SEE HIM DIE by Debra Webb

Author:Debra Webb [Webb, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: See Her Die, vengeance, Barbara Freethy, woman in jeopardy, Murder, love on the run, Secrets and Lies
Publisher: Pink House Press
Published: 2015-06-25T05:00:00+00:00

9:22 p.m.

Blake walked the block for the fifth time. Marie Morrison wouldn’t be home for hours yet. Her kids were with a sitter. All of which meant Julie Barton was in the house alone and had been all afternoon and evening. Not that it mattered what she was doing except that Blake had imagined all sorts of things. Like her running on the treadmill. He’d watched her at the gym three times a week for months. That toned little body would be glistening with sweat at the end of each session. Then she’d go home and shower. He didn’t have to see her to imagine her stripping off her sweaty clothes and climbing beneath the spray of water. Her hands would smooth the body wash over her skin, her fingers pausing on her breasts to trace the delicate contours. He imagined her touching herself for pleasure on those lonely nights when her husband was out with another woman.

Was it possible she had hired someone to end the cheating? Had she decided that whatever he’d offered in the divorce settlement was inadequate? With his death, would she stand to inherit much more than a meager settlement?

Motive was there, but so far no evidence. According to Lutz, Cannon had nothing so far. Randall was keeping a low profile. What was up with that? Blake would have expected him to be on the news offering rewards to anyone who could find his brother’s killer.

When Blake reached his car once more, another dark, nondescript sedan had parked behind him. He eased into the shadows for the rest of his approach. As he reached the second car, the driver side door opened.

A figure emerged. “It’s me.”

His partner.

Blake exhaled a big breath. “What’re you doing here, Lutz?”

“I could ask you the same thing. Now get in.”

For no other reason than to prevent drawing attention, Blake complied. “I’m off duty. I don’t have to give you my reasons for being on a public street.”

Once he was settled in the passenger seat and the door was closed, Lutz commented, “A public street that just happens to be the one where Austin Barton’s widow is hiding out.”

“She’s not hiding out. She’s avoiding the reporters.”

“FYI, partner,” Lutz announced, “she’s about to become the prime suspect in her lowlife, cheating husband’s murder.”

Whoa! This was the first Blake had heard of this. “How did that happen?”

“Randall Barton, how else?” Lutz picked up a cup of Starbucks from the console and offered it to him.

Noting his partner had a cup as well, Blake accepted it. “There’s still no physical evidence.”

“Nothing except her bloody handprints all over the apartment and her threat that she’d see him in hell.”

“Cannon knows that’s not going to carry much weight with a jury. He needs more.”

“How about Randall Barton’s statement that his brother confided in him that his wife was cheating on him and had threatened to kill him in his sleep if he didn’t give her a divorce with a hefty cash-out.”

A frown tugged at Blake’s brow. “When did he do this?”

“This morning.

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