Suspense 05 Hurricane Bay by Heather Graham

Author:Heather Graham
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2010-04-21T10:08:03+00:00

CHAPTER 10

It felt strange, having Dane come into her condominium with her, Kelsey thought. He always seemed to be observing everything, dark eyes watching as she flashed her pass to the guard on duty at the gate, looking over the parking beneath the building, noting the security cameras in the lobby as they walked to the elevators.

He didn't speak, and neither did she, as they rode to the fifteenth floor. He gave his attention to the hallway again as they left the elevator and walked to her unit.

"How many apartments on each floor?" he asked.

"Four. There are actually four towers," she told him, opening her front door. "Four apartments on each of sixteen floors per tower. In the center of the building, there's a rec room, and out back, a pool."

He followed her into the condo. She turned on the lights, wondering why it felt so odd to have Dane here.

Because, she decided, this was her life now. Her life in which she had moved forward. It wasn't part of the past.

The past was what should bother her. But it had been comfortable, being back at Hurricane Bay, though maybe it had been comfortable in a bad way. She had experienced a proprietary feeling at Hurricane Bay that she never should have felt. The place was his. Just because she had been welcome all the time as a child, that didn't give her any right to feel as if she were home when she was there.

She stood in the hallway, waiting as he surveyed the entry, living room and kitchen. He walked to the large plate-glass window and looked out on the bay.

"Nice view."

"Yes."

"Small rooms."

She shrugged. "It's an expensive area. This is what I could afford. I took it because I do like the view."

He stared out the window for a moment, then turned to her. "Aren't you going to offer me something?"

"You want a drink?"

He laughed. "You sound as if you've joined the Temperance League. No, I don't mean a drink. Coffee or tea would be nice."

She walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. "Regular, flavored or decaf?"

"Regular."

He remained by the window, just staring out, as she measured coffee and poured water. While the coffee brewed, she came around the counter, leaned against the wall and watched him.

"Well?"

"Well what?"

"We're here so you can tell me why you're trying to track Sheila down at a strip club," she reminded him.

He turned and looked at her, studying her in silence for a minute. "Kelsey, I keep telling you to stay out of this. And I mean it. You're dangerous to yourself and everyone else. But I have the feeling there's something you're not telling me. That you have an insight into the whole thing that I'm missing. From just about the minute you showed up, you were on my tail over Sheila's disappearance. Mine."

"That's not fair. You're the one who followed me over to Latham's, and you were the one who went ballistic when I went to Izzy's boat to question him about Sheila.

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