The Isaac Taylor Mysteries Duet: An Isaac Taylor Mystery by Lashell Collins

Author:Lashell Collins [Collins, Lashell]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2021-05-12T00:00:00+00:00

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Lieutenant Gavin Hayes plopped a file on Detective Gerri Miller’s desk with a loud thwap.

“Where’s your partner?”

She looked up at him with brown eyes so deep and soulful that Gavin felt like he’d tripped and fallen into them. Gerri Miller had joined his homicide division just over two years ago, and at the time Gavin couldn’t help but take notice of her exotic beauty.

Of course, he’d been a married man at the time. A married man trying desperately to hang on to what was left of his failing marriage, dragging his wife to couples counseling when it was painfully obvious that Nadine had checked out a long time ago. His efforts had been too little, too late, and Nadine had just remarried barely a year after their divorce was final.

“Curt’s around here somewhere, sir. I think he went to the can.”

Gerri had one of those smooth and husky Kathleen Turner, Scarlett Johansson voices that was just naturally sexy.

Who the hell was he trying to fool?

Gavin thought everything about the woman was naturally sexy. She was tall and slender and moved with the gracefulness of a gazelle, and her near ebony skin was darker than even his own, fueling lust-filled fantasies of running his tongue all over it.

Gavin shook his head and forced himself to snap out of it. He was the woman’s immediate supervisor, for heaven sakes. Acting on those kinds of thoughts could end his career with whiplash speed.

“I saw your son in here this past weekend, sir. Home from college?”

Gerri smiled up at him and Gavin felt all rational thought flee from his mind. The blood drained dramatically from one head straight down to the other. The woman belonged on a catwalk modeling lingerie or swimwear or something a whole lot more provocative than a badge and gun.

“Uh, yeah. Trey was in town for his mother’s wedding this past weekend.”

“Oh boy. I’m sorry I brought it up. I didn’t realize that was happening. That must’ve been difficult for you, huh?”

Gavin grunted. “The divorce was final a year ago, and the marriage was over long before that. I wish her nothing but well.”

He said all the right things. It was easier than telling people the truth.

“Wow. That’s big of you, sir.”

“Well, I try to be a grown up every now and then.” He smiled at her. “It was difficult for Trey though. He took the divorce pretty hard.”

“Oh. Poor guy. He’s such a good-looking kid.”

Gavin chuckled. “Thanks.”

“He’s the spitting image of you.”

The laughter died in his throat and the smile froze on his face.

Did she just imply that she found him attractive?

Gavin looked at her only to find her gazing at him with what looked a hell of a lot like interest to him. Sure he’d been out of the dating game for more years than he’d ever been in it, but he still recognized when a woman was making advances.

That thought brought another, fast and furious, to his mind. He couldn’t recall exactly how old Gerri Miller was, but he knew that he was considerably older than her.

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