The Intrigue Collection by Debra Webb & Delores Fossen & Alice Sharpe

Author:Debra Webb & Delores Fossen & Alice Sharpe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

TWELVE

REED replayed everything Livvy had told him about her conversation with Ben. In fact, Reed had spent a good deal of the day replaying it and trying to figure out what the devil was going on.

He wasn’t any closer to the answer than he had been when the day started.

Thankfully, Woody had come back from his fishing trip. Well, he had after Reed had sent his deputy out to tell the man what had been going on in town. Woody had returned immediately, just in time to give Reed permission to search Billy’s office in the city building.

Reed had personally gone through every inch of Billy’s office. Nothing was out of order, nor were there any signs of tampered documents. It’d helped that Billy hadn’t been there during the search, but he would find out about it. That was a given, even though Reed had sworn Billy’s secretary to secrecy.

Besides, there was a bigger secret that Reed had to unravel.

Shane was out of jail now. Cleared because of planted evidence that Livvy had discovered. So, that meant there was a killer out there who had to be caught.

Reed just wasn’t sure this was the way to go about doing it.

Beside him on the seat of his truck, Livvy was napping. Thank God. She was the only person in town who in the past twenty-four hours had had less sleep than him. Of course, she hadn’t wanted the nap. In fact, she’d fought it like crazy, but in the end, the boring stakeout of Billy’s house had been too much for the fatigue, and she was now asleep with her head dropped onto his shoulder.

Reed didn’t mind the close contact with her rhythmic breath brushing against his neck. He didn’t even mind that her left breast was squished against his arm. The touching was a surefire way of remembering that she was a woman, and that in turn was a surefire way of keeping him awake.

Shifting a little so that his arm wouldn’t go numb, Reed checked their surroundings again. It was dark now, still hotter than hell, and no one had come or gone from the Whitley house in the entire three hours that Livvy and he had been keeping watch. The area wasn’t exactly brimming with activity since it was located just outside the city limits and a good half mile from any neighbors.

Reed had called Billy earlier, before he’d even gone to the man’s office to search. Billy had been home then. Sick with a sudden case of the stomach flu, he’d said, and he had a doctor’s appointment in San Antonio and wouldn’t be home until later in the evening. Then, he’d hung up and hadn’t answered the phone when Reed tried to call him again. That’d sent Livvy and Reed out to Billy’s place because they didn’t want the man to try to destroy any evidence.

But where were Billy and Charla now? Still at the doctor’s office or perhaps pretending to be there?

And had someone already tipped him off about Ben somehow finding the doctored land record? Or the office search? Maybe.

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