Sizzle: A Novel by Julie Garwood

Author:Julie Garwood
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Los Angeles (Calif.), Independent filmmakers, Fiction, Romance, United States - Officials and employees, Romantic suspense fiction, Suspense, Thrillers, General
ISBN: 9780345500779
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2009-12-29T00:46:10+00:00

TWENTY-ONE

TO HER CREDIT, LYRA TOOK THE NEWS ABOUT THE BOMB squad in stride, probably because she was having difficulty wrapping her head around the notion that someone had planted an explosive device under their car. She was informed it was connected by wires to the ignition, and if Sam hadn’t noticed the muddy footprints, they would both be part of the campus now. She might have ended up on top of one building and Sam on another.

The thoughts were too gruesome. Lyra forced them from her mind.

Sam wouldn’t let her stay around to watch the bomb squad—not that she wanted to—nor would he let her talk to the detectives out in the open. He wanted her away from the crowd and the chaos. No cars were allowed to enter or leave the parking lot. Dozens of onlookers, some angry they couldn’t get to their cars and others curious to see what had brought so many police to the campus, stood behind barricades.

Sam took Lyra into a tiny coffee bar a safe distance away. She sat on a bench while he got her a cup of hot tea. She didn’t realize she was shaking until she tried to hold the cup. Sam took it away from her before she burned herself and put it on the table, then sat down next to her and put his arm around her shoulders.

“Your first bomb?” he asked casually.

She laughed at the ridiculous question.

“That’s better,” he said. “You’re safe now, Lyra. Don’t be scared. I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”

He was stroking her arm as he pulled her closer. His body was hard and warm.

“You misunderstand, Sam. I’m not scared. I’m angry, very angry. I want answers. I hate being helpless.”

She tried to stand but he wouldn’t let her. “Take a couple of deep breaths.”

O’Malley and another detective joined them and took turns asking Lyra questions while they drank coffee. Every once in a while one or both of them would look at Sam to judge his reaction.

Lyra tried to get some answers of her own, especially about the motive behind the threat, but the detectives were evasive and would only say that they were working on it.

On what? she wanted to ask. Did they have any leads at all? Or were they just humoring her until the culprits gave themselves up?

“I’d like to leave, Sam,” she said wearily after an hour’s interrogation.

O’Malley stood. “We’ll get in touch with you soon. Hopefully with some good information.”

Sam waited until they had left and then said, “I know how frustrating this is for you.”

“When can we get out of here?”

“The new car will be here in a minute.”

“What’s wrong with the car you’re driving? They took the bomb away.”

“That car is a crime scene now.”

“Of course,” she said, feeling foolish. She had watched enough crime shows to know that. Maybe she wasn’t as in control as she thought.

Sam’s cell phone rang a minute later.

“Car’s here,” he told her.

“We have to get our boots out of the trunk before we leave.

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