Rookie K-9 Unit Christmas by Valerie Hansen & Lenora Worth

Author:Valerie Hansen & Lenora Worth [Hansen, Valerie & Worth, Lenora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

TWO

“Daddy, I’m ready for pizza.”

Josie carefully folded the paper and pivoted when she saw Maisy standing at the office door. “Your dad will be done soon, honey.”

Maisy’s big eyes widened. “Are you coming with us, Miss Josie? Please?”

Josie didn’t know how to answer that. She didn’t want to disappoint Maisy but...she had no business going to eat pizza with these two. She knew to keep her professional life and her personal life separated. “I...uh...”

“I have an idea,” Dalton said, his eyes bright for Maisy’s sake. “How about we follow Miss Josie home and we can order pizza from her house.”

Josie sent him a shocked, questioning glare, her thoughts rolling over each other. “Really?”

“Really,” he said. “It never hurts to see where my daughter’s favorite after-school teacher lives. You know, to make sure things are okay?”

He wanted to check her home?

The dread Josie felt over the last few minutes increased twofold. Her stomach knotted, and her breath stopped cold. She rambled on, trying to recover. “It’s been a while since I’ve had any company besides my aunt and uncle. I moved in next to them after Whitney married David and moved to a bigger house.”

Whitney was also a K-9 officer and her husband, David, was a physician’s assistant planning to go back to med school to become a full-fledged doctor. They lived around the corner in a new subdivision and were raising Whitney’s little daughter, Shelby, a regular here at the day care.

“I’d heard that,” he responded, his tone neutral and calm. “I’d like to see where you live.”

He wasn’t leaving her room to say no. Maybe it was a good idea to have him do a sweep, in case. In case of what? She didn’t want to think about that.

“Of course,” she said. “Let me finish locking up.”

“And Luna’s coming, too,” Maisy said, her tone truly happy for a change. The young girl probably needed some motherly companionship.

“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Josie said, thinking this was an interesting turn of events. And a disturbing one. She worried about what had happened, and for some reason she didn’t want to examine too closely, she also fretted about being near Dalton West. The man cut an intimidating swath.

Just get home and think this through, she told herself. There had to be an explanation for that cryptic message.

And there had to be an explanation for the pitter-patter of her heart every time Dalton came to pick up Maisy.

Together she and Dalton double-checked the doors and windows. “All clear,” he said after she’d locked the main entry. “I need to bag this letter, and then we’ll be right behind you. I’ll dust it for prints later. Might find some on the tape if not the paper.”

After he’d settled Luna in her backseat kennel and Maisy in the front, seat belt secured, he turned to Josie. “I’m going to watch the streets between here and your house. And when the pizza comes, I’ll answer the door. Better to be cautious than careless,” he added.

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