The Sheriff's Surrender by Marilyn Pappano

Author:Marilyn Pappano
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2001-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Reese wasn’t surprised to find Shay sitting on his deck, beautiful, tanned, wearing an outfit flashy enough to catch any man’s eye. It said a lot about the strength of her relationship with Easy that he didn’t mind her dressing that way.

Of course, if he had a steady woman in his life, he wouldn’t mind her dressing that way, either—but he’d sure as hell hate her going out in town like that. Fortunately, Neely had never been comfortable in anything overly revealing unless they were home alone, so he’d never had to worry—

The scowl that lately seemed to have become a permanent fixture on his face deepened, drawing his brows together. Neely was not a woman in his life, and she could wear whatever kind of clothing she damn well pleased. It didn’t matter to him.

He took the steps two at a time, then stopped just out of arm’s reach of Shay, planted his hands on his hips and glared at her. “Where is she?”

She pulled a pair of dark glasses from somewhere and put them on before looking up and smiling brightly. “Nice to see you, too, Reese.”

He took a controlling breath. “Hello, Shay. It’s good to see you. Where is she?”

She patted the empty chair. “Sit down. We need to talk.”

“No, darlin’, you need to tell me where in holy hell Neely is so I can put her in handcuffs and take her back to the Canyon County jail where there’s a nice, luxurious cell waiting with her name on it.”

“You can’t take her to jail.”

“I’m the sheriff. I can do whatever I damn well please.” He removed his hat and ran his fingers through his hair. “Do you know where I was when the dispatcher called? On my way to pick up a prisoner in Stillwater. Five miles from the city limits, but there wasn’t anyone to take this call, so I had to turn around and come all the way back, and after I take her to jail, I’ll have to go back to Stillwater.”

She didn’t say a word, but merely patted the chair again. After a long moment he grudgingly sat.

“Which was worse?” she asked. “The worry that she’d done something stupid, like run away? Or the fear that the people trying to kill her had found her?”

“Neither,” he lied. He’d driven faster than was safe over narrow, two-lane roads, telling himself mile after mile that she was probably just getting some sun on the back deck or had gone to the pasture to see the horses. That the biggest danger to her safety was Neely herself—though he ran a close second. Eddie Forbes just had to wait in line with everyone else who held a grudge against her.

But he hadn’t convinced himself, not for a second. Even now, his heart was still beating too fast and the tension that had knotted his muscles the instant the dispatcher called hadn’t yet begun to ease. It wouldn’t, he thought, until he saw Neely and knew for a fact that she was all right.

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