Walking on Her Grave (Rogue River Novella, Book 4) by Leigh Melinda

Author:Leigh, Melinda [Leigh, Melinda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2014-11-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Dairy Queen was full of teenagers enjoying their last weekend of freedom before the new school year. A high school girl dug her spoon into her Blizzard and licked the frozen treat in slow motion. Watching her, the teenage boy across the table from her looked like he swallowed his tongue.

“Brianna is never dating.” Seth steered Carly toward the counter. He knew what she wanted. “Small?”

“Medium,” Carly said. “It’s been a rough week.”

“No kidding.” Seth ordered two chocolate-dipped cones. A few minutes later, they took their ice cream outside to walk. She bit off the chocolate coating and dipped her tongue into the vanilla underneath. Mesmerized, Seth watched. Visions from the night before flooded his mind. Carly naked. Tongues. Skin.

“You’re dripping.” Carly pointed at his hand.

Melted ice cream dripped from his fingers onto the sidewalk. “Shit.”

He ate the ice cream in a few bites and wiped his hands with a napkin. Carly popped the last piece of cone into her mouth. Under his dress shirt, sweat pooled at the base of his spine.

Carly squinted at him. “Are you all right?”

“Fine.” He loosened his tie.

“Seth!”

He glanced up. Katelyn O’Rourke was heading straight for him. She focused like a raptor with a rabbit in its sights. Her dress was tight and sleeveless, her heels take-me-home high.

“Hi, Katelyn.” Carly waggled her fingers in a hello-I’m-here-too gesture.

“Carly.” Katelyn’s gaze shifted between Carly and Seth. Irritation crossed her face. “I didn’t know you two were back together.”

Seth wasn’t fooled by his wife’s sweet country-girl smile. She was no pushover.

“Katelyn,” Seth said. “I was just going to call you.”

“Were you?” Katelyn dialed her enthusiasm to bright.

“I have a few questions for you and your mom,” he said.

Suspicion dimmed the wattage of her smile. She recovered, turning and giving him a sultry glance over her shoulder as they neared the office door. “Then let’s go inside.”

In the corner of his eye, Seth caught Carly’s eye roll.

“Do you mind?” he asked her.

“Not at all.” Carly shook her head. “I’ll walk down to Nell’s and pick up some aspirin for my mom, but I’ll be right back.”

“Meet you back at the car in twenty.” Seth followed Katelyn into the building.

The offices of O’Rourke Properties hadn’t been redecorated since the 1970s. Floors were industrial gray-speckled linoleum. Wood paneling covered the walls.

“Let’s go into my office.” Katelyn led him down a narrow hall.

“Is your mother in?” Seth asked.

“No. Mama is out at the site.” Katelyn turned into a doorway. “I worry about her. I don’t know how much more stress she can take. Everything seems to be going wrong on the project.”

“You have had a run of bad luck.”

Faye O’Rourke was tough. Since her husband had died ten years before, Faye had struggled to keep the business in operation. Ironically, her three sons were no help. They’d run out of town at the first opportunity. It was Katelyn who’d stayed in Solitude to help run the construction firm.

The guest chairs were metal and plastic. Seth eased into one. Instead of sitting behind her desk, Katelyn perched on the corner and crossed her legs.

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