Playing With Fire by Taylor Lee

Author:Taylor Lee
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: idesire publications
Published: 2012-09-17T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

“She doesn’t have to answer your questions if she doesn’t want to, Nate. You can’t force her. This isn’t Abu Ghraib.”

“I am aware of that, Connor.”

Nate chose to ignore the anger in Connor’s voice. Thinking about Erin’s face when she swore at him, he muttered under his breath, “Stubborn little brat.” At Connor’s fierce rejoinder, Nate sighed. He should have kept his annoyance to himself.

“Yeah, Nate. She is a stubborn little brat. Thank God for that. Erin just learned that somebody might have been trying to kill her… and it upset her. Imagine that! Maybe she should have crumpled in a heap on the floor. Would that have been better, Nate? Less stubborn? That’s what most people would have done if they thought someone was out to kill them, and that someone else may have died because of her. I dunno, Cuz. I think that kind of news would be hard for anyone to take. Except you, of course.”

Nate drew in a deep breath. He saw Chief Halloran and Dan Coulter settle back in their chairs, clearing the path between him and Connor. Nate didn’t blame them. Connor’s face was a thundercloud. Good thing Nate hadn’t inherited Mama D’s temper, or there’d be blood on the floor within minutes. No, his anger just roiled through his gut and came out in cutting sarcasm.

He kept his tone mild.

“You’re acting like you think this is my fault, Connor.”

“No, I’m acting like I am mad as hell — because I am.”

He continued, his angry words an uncontrollable whitewater rapids.

“Someone’s trying to hurt Erin, and the only thing you can do is try to pin a murder on her. A murder that you know damn good and well she didn’t commit.”

Connor had shucked off any semblance of control. He faced Nate head on, his hands clenched in tight fists at his sides. His face was flushed a furious crimson.

“That woman is no more capable of murder that you or me, Nate. In fact, she’s a lot less capable.”

He held up his fingers ticking them off one at a time. “Let’s add ‘em up, Nate. We know now that someone sugared her gas tank. That’s kind of weird. Doesn’t happen every day. Yeah, it could be kids. Let’s see. Then someone vandalized her house. Again, easy to write off. She lives in a crappy neighborhood, right? But then someone sends her a private message telling her that it was her husband’s body that burned up in a fire two blocks from her house.”

Nate glared at him.

“Would that be when she found out the identities of the bodies three days before we did — and she didn’t bother to come and talk to either one of us? That the note you’re talkin’ about, Connor?”

“Yeah, Nate, that’s the note I’m talkin’ about!”

Connor stalked across the room then whirled on Nate.

“Now we find out that… that someone tinkered with her oxygen mask and almost killed another firefighter by mistake. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. One of her buddies two thousand miles from here, ends up with a bullet in his skull.

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