Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense May 2017, Box Set 1 of 2 by Laura Scott

Author:Laura Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488019197
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Leaning against the wall outside Deacon’s room, Travis rested his head and stared at the ceiling. Over the course of the past twenty-four hours, as whatever he had overdosed on worked its way out of his system, Deacon had grown stronger, though he couldn’t tell them anything about a large chunk of the previous morning. He wouldn’t say what he’d used, probably well aware the police were going to have questions.

Travis had spent another restless night at Lucas’s before accompanying Casey to her church, raising more than a few questioning stares neither of them had felt like explaining. When it became clear they were both destined to pace Kristin’s house for the rest of the afternoon, Casey had suggested they visit Deacon once again to learn if he had more to share.

With his head on straighter than it had been the night before, Deacon had grown more tight-lipped about John, acting as though he hadn’t said anything about their former teammate, instead deflecting Casey’s questions.

Well, Travis had questions, too. As soon as the doctor who’d gone in to check on Deacon was done, those questions were going to get a response. If John had been dealing, there was a good possibility the answers to his death lay in a hospital room with the sole link they had to him.

In a small waiting area at the end of the hall, Casey paced in front of a large window. She’d been silent ever since Deacon had shut her out, and Travis hadn’t pushed her to talk. He knew from past history that she’d spill what was on her mind once she’d worked it through.

While she was occupied with her thoughts and with whatever lay outside the window, Travis took his time studying her, the first chance he’d really gotten to do so since he’d seen her in the Mexican restaurant, talking to John and sparking jealousy he hadn’t been prepared to face.

She was still the most beautiful woman he’d ever spoken to. Even now, her blond hair twisted into a hasty ponytail as they’d rushed out of Kristin’s house, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt from some little town in the mountains. There wasn’t another woman who could capture his attention the way she did. Sure, over the years he’d done his fair share of hopping from relationship to relationship, but he’d given up those ways, given his life to Jesus, and settled down before Casey came into his life. And when she had, she’d caught his heart like no other woman ever had.

The timing of her entrance into his life made no sense. For years, he’d been certain God had called him to pay for his mistakes by being the kind of soldier Neil Aiken would have been.

Knowing what he needed to do hadn’t stopped him from falling for Casey the first time, though. With her, he hadn’t needed to chase after anything else to be happy. The greatest moments of their time together had come when she’d looked exactly like she did right now.

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