Bound and Determined by Bound & De

Author:Bound & De [Bound & De]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-12T14:51:55.660000+00:00

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keep it straight. When I tried to use them to record General Hospital, I

ended up with an hour of some documentary about deadly plants.”

“Ouch. Sure, I’ll help you.”

“Mark always teased me when I did something like this. I suppose it’s

kind of funny if you think about it. I’m just not in the mood to laugh.”

Tiffany shrugged.

“Hey, what are sisters-in-law for? Besides, you’re always feeding me

and listening to me whine about school.”

“I like hearing about your school stuff. Helps take me away from

everything else.”

The catch in her voice caught Rafe’s attention. Tiffany looked down

toward the sleek high-heeled pumps on her feet. Was she hiding tears?

Kerry slid a gaze to Rafe, then took Tiffany’s small hand in hers.

“How about I come tomorrow to fix the remote?”

With a sniffle, Tiffany lifted her head and managed an awkward

smile. “Tomorrow is great. Sorry to be a burden. I’m just a little distracted

these days.” She raised her gaze, moisture shimmering in the corner of her

blue eyes. “Mark’s absence is getting to me more and more.”

“I know.” Kerry squeezed her sister-in-law’s hand.

While Rafe imagined Mark’s arrest hadn’t been easy on the young

bride emotionally, Tiffany struck him as the kind of woman who floated

through life leaning on everyone around her and never saw anything wrong

with it. He shook his head. The external package might be tempting, but not

enough existed between the ears to interest him. But Smikins might be

another case. Was it possible that, in addition to a husband, she had a man

who potentially wanted her enough to commit a crime to have her?

Well, he had to give Kerry credit for her assessment. While he wasn’t

ruling anyone out as the party guilty of framing Mark, her description of

Tiffany as someone not likely to join a think tank seemed reasonable.

Personally, it wouldn’t surprise him to know that Tiffany had married Mark

to help her with electronic gadgets and find her keys. If that was the case,

why would she want him in prison? And could she possibly bury code in the

kernels of a mainframe system?

Then again, looks could be deceiving. Maybe, somehow, in an

alternate universe yet to be explained, Tiffany was actually very bright.

“We all depend on Mark,” Kerry murmured sympathetically. “We all

love him.”

Tiffany’s eyes widened as if she suddenly remembered something.

“Oh, speaking of Mark, he asked about you when I visited on Friday. Jason

said you were away over the weekend?”

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Kerry flushed thirty shades of red. “Yeah, which reminds me, this is

Rafe Dawson. He’s—”

“Just the person I wanted to see,” said a male voice behind them.

They both turned. Somewhat short, angry blue eyes, narrow face.

Definitely not smiling.

“Jason, I didn’t see you when we came in.” Kerry moved toward him.

Suspect three.

Rafe watched as she approached the shorter man and embraced him.

The sting of a hundred hornets pricked at his stomach as he watched Jason’s

arms curve around his woman.

His woman?

Figure of speech.

Kerry cast both men a nervous glance. “Rafe, Jason. Jason, Rafe. You

two know each other. Sort of.”

Rafe stared at Jason. He glared back. Neither offered a hand to the

other. After

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