Silent Threat by Dana Marton

Author:Dana Marton [Marton, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542047982
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

NOON FOUND COLE once again leaning against his truck in the parking lot outside Hope Hill. He watched the facilities and the people hurrying between buildings, coming and going from lunch. None of them looked like a traitor. He needed progress. One damn clue. Anything. Those burner phones the traitor used had to be somewhere.

He had only three more offices to search, and seven patient rooms.

He’d gotten an eyeful when spying on the acupuncturist, but what he’d seen hadn’t exactly moved him forward.

Milo had had a young woman with him—maybe the girl was twenty, if that. They’d both been naked. Milo had been on the treatment table, acting out some fantasy, the woman’s lips moving up and down an impressive erection. But the sex act wasn’t what left Cole mentally scarred. What had him jerking his head back was the fact that Milo had about two dozen stainless-steel needles sticking out of his ball sack.

Like a freaking porcupine down there.

Who did that?

First thing this morning, Cole had canceled all his scheduled acupuncture treatments.

Since that left a hole in his schedule today, he’d gone swimming earlier than usual, and . . . Annie.

Her mad dive into the pool, the way his heart stopped, her see-through shirt, the way his heart stopped again—he didn’t know what to do with any of that. He knew what he wanted to do. He wanted to kiss her again.

He didn’t go to her morning feeding with her. He’d tracked her down and offered, but she’d said Detective Finnegan would be stopping by. The man had more questions and wanted to look at the house and yard again in the light of day.

Maybe he’d find footprints.

Instead of going with Annie, Cole had texted his mother, checking in—she was fine, other than some big drama at the knitting club. After she finally let him go—once he agreed that Letty was definitely copying her colors—he went for a run and bumped into Trevor on his way back. Trevor had been sitting in the courtyard with a sketch pad.

“Didn’t know you were an artist,” Cole said.

“Planning a new barn for my mother. She loves her horses.” He showed Cole his drawings. “I work on it every day. Takes my mind off other things. Kind of relaxing.”

Cole was glad to see the guy relaxed. He left Trev with a few encouraging words and went back to his room to text his CO with an update. They’d agreed on regular check-ins.

His CO texted back.

Msgs are still going to Yemen

2 in the past 3 days

And Cole thought, Shit.

Then noon rolled around, and Cole found himself in the parking lot once again.

“Need some company?” he asked when Annie showed up.

Her gaze hovered in the vicinity of his neck, and she wouldn’t look any higher. “Thanks, but I’m good. I have some errands to run. I won’t be back for a while.”

He shouldn’t have said anything about her nipples back at the pool. The sight of her clothes stuck to her body had poleaxed him.

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