Deadly Secrets by Ann Christopher

Author:Ann Christopher
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Blue Iris Press
Published: 2017-05-10T06:00:00+00:00

27

Kerry saw Jayne in the wisteria garden again the next day, on his lunch break. In the rain. Embracing his new identity as a thoughtful stalker, he’d waited across the street, shielded his face with his umbrella and scoped the place out until he saw her walking through the columns in her red trench coat. When she got to the bench where they’d talked yesterday, she looked around, lingering under her black umbrella, and that was all the encouragement he needed for his heart to start pounding and his feet to start walking.

It didn’t take him long to catch up with her.

“Lunch at a restaurant would have been so much easier.” He took careful note of the sudden hitch in her breath. And her brown eyes, so bright and thrilling, as she shot him a sidelong glance. Best of all? The telltale color as it flooded those velvety cheeks. “We could’ve arranged something if you’d answered my texts.”

“My not answering was your answer,” she said, never breaking stride. “I’m surprised you don’t know that.”

“I don’t think it was an answer so much as a stall tactic. You needed time to think things over. It’s all good. What about dinner Friday?”

“No.”

“Drinks?”

“No.”

“Is it the guy I saw you with?” The idea made him sick to his stomach and had kept him up late, tossing and turning. He may well hate the answer, but he needed to know. “The fed? Are you with him?”

“Excuse me?” Stopping dead, she gave him an incredulous look. “How is that any of your business?”

“It’s not,” he admitted. “But it’s a simple enough question.”

“We’re into simple questions?” Rain dripped from the edge of her umbrella onto her forehead, which she swiped with the back of her hand. “Here’s one for you: what’s up with you and Kira Gregory?”

He recoiled. Not because he didn’t want to answer, but because the question was so far out of left field it might have come from another planet. Jesus. He had absolutely no idea how she could have found out. Kira would never confide in Jayne, and he was pretty sure Brady would rather start selling drugs on the nearest corner than discuss Kira’s unfortunate relationship history with anyone.

Jayne’s shrewd eyes narrowed and she gave him a tight-lipped smile when he hesitated too long. “That’s what I thought. Bye, Randolph.”

She took off again.

“Do you want to hear my answer or not?”

“Not,” she snapped.

“Bullshit,” he called after her.

She wheeled back around to wither him with her disdain.

“Stop calling me a liar, Randolph.”

He stared her down, all but choking on his frustration. How many more times would his past bite him in the ass? It was like the cobra in a basket that kept on giving. Would he ever finish paying off his debt?

“If we’re going to get to know each other better, then there are some things about me you need to understand,” he said.

Incredulous laugh. “We’re not going to know each other better,” she shouted, the rain muffling a lot of her voice even though there was no one around to hear them.

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