Alibi by Sandra Brown

Author:Sandra Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: Qriginal
ISBN: 9788372279361
Publisher: BDD
Published: 1999-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Alex distrusted the polite manner in which

Smilow pulled out a chair for her. He wanted to know

if she was comfortable, if she would like something

to drink.

"Mr. Smilow, please stop treating this like a social

visit. The only reason I'm here is because you requested

it, and I felt it was my civic responsibility to

grant that request."

"Very commendable."

Frank Perkins said, "Let's dispense with the pleasantries

and get on with it, shall we?"

"Fine." Smilow resumed his position of the day

before on the corner of his desk, a distinct and calculated

advantage because it forced Alex to look up at

him.

When the door opened behind her, she knew that

Hammond had come in. His vitality stirred the air in

a particular way. She hadn't fully recovered from

being alone with him again. Those moments in the elevator

had been brief, but their impact was profound.

Her reaction had been physical and apparently noticeable,

because when she joined Frank Perkins, he

had commented on her flushed cheeks and asked if

she was feeling all right. She had blamed the heat

outside. But the weather hadn't caused her blush any

more than it had brought on the tingling in the erogenous

parts of her body.

Those sexual and emotional stirrings were coupled

with the guilt she harbored for unfairly placing Hammond

in such a dilemma. She had deliberately compromised

him.

Initially, she emphasized to her conscience. Only

initially. Then biology had taken over.

And she could feel the tug of it now that he had entered

the room.

She curbed the impulse to turn around and look at

him, afraid that Steffi Mundell might detect that

something was afoot. The prosecutor had seemed

avidly inquisitive when she saw them together in the

elevator. Alex had tried to seem unperturbed as she

alighted, but she'd felt Steffi's stare like a branding

iron between her shoulder blades as she walked down

the hallway. If anyone picked up the signals she and

Hammond inadvertently gave off, it would be Steffi

Mundell. Not only because she came across as being

sharp as a razor, but because, generally speaking,

women were more attuned to romantic frequencies

than men.

Alex was brought back to attention when Smilow

turned on the tape recorder and recited the day and

time along with the names of those present. He then

handed her a laminated newspaper clipping. "I'd like

for you to read this, Dr. Ladd."

Curious, her eyes scanned the short headline. She

had to read no further than that to realize that she had

made a dreadful blunder and that it was going to cost

her dearly.

"Why don't you read it out loud?" Smilow suggested. "I'd like for Mr. Perkins to hear it also."

Knowing the detective was trying to humiliate her,

she kept her voice even and emotionless as she read

the story about the evacuation and shutdown of Harbour

Town on Hilton Head, at the precise time she

had told them she was there taking in the attractions.

When she finished, a long, weighty silence ensued.

Finally, in a very quiet voice, Perkins asked to see

the clipping. She passed it to him, but she kept her

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