Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense September 2019, Box Set 2 of 2 by Carol J. Post

Author:Carol J. Post
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Audrey dropped the racket at her feet and walked around the court to the other side.

“Are you sure?” Lee followed her. “It’s odd, I’ll give you that.”

She held up a finger. It wasn’t that she was trying to be rude, but she needed to focus to be able to answer him accurately. She stomped on one of the flaming pieces of tennis ball. “It’s actually hard to electrify a fence in a way that would kill someone. The current needs to be steady. Too much and it’ll throw a person backward—harming them, yes, but with medical attention, there is a possibility they won’t die. Too little and it won’t do anything, but the right current will hold you, paralyzing you ever so briefly until—”

“You explode?”

She turned over her shoulder and scrunched her face. “We’re not tennis balls, Lee. Until we die.”

“The rest of the security team is on the way,” the bodyguard called out.

Audrey waved him to the opposite side of the court. “You could help by walking around and seeing if you find a bare wire touching the fence. Don’t touch anything, though.”

Lee reached her side and pointed. “Look. Closest to the light pole.”

She squinted. Sure enough, the lights intended for evening tennis sessions were on and she hadn’t noticed given the bright sunshine. She gingerly took a closer step to the fence. They needed to see, but if she accidentally tripped or leaned too far… Audrey had more experience with being klutzy than sure-footed.

“Found one. The top part of the wire seems insulated. I think I can pull it off the fence.” Before Audrey could object, the guard jumped backward. “I got it off.”

Audrey picked up a tennis ball and threw it against the fence. It bounced against it and hit the courts, singed with flames. “There’s more than one, then. It’s still live.”

The guard pointed to the light pole on the opposite corner of the courts. “I’ll get maintenance to shut power to the lights off.” He lifted a radio to his head and spoke in rapid terms as a team of four other guards rushed down the walkway. It wasn’t until they found another bare wire and a new tennis ball could happily reside in the chain fence that Audrey sighed a breath of relief.

Their assigned bodyguard insisted they needed to wait until maintenance confirmed that all electricity was off before allowing them to exit.

“Are you okay?” Lee watched her closely and hesitantly put a hand on her shoulder.

“I honestly don’t know.” Physically, she was fine, but she didn’t understand the pull Lee’s gaze had on her. Did he treat Kendra this special? Did Kendra also feel the spark of attraction every moment she worked with Lee? They’d had more than three years undercover together, pretending to be married. A close relationship like that couldn’t be without consequences, good or bad. So which was it?

Lee waited for her to continue, but he didn’t need to know the mind games warring within. They sat side by side on the bench while they waited for the all-clear.

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