Elsie Hawkins 4 - The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich

Author:Janet Evanovich
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: to-buy
ISBN: 9780061137266
Publisher: Harper Torch
Published: 2009-08-22T23:00:00+00:00

"Yeah, but this car's got cool," Kevin said, patting Steve's low-slung black sports car.

Elsie looked at Steve's car and worked her dentures around in her mouth a little. "It's a beauty, all right. I guess I wouldn't mind having a car like that. I'd look hot driving around town in one of them things."

"This is Elsie Hawkins," Steve said to Kevin. "She's your sister's bodyguard. She's going to be staying here until things calm down."

"Very suave," Kevin said. He looked at the Cadillac and grinned. "Are they gonna drive around in the armored car?"

"I've chased down kidnappers, dope dealers, and flashers in this baby," Elsie said. "I'll take my Caddy any day in a high-speed chase. You ever hear of Carolyn Towne? She plays the violin with that fancy orchestra in Washington. She was kidnapped by a dope dealer, and I rescued her in this here car. I wasn't even a certified guard back then." Elsie's eyes narrowed on Kevin. "I was just a mean old lady."

"You still look pretty mean," Kevin said to her, grinning.

Elsie adjusted her pocketbook on her arm. "I try to keep up appearances. I got a reputation, you know."

They went inside and Daisy showed Elsie to the guest room. Bob was asleep on the bed.

"This is Bob," Daisy explained. "He belongs to Steve."

"Do I gotta share a room with Bob?" Elsie asked. "I don't mind, so long as he don't hog my side of the bed. I'm an old lady. I need my rest."

Daisy jumped when the phone rang.

"I've got it," Steve called from the kitchen. "Let me answer."

Everyone was silent when he said hello twice. Daisy and Elsie waited at the top of the stairs.

"Nobody on the line," Steve said. "They hung up when they heard my voice."

"Don't worry." Elsie told him. "From now on I answer the phone. I’ll take care of this. And I'd just like to see someone try to break into the house," she said, patting her pocketbook.

Steve walked Bob home and put him to bed. He changed into a pair of jeans and a navy shirt. He took a blanket, a pillow, a thermos of coffee, and a package of Oreos out to the Jeep. He locked his house and drove to Daisy's subdivision. As a reporter, he'd acquired a certain amount of street smarts over the years, and experience told him Daisy probably wasn't in a lot of danger. The Roach had threatened to get even, but there were lots of ways of getting even. Steve thought harassment would be high on the list. If someone were serious about hurting Daisy, they wouldn't have called to tell her about it. That was providing the guy with the spray paint and bad phone manners was a card-carrying, professional dope pusher. If the man was a druggie with a few cans missing from his case, the prognosis wasn't nearly so positive. No sense taking chances, Steve thought. Until he had a better handle on the situation, he was sticking close to Daisy.

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