Vampire 11 - Dead Perfect by Amanda Ashley

Author:Amanda Ashley
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Vampires, Paranormal, Fiction, Romance, General, Love Stories
ISBN: 9780821780619
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2008-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Shannah woke to the sound of someone leaning on the doorbell. Rolling over, she stared blearily at the clock on the bedside table. It was a little after ten a.m. Who could possibly be coming to call at this hour? Or any hour? She didn’t have any friends in North Canyon Creek, and as far as she knew, Ronan never had visitors. Deciding it was probably a solicitor of some kind, she closed her eyes and pulled the covers over her head. Whoever it was, they could come back later.

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The doorbell rang again, louder and more insistent.

Shannah pounded on her pillow. Why didn’t they go away? Grabbing her robe, she pulled it on as she padded down the stairs to the front door.

“Who is it?” she called irritably.

“Jim Hewitt.”

Suddenly wide awake, Shannah stared at the door as if it was a snake that might bite her.

Hewitt! What on earth was he doing here? “What do you want?”

“I need to talk to you, Miss Black.”

“So talk.”

“It’s important, Eva. It’s about Ronan.”

Shannah felt her heart skip a beat. “What about him?”

“This isn’t something I can discuss out here on the front porch.”

“I’m sorry, I’m not in the habit of inviting strangers into the house.”

She couldn’t be sure, but she thought she heard him swear.

“There’s a coffee shop in town,” he said. “The Pot Pourri. Do you know it?”

“Yes.” It was the coffee shop where she used to spend her evenings, the one where she had been the first time she saw Ronan walking down the street.

“I’ll meet you there in, what, half an hour?”

“How did you get through the gate?”

“Does it matter?”

She wondered if Hewitt had climbed over the back wall, the way she had. She would have to tell Ronan his security fence wasn’t as safe as he thought.

“Miss Black?”

“Yes, all right, I’ll be there.”

Going upstairs, she dressed quickly, brushed her hair and her teeth, grabbed her handbag and the keys to Ronan’s car, and headed for town, determined to find out how Jim Hewitt knew where she lived, and why he had followed her to North Canyon Creek.

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Shannah entered the Pot Pourri a little over thirty minutes later. Jim Hewitt was sitting at a booth near the door. He wore a white shirt open at the throat and a brown sports jacket. He rose when he saw her.

Taking a deep breath, she walked toward him. As she neared the curved booth, she saw that he wasn’t alone.

Carl Overstreet nodded at her. “Hey, Miss Black. It’s good to see you again.”

She nodded at the newspaperman, then sat down. Hewitt slid in beside her, sandwiching her in between the two men. She didn’t like it. It made her feel trapped. And more than a little uneasy. She assured herself there was nothing to worry about. It was broad daylight. They were in a public place. The café was crowded, and there was a cop sitting at the counter.

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