The Secret of Cypriere Bayou & Bayou Bodyguard by Jana DeLeon

Author:Jana DeLeon [DeLeon, Jana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488099854
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

Justine sat her suitcase on the end of the bed, pulled out her nine millimeter and checked the clip. She set the gun on the bed and reached for a pair of yoga pants and a T-shirt. They weren’t what she normally slept in, but she wanted to be prepared for anything, including late-night intruders. The last thing she wanted was to chase an intruder through the house, armed with a nine and wearing G-string underwear, like in some cheap B horror movie.

She heard the door close in the next room and glanced over at the adjoining door. Having a cop, especially one from her past, on the other side of that door didn’t set well with her, but Olivia had left her no options. Somewhere in the records she was hired to research, she hoped to find the answers she was seeking. Answers that could change her life. For that possibility, she was willing to endure practically anything.

So far, Brian hadn’t given any indication that he knew who she was, and with any luck, he wouldn’t find out until they were long gone from Cypriere. A knock on the adjoining door brought her out of her thoughts and she shoved her gun back into the suitcase before calling for him to enter. When he stepped into the room, the walls seemed to close in around his large frame. She sucked in a breath. If Brian Marcentel didn’t scare an intruder away, she wasn’t sure what it would take.

“You okay in here?” Brian asked as he surveyed the room, probably memorizing every square inch.

Justine nodded. “Just getting set up for the ghosts.”

Brian stared. “You’re doing what?”

Justine pulled a box of salt from her suitcase and began to sprinkle it around items sitting on the dresser. “You put salt around things so that in the morning, you can see if they moved.”

“And you think things are going to move on the dresser?”

“I hope not! But if someone is in here besides me or you, I want to know about it.”

Brian narrowed his eyes. “So then, how would you know if it was ghosts or people?”

“Doesn’t matter to me,” Justine replied. “I don’t want either of them in my room.”

“People are more dangerous.”

“That’s what I’ve got you for, right?”

“Yeah, but I won’t be with you every second. Do you have your nine with you?”

Justine froze and set the salt on the dresser.

“I know you have a nine millimeter registered,” Brian continued. “You had to know they’d check you out.”

Justine blew out a breath. Of course they would. Olivia had been held hostage by a crazy man and almost killed. They had proof that someone aside from Wheeler was contributing to the problems at laMalediction and Olivia was married to a cop. It would be foolish to think she’d get involved with anyone concerning laMalediction without her fiancé running a thorough background check.

Which meant Brian knew everything about her, too. At least, everything they’d found. How deeply had they looked? Past her

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