The Bride's Secrets by Debra Webb

Author:Debra Webb [Webb, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Man-Woman Relationships, Single Mothers, Suspense, Psychic Ability, Private Investigators
ISBN: 9781426838231
Google: uJQ6qgDhiscC
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-08-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

8:30 p.m.

J.T. parked Eve’s newly damaged car one street over from his own. They cut between two houses and approached his home from the rear.

Crouched near the privacy fence, J.T. said, “I’ll have a look around just to make sure no one’s waiting for us to show up.”

It wasn’t completely dark yet, so getting close to the house without being seen wasn’t going to be easy. He’d need to stay between the shrubs and the fence, keeping his head low or he’d be spotted by anyone choosing to look. She told him as much. He gave her an I’m-not-stupid look.

Eve reached into her bag and pulled out her Glock. “Here.” She shoved it at him, butt first. “Take this. You might need it.”

He looked from the weapon to her. “You sure about that?”

Maybe this was another mistake, but she wasn’t about to send him in there unarmed. He’d already been ambushed once in his home. Besides, she felt reasonably certain he wasn’t going to take off on his own. At this point he was fairly convinced that he was being set up or was in danger. She may not have seen the man who’d hired her, but she’d heard his voice as well as that of one of his colleagues.

J.T. needed her.

That realization made breathing difficult. “Yeah. Go.”

He accepted the weapon. Dusk prevented her from labeling what she saw in his eyes. Relief maybe?

Staying beneath the level of the shrubs flanking his yard, he scrambled toward the rear entrance of the garage. Eve bit her lip, listened intently for any sound. The neighborhood was a quiet one. Most of the dog owners kept their pets inside at night. Few folks on this block had small children. The only sound was the traffic of the main cross street several blocks away. If a vehicle turned onto his street, she would hear it well before it reached his house—as long as she paid attention.

Eve adjusted the strap of her shoulder bag. Her stuff had gotten soaked the night before last, but the items that mattered—her weapon, binoculars and driver’s license—were good to go. And, of course, the cell phone she would be lost without. She’d checked her e-mail via her cell earlier to see if anyone had contacted her regarding the J.T. situation. Nada. No calls, either. No question about where she stood with the enemy now.

What the hell was taking him so long? He was supposed to go in, get the bike and get out.

If she had to go in there and check on him…

A roar erupted in the quiet.

He’d started the bike. What the hell?

She braced to make a dash toward the house. The revving engine echoed louder. A blue-and-white blur sped past the gap between his house and the next. Her jaw dropped.

He’d left.

Left her.

Cursing, she pushed to her feet.

That was when she heard the tires squeal. She raced across the backyard, getting to the front corner of his house just in time to see the dark sedan barreling in the same direction in which his bike had disappeared.

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