The Hell-Raiser : Men Out of Uniform Book 5 by Rhonda Russell

Author:Rhonda Russell [Russell, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Firefly Press
Published: 2017-10-08T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

“Please, please, please tell me that Mason has gotten in touch with you,” Tina said, her voice a beleaguered combination of direness and dread.

Sarah Jane felt her heart jolt into over drive. “What? No. Is he okay? He was sick today and went home, but I didn’t think it was anything ser--“

“No, no, no,” Tina hurriedly reassured. “It’s not that. He’s fine. I mean, he’s sick, but not any sicker than he was when you saw him earlier.”

Confused, Sarah Jane felt a line emerge between her brows. “I’m afraid I’m not following. If he’s fine, then why has he been trying to get in touch with me?”

Tina released a small weary sigh. “Sarah Jane, where is your cell phone?”

She glanced down. “On my coffee table.”

“Is there any particular reason you didn’t take it with you?”

She felt a smile flirt with her lips. Tina knew she was going out with Mick, so that should be obvious. “Because I didn’t want to be interrupted.”

“When I tell you what I’m about to tell you, you’re going to wish you’d been interrupted.”

A prickle of unease tingled in her neck. “Tell me what?”

“Are you sitting down?”

Oh, hell, she thought, stomach roiling. “Do I need to?”

“Yes. Also remove any sharp objects and promise me that you will not flip out. You have to mull and consider and come up with an appropriate response. No attacking anybody. Promise?”

“If it’s bad enough that you think I might attack somebody then you ought to know that I can’t make that kind of promise, Tina. Just tell me what it is. You’re scaring me.”

“There’s no need to be scared. You’re just going to be mad as hell.”

Mad was definitely preferable to scared. She did mad quite well, in her opinion. In fact, she was bloody brilliant at it. She sank down onto her couch, but remained on the edge of the seat rather than reclining back. “Okay. I’m ready. What’s the news?”

“Tucker Mills overheard some interesting need-to-know gossip today while he was cleaning Chastity’s pool and when he stopped by Mason’s this afternoon to drop off some chicken soup, he shared it with him.”

Tucker was one of Mason’s good friends and often passed along little tidbits via her assistant. It’s how she’d learned that Chastity had gotten the tummy tuck. Sarah Jane felt her mouth parch and a horrible feeling settled into the pit of her belly. “Go on.”

“Seems that Chastity was on her cordless phone, roasting poolside, talking to one of her friends--Laura probably--about how her ‘secret weapon’ had arrived in town.”

She frowned. “Secret weapon?”

“Yep. Her secret weapon is a hired dick who’s supposed to catch you trying to break into her house to find your father’s will. He’s supposed to document the evidence so that she can turn it over to the sheriff’s department and have you arrested.” She heard her friend’s teeth grind. “Again.”

It was true, Sarah Jane decided as she shot up from the couch and began to pace. Blood could boil. “That scheming bitch. I’ll kill her.

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