Sunny Chandler's Return by Sandra Brown

Author:Sandra Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Scandals, Weddings, Reference, Seduction, Contemporary, General, Romance, Sheriffs, Fiction, Louisiana, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780553576061
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1988-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Six

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The Gator Drive-in was packed to capacity even though it was a weeknight. Ty was heartily greeted when he stopped at the admission gate. Apparently he came to the drive-in often, and Sunny couldn't help but wonder with whom. Raising his hips, he angled his body straight beneath the steering wheel in order to fish several bills from the pocket of his tight jeans.

Since leaving his house, Sunny had maintained a stony silence. Her pouting was childish, but she was so furious she knew her voice would crack if she tried to speak.

How many times was she going to fall for his sexual sabotage? Every time he took her in his arms, she behaved out of character. Her mind became as traitorous as her body. All he had to do was touch her and her brain shut down operations. Common sense deserted her. She became as obedient as a puppet, responding only to its master's hand.

Was she getting soft? Losing sight of the grim facts of life? Men had no consciences. Hadn't she found that out the hard way? They weren't to be trusted. So why was she so compliant to the sheriff when his foreplay led to nothing but frustration?

Everyone else in town seemed to like and respect him, however. As he drove up and down the curved aisles of the outdoor theater, Ty Beaumont was honked at and waved to. He called back hellos, addressing people by name.

"There aren't any spaces left this close to the screen," Sunny commented cantankerously. He'd driven down the same rows several times.

"I know. I'm just letting all the rowdy boys know I'm here. They'll behave better."

Darkness had fallen and the credits were already rolling on the first of the double feature before he finally pulled the Datsun into a vacant space in the back row. He adjusted the speaker in the window. "Can you hear all right?" he asked.

"Fine."

"Good. I'll be right back. Stay here."

He squeezed her knee before he opened his door and slid out. The affectionate gesture startled her so much that she had a delayed reaction to his desertion.

"Wait," she cried out to his retreating back, "where are you going?"

"I'll be back."

She watched him weave his way through the rows of parked cars until he disappeared, muttering deprecations toward a man who would abandon his date at the drive-in. He returned in under ten minutes, but by that time, Sunny was stewing. "Where did you go?"

"I had to check on something."

"I hope it was important," she said snidely.

"I think so. There was a lot of dope in the junior high school last spring.

I wanted to make sure the cigarette I saw those kids passing around was tobacco."

Sunny felt very small. She asked, "Was it?"

"If it hadn't been I'd be taking them to jail right now."

"Junior high kids?"

"I took an oath to uphold the law. Drugs are against the law; I don't care who's using them."

This was a side of Ty Beaumont Sunny had never seen. Gone was the teasing gleam in his blue eyes.

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