Family Secrets: Lane Parker Mysteries - #2 by Kate Kane

Author:Kate Kane [Kane, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kane Communications
Published: 2013-11-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Another day another secret

It was nearly midnight when they had finally gone to bed and Ben had spent much of the night lying awake. Yet, he still woke before the five o’clock alarm. He got up carefully so as not to wake Lane and dressed for his run. He ran every morning choosing from one of two different routes, a five-mile run, or a ten-mile run. Today he needed the ten-mile route and finished in close to an hour. He returned home and stripped out of his running shorts, took a quick shower to wash off some of the sweat, put on his swim trunks, and headed to the pool.

The sun had risen and Ben was swimming laps when Lane opened the patio door and stepped outside. Last night, he had told her that he and Mick were meeting a detective at the Overland Park Police headquarters at one o’clock. She knew he had a trial starting next week, and she felt guilty about taking his time away from the trial preparation that she knew he would be doing if only she hadn’t found a body. She had found his robe and wrapped it tightly around herself as she sat watching his beautiful muscled body move through the water.

She hadn’t understood the importance of what Ben had said last night about the murder weapon. He had distracted her with his kisses, but now she remembered that he had said the ‘murder weapon’ was planted in her bedroom. Surely that meant that Mick had confirmed that not only was it blood on the screwdriver, but also that it was Paul Gardner’s blood. It was time for her to get her head out of the sand, and do some research on her own. Ben didn’t want her alone and she had told him she would stay, but she’d be alone when he was at work. Once he left for work, she would go home to get clothes and her laptop.

Once you cut through all of the extraneous crap, the internet could be a marvelous source of information. Lane knew from all of the crime and mystery books she read, the answer to who committed the murder could always be determined if you uncovered enough information about the victim. She intended to find out everything she could about Paul Gardner.

Ben emerged from the pool like Neptune rising from the sea and smiled when he saw her. He rubbed his head. “I could get used to this.” He said as he used his towel as a lasso to pull her close to him and brushed his lips against hers. “I’m glad you’re up. Let me get showered and dressed, and then I’ll drive you home so you can grab some things.”

And, that was it. Ben was taking care of her and she was allowing it. It was 7:30 a.m. when he dropped her back at his house. She kissed him before she got out of his Jag and walked into the open garage.

Lane wandered through the empty house to the master bedroom.

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