High Stakes a Suspense Collection by Lynette Eason

Author:Lynette Eason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Sluggishly, Catelyn pulled her weary body from her bed. A late-night run to the third-shift crime lab to drop off the hat had her arriving back home for the third time that day and climbing in bed around two in the morning.

She’d allowed herself five and half hours of sleep before rising and dressing for the day ahead. Anticipation and dread churned within her at the thought of seeing Joseph again. He had told her to call him if she got anything, but the lab had been crazy and she’d finally left without getting the information she wanted to grab a few hours of sleep. Hopefully today she and Joseph would learn something new.

Joseph.

Now that she had time to contemplate her revelations to him last night, she felt almost embarrassed, wondering if he’d think less of her for revealing some of her innermost feelings.

Her mind said he wouldn’t, not the Joseph she’d known two years ago, but her heart still wondered. Gulping down a bagel and some coffee, she headed toward the office. She didn’t bother to call Joseph, knowing full well he’d probably be there when she arrived.

Sure enough, when she pulled into the parking lot, his car sat in the spot nearest the door. Butterflies tickled her insides. As much as she wished it wasn’t so, she realized she really looked forward to seeing Joseph.

In spite of her embarrassment over last night’s outburst.

Entering the building, she strode to the elevator and rode up to the third floor. Stepping out when the double doors opened, she ran smack into a hard chest made harder by a Kevlar vest. “Oomph.”

Masculine hands grasped her upper arms and set her back. “In a hurry, Clark? If I’d known you were that anxious to throw yourself into my arms, I would’ve done something before now.”

“Back off, Johnson,” anther male voice demanded.

Tim Johnson’s brows shot Heavenward and he obeyed Joseph’s order, holding his hands in the universal sign for surrender. “I was just kidding. Catelyn and I are old friends.”

Catelyn stared in surprise at the danger glinting in Joseph’s dark eyes. Catelyn shot lasers at Joseph and he stared for a moment before shrugging. “Right.”

He turned and walked back to his desk. Catelyn gave Tim a disgusted look and trotted off after Joseph. He sat at his desk, not bothering to look up when she approached. “You think that was necessary? That I can’t take care of myself?”

Finally, his eyes lifted to meet hers. Innocence radiated from him. “What?”

She opened her mouth to reply then snapped it shut. “Forget it. We’ve got a girl to find.”

“I agree.”

Her phone buzzed and she grabbed it. “Hello?”

“Hey. This is Sandy.”

Crime-lab Sandy. “What’s up?”

“I’ve got that DNA from the hat.”

“What? Already? When I left last night, the place was a zoo.”

“You’re a friend who was victimized. I stayed late.”

Touched, Catelyn responded. “Wow. Thanks so much.”

“If you can get me a sample from whoever you think it belongs to, I can try to match it up for you.”

“That’ll be what I’m working on today.

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