Wake to Darkness by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Suspense, Contemporary, Thriller
ISBN: 9780778315551
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

10

Wednesday, December 20

“What do you think about Marie and this Scott Douglas character?” Mason asked.

We were sitting on a park bench in the middle of Blue Lake, the closest village to Pine Haven, where every possible sight belonged in a Jimmy Stewart holiday movie. It hadn’t been hard to find. We’d driven through it on the way north, because there was only one road from the lodge to anywhere, although there were several roads from Blue Lake to elsewhere. The lodge road was narrow, twisting, unpaved and meandered through pine forests. We’d seen a moose on the way over.

I was glad I’d given in when Misty had begged to come into the village to do some Christmas shopping for the rest of us, plus she’d thought it would be fun to play along with the lodge’s Secret Santa gift exchange. After all, what was more Christmassy than buying a present for a total stranger? she’d asked. Jeremy had come along because he seemed perfectly willing to go along with anything Misty wanted to do. Since we didn’t dare leave anyone connected to Eric, via his organs or his genes, unsupervised, Mason and I had chaperoned, and he’d insisted I wear big sunglasses and keep my hair under my hat. It was kind of nice that he was being so protective. I found it odd that I felt that way. That sort of thing would usually irritate me. The others were well-guarded by Rosie back at the lodge, and Josh had probably dragged them all back to the water park by now. Besides that, Mason had his new best friend, Finnegan Smart, keeping a close eye on them, as well. I’d caught the two of them talking shop three times already today, though I knew he hadn’t confided to the retired Irish cop—or anyone else—the real reason we were there.

I sipped my coffee before I answered his question about Marie’s admirer. “I guess I don’t have to ask what you think about him.”

“Why not?”

“Because you said ‘that Scott Douglas character’ the way you would say ‘that embezzler.’”

He met my eyes, then looked away.

“You don’t like him? Is he making your cop sense tingle or something?”

“No, he’s clean. I already called and had the chief run a background check on him.”

I was halfway to another sip but stopped. “You did?”

“Of course I did. He’s hanging around Marie after someone tried to beat the hell out of her. Naturally I’m going to check.”

I supposed that made sense. “So he’s clean, then?”

He nodded.

“And yet you’re still feeling hostile toward him.”

“I just think it’s a little soon, that’s all. I mean, don’t you? My brother hasn’t even been dead six months.”

“And widows of serial killers should be loyal for longer than that?”

He narrowed his eyes at me a little. I’d hit a nerve. Okay. “She doesn’t know what he was,” he said.

“She might not have known what he did, but I don’t think you live with someone for eighteen years and don’t know who they are, deep down, Mason.

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