Innocent Prey (A Brown and de Luca Novel) by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne [Shayne, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

9

Mason made me wait in the car, which pissed me off so much I almost added it to his list of faults. Fault number one on the list was “labels all ex-cons the same and is irritatingly too often right.” Number two would be “ruins all my fun by trying to keep me alive.”

He didn’t go busting in first, either. That was handled by a half-dozen guys in storm-trooper gear, you know, vests and helmets and shit. They ran up the stairs to Jake’s apartment, and Mason went up behind them. The door got smashed in. I heard it from where I was, in Mason’s car across the street. There was a lot of shouting, but no shots, thank God. I realized I was shaking and rubbed the goose bumps off my arms, then opened the car door and got out. Jeez, he did this for a living. His job was ridiculously dangerous. I mean, I knew that. For crying out loud, of course I knew it. We’d been nearly killed twice since we’d been hanging out together. But until that moment I’d kind of thought that was as unusual for him as it was for me.

Now it was hitting me that it wasn’t. That it was his “just another day at the office.” Fuck.

I got out of the car and moved a few steps closer to the building. Then Mason came out the door, shaking his head and talking to his radio mike, and the riot cops came out behind him. I was so relieved to see him upright and whole that I might have wobbled a little. Yeah, and it probably showed on my face. He came right over to me, took over rubbing my arms. “You’re bone-white, woman. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. Where’s Jake?”

“Gone. Place is about empty. Chief’s sending a team to go over it, but it looks like he skipped.” His frown deepened. “You sure you’re okay?”

“No. I’m kind of done. I’ve had enough of this for one day. You know?”

“Yeah. Yeah, I know.” He took my arm, led me around the car. “I’ll take you home, okay?”

“I can get myself home. You need to stay.”

“I said I’ll take you home.” He opened my door, and I got in, sank into the seat, closed my eyes.

Mason leaned real close to me and said, “It’s nice you were worried about me.”

My eyes popped open. “Funny, I didn’t find it very nice at all.”

* * *

We didn’t even make it out of the city before the chief called to tell Mason to meet him at the hospital, pronto. So with an apologetic look, Mason changed course and took me with him. Note to self, don’t ride with him. Bring your own car. Dumb-ass.

We didn’t see Chief Sub in the lobby, so we headed up to the ICU in the elevator. The doors opened. We stepped out, turned right and stopped dead.

“How dare you?” Marianne Mattheson practically spat at the gorgeous brunette outside her husband’s hospital room. Her face was wet with tears, her accusing pointy finger trembling.

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