Pushed to the Limit by Patricia Rosemoor

Author:Patricia Rosemoor [Patricia Rosemoor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373221615
Amazon: B006LR8E3G
Goodreads: 3045807
Published: 2011-07-12T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

WIPING HER SWEATY PALMS on her white pants, Sydney stood guard as Benno proceeded with breaking in, his seeming confidence making her wonder about his past yet again. Narrow screened windows flanked either side of the large bay. He stood in front of the one that had been left cracked open.

She wished he would hurry.

They’d spent the entire afternoon tracking down Fox and now people with day jobs were leaving work. She noted the increased foot traffic on the adjoining street. At any moment, a tenant from one of the other five second-floor apartments was bound to come home and catch them.

The sound of tearing fiberglass sent gooseflesh down her back. She glanced in Benno’s direction as he finished slicing through the entire length of screen. He folded his knife and stuck it in his pocket, deftly rolled up the fiberglass, then slid open the window and threw the evidence of the break-in inside.

“Ladies first.”

Not liking what they were doing, she checked the downstairs area thoroughly for any witnesses before edging back toward him. Benno had laughed at her suggestion of having the owner or manager open up the place for them. He’d said they wouldn’t get into the apartment without a court order unless they made the opportunity for themselves.

“Relax, already,” he ordered. “No one’s around. All you have to do is slip into the apartment and unlock the front door for me.”

Sydney ignored her foreboding and gathered the measly courage she had left. Pulling aside the heavy orange drape that blocked the window, she took one last cursory look around outside. No one. And inside, nothing out of place except the rolled screen.

“Do you want me to do it?” Benno asked, his tone becoming impatient.

Though Sydney would have loved to let him, she wouldn’t let on. After all, he was setting himself up for possible trouble because he was helping her find a con man. And if they didn’t find Fox, she would be in big trouble with the law. She couldn’t let Benno take all the risks.

“I’m smaller. It’ll be easier for me.”

Benno steadied Sydney as she swung a leg over the sill. His hands were warm and his grip firm on her sides. The situation evoked memories of other hands on her flesh.

Al Fox’s hands.

A felon’s hands.

Shifting her weight away from Benno as she stepped inside brought a measure of relief even though she didn’t relish being in the room alone. Her pulse erratic, she rushed to the door and flung it open.

Benno gave her a questioning look as he stepped inside and closed the door behind him. Sydney figured she appeared as frightened as she was feeling. But she wasn’t a coward; she was merely out of her depths. And she couldn’t help wondering what fate had in store for her next.

“I’ve never done anything like this before,” she told him.

Sydney noticed Benno didn’t add his assurances that he hadn’t either. But then his attention was off her and on the room itself.

“What a drab setting for a man who sounds like a peacock,” he commented.

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