Sex, Murder and a Double Latte by Kyra Davis

Author:Kyra Davis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-05-17T04:00:00+00:00

I had no idea how I was able to keep it together enough to drive home. Every time I got stuck behind a slow car or a red light, I had to battle the overwhelming urge to leap out of the Mustang and run home as fast as I could. That’s all I wanted now. To just be barricaded inside my flat with Mr. Katz and to never come out. I was forced to park four blocks from my place. Normally that would have been a minor irritant, but today the length of the walk was way outside my comfort zone. I peered at the sky through the windshield; it was now a cool shade of blue-gray. I stepped out of the car, took a deep breath of the rapidly cooling air and booked it to my apartment.

I was at the door to my building, keys ready, when I felt a hand reach out and grab my shoulder. Without hesitation, I spun around and punched the intruder square in the jaw.

Unfortunately, the intruder was Anatoly. “What the fuck did you do that for?”

“Well, why the fuck did you sneak up on me?”

“I didn’t sneak up on you. I was walking by your place on the way to my own and I saw you and stopped to say hello. And then you punched me.”

“Oh yeah? Well, well…actually that was probably out of line, huh?”

Anatoly didn’t answer. He just stood there and massaged his jaw.

I pursed my lips to suppress a nervous giggle. Every instinct was telling me that this man would never hurt me. Unfortunately, it didn’t appear that he could say the same about me. “You have time to come up? I could use a friend right about now.”

“You just punched me.”

“Oh, give me a break. You could stand up to terrorists in the Middle East but you don’t think you can handle yourself against little old me?”

Once reminded of past exploits, Anatoly removed his hand from his chin, although he clearly wanted to continue to cradle it.

“Come upstairs and there might be some ice in it for you.” I was amazed at how normal my voice sounded. As if my world wasn’t on the brink of collapse.

Anatoly shook his head. “You are the craziest woman I have ever met.” But he followed me up anyway.

When we got up to my apartment I made a point to lock the door behind us before retrieving the ice pack from the freezer.

“Are you going to tell me why you hit me?”

“You have no idea what kind of hell I’ve just been through. Actually, I’m kind of glad I hit you. It was like a stress reliever. I feel like I can think straight again.”

“Great.”

“Anatoly, I need some advice.”

“Can I get the cold pack first?”

“What? Oh God, I’m sorry. Here you go.” I gently placed the pack against the spot where I had hit him. “Is that okay?”

He slid his hand over mine. “Yeah, it’s okay.”

The image of Barbie’s corpse bleeding all over the dirt temporarily blinded me.

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