On Fire (2010) by Neggers Carla

Author:Neggers, Carla [Carla, Neggers,]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-01-14T19:10:39.453000+00:00

Finally he walked over and tapped on her window, which was half-open.

She jumped, then groaned when she saw him.

"I thought you were still off doing your Robinson Crusoe bit." "You should pay more attention to your surroundings. What if it hadn't been me tapping on your window?"

"Like it's any big relief it is you. For heaven's sake, I just had a fish dinner in a quiet little village on the Maine coast. I'm not worried about thugs lurking in the bushes."

He leaned in closer.

"You weren't worried about finding a dead man on your picnic, either."

She went just a little pale.

"You're disgusting."

"Shoot the messenger," he said.

Sig smiled at him from the passenger seat.

"Don't tempt her, Straker.

She's probably got a . 38 in the glove compartment. Now, if you two don't mind, I made a pig of myself, and I'd like to get back and walk off my dinner. "

"Fine with me." He pulled open the rear door and climbed in.

"You can give me a ride."

Riley glanced over her shoulder at him, said calmly, "You've your nerve, you know that?"

He grinned.

"I've done a few scarier things than get in the car. Not many, but a few."

She wasn't embarrassed or intimidated, and she wasn't about to back down. But she wasn't mad, either. Her eyes sparked, and she licked her lips. He knew she was imagining what they could be doing together in the back seat. She'd never admit it, but for once they were on the same wavelength.

"Oh, shit," Sig mumbled, sinking low in her seat.

"Sig? Riley?" Matt Granger was crossing the street to the small parking lot. He swore to himself.

"Son of a bitch."

Sig glanced into the back seat. She was very pale.

"Straker--quick, toss me that blanket."

He grabbed a fleece throw off the floor and shoved it over the top of the seat. She took it gratefully, unfurled it and buried herself under it as best she could.

"What do you want me to do?" Riley asked her.

"Get us out of here."

He could hear Riley fumbling for her keys. These two were as different as night and day, Straker thought, but they'd go to the ends of the earth for each other. If Sig didn't want her husband to know she was pregnant, Riley would back her up.

It was a damned conspiracy, but Matt Granger was helpless in the face of it. He stormed around to Sig's window, which was partway down.

Taking no pains to be subtle, she reached up and locked her door. In Granger's position, Straker didn't know what he'd do. Push the car into a ditch, for starters. Keep these two put for ten minutes, anyway.

If Granger had ever possessed the same manners and cool bearing as his older sister, they were long gone. He looked ready to rip the window out and smash it onto the parking lot.

"Goddamn you two-what the hell do you think you're doing?"

That had been Straker's line last night. Hadn't done him much good.

Sig smiled, snottily cool, in control.

"Well, seeing how you asked so nicely, and so clearly have our best interests at heart, I'll tell you.

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