Wait Until Dark by Kat Martin

Author:Kat Martin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2018-08-23T19:25:40+00:00

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JONAH HEARD THE knock at the front door the next morning. He walked over and checked the peephole, saw Chase Garrett, his boss and one of his closest friends, standing outside on the porch. Jonah opened the door.

“I got your message,” Chase said as he stepped into the condo. “I’d already heard about the hit-and-run.”

“Word travels fast.”

“Maddox always has an ear to the pavement. What can I do to help?” Chase was as tall as Jonah, at thirty-five, three years older, with dark blond hair and whiskey-brown eyes. A short-cropped beard ran along his jaw. Chase was good-looking—and rich as Croesus. And he didn’t give a damn about either of those things.

All Chase had ever cared about was law enforcement, first as a cop, then a detective, now as the owner of the top private security firm in Dallas.

“I could use a little feedback. Thought maybe we could brainstorm, figure out where this might be headed.” He hadn’t wanted to leave April alone or he would have just gone down to the office. “You want some coffee? I just made a pot.”

“Sounds good.”

Jonah led Chase into April’s sparkling white kitchen and poured each of them a mug of the French roast he had found in the cupboard and brewed. They filled their mugs and carried them over to the high, round white Formica-topped table and each sat down on a stool.

“Your client still asleep?” Chased asked.

Client. Sometime during the seconds between life and death, April had become more to him than just a client. Maybe that was the reason he had kissed her. Or maybe he just couldn’t resist temptation any longer. Whatever the reason, he meant to keep her safe.

“She’s asleep. She didn’t get much rest last night. I heard her moving around pretty late.”

Chase sipped his coffee. “Nothing new on the hit-and-run?”

“No, and I don’t think there will be. No plate number, not even a decent vehicle description.”

“No way to prove what happened had anything to do with the murder.”

“No.”

“But you’re convinced it’s connected. What’s the motivation?”

“Whoever killed Dean wanted April to roll over, just let things play out. Dean would be dead and the case would be closed.”

“But April wouldn’t go along with it.”

“That’s right. I have a hunch they figured if she was out of the picture, the whole thing would just go away.”

“If they’d managed to make it look like an accident, they might have just been right. With April gone, there’s no one to keep stirring the pot.”

“She never believed she killed David Dean and last night makes me pretty sure she’s right.”

Feminine footfalls sounded, padding down the hall in their direction. “Good morning,” April said, walking into the kitchen in jeans and a Dallas Cowboys’ T-shirt, all that luscious red hair curling around her shoulders. “I didn’t realize you had company.”

Jonah flashed back to the taste he’d had of her last night, the way her curves fit him so perfectly, and fought to control the tightening in his jeans.

“April, this is Chase Garrett.

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