimly.

They both fell silent, looking at each before their eyes involuntarily turned towards the vase of the table.

“Ben?” Stephanie began.

Ben shook his head. “Babe, I wish I had, but it wasn’t me. There was no card?”

She shook her head. “No. I just woke up one morning and they were sitting on the kitchen table. I just thought…”

“You thought they were from me?” Jesse asked gently, moving to wrap his arms around her. He scowled when she took a step back, her gaze never wavering from the flowers.

Stephanie glanced from Ben to Jesse with a calmness she didn’t feel. “Jesse, if neither Ben nor yourself

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