See How She Runs (A Cape Trouble Novel Book 2) by Johnson Janice Kay

Author:Johnson, Janice Kay [Johnson, Janice Kay]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Naomi twisted in the car seat to stare at Adam in alarm. “You may trust this FBI agent friend, but why should I?”

“Sam is…” He started to say, more than a friend, but calling him friend wasn’t right, either. It wasn’t as if they socialized except when they were dragged into it by their respective siblings. “He’s kind of family,” he finally said. His gaze flicked between rear-view and side mirrors and straight ahead. No tail that he could see, but why would anybody bother? Everyone concerned knew where Naomi lived.

“Kind of family?” She had a death grip on the seatbelt where it crossed her chest. “What’s that mean?”

“Sam’s brother is married to my sister. When Ellen got married, I gave her away and Sam was best man. To their kids, I’m Uncle Adam, he’s Uncle Sam.”

She blinked at that. “How long have you known him?”

“Uh…” He had to think. “Ellen and Ben are coming up on their ten year anniversary.”

“You’re positive about this guy.”

“Yes,” he said, a little surprised how sure he was. “I can also tell you, if he’d been the man you saw that night, you would have remembered his face.”

“Why?” she said suspiciously.

He smiled as he put on the signal for the turn into Jasper Beach. “Big nose. Really big nose.”

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught her trying not to smile.

“Really ought to make an appointment with a plastic surgeon big?”

“Oh, yeah.” Now he grinned. “His wife says it’s sexy. Big hands, big nose, big…” He let it trail off, warmed by the tiny giggle he heard. “Sam blushed. I didn’t know he could.”

“Does he have children, too?”

“Two. Teenagers. He’s older than Ben.”

Naomi averted her face again until they reached her driveway. Then she agreed suddenly, “Okay. You’re right. I’d remember a big nose.”

“I wish we had a forensic artist. A good one might be able to pull more out of you than you think you remember.”

“That sounds painful. What do they do, squeeze your brain like a toothpaste tube?”

He’d turned off the engine and remove the key, but she hadn’t moved. The way she was eyeing her small house gave Adam the idea that she wasn’t eager to go in.

He chuckled at her imagery. “Never seen one work,” he said. “The one my department uses won’t let anyone watch. She closets herself with the witness, and next thing we know she’s drawn a face that nine times out of ten proves to be amazingly like the scumbag we end up arresting.”

“Do you think of everyone you arrest as scum?” Now she did look at him, her gaze unexpectedly intense. “Don’t you ever have doubts? Or…or understand why they might have done what they did?”

“Do you understand why our friend up on the bluff tried to take you out with a bullet?” he asked harshly.

Naomi winced and looked away. “No,” she said in a small voice. “Of course not.” As if galvanized, she unclipped the seatbelt, grabbed her bag and opened her door.

“Just a minute.

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