Marine Force Recon by Elle James

Author:Elle James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-01-10T15:37:19+00:00

Chapter Nine

Declan hated seeing the tears in Grace’s eyes. She cared deeply about her roommate. That she would do anything to help her friend said a lot about Grace. She was a human being with a heart as big as the Wyoming skies.

He stared at the writing on the page of the book. “Who was the he—the one she wanted to show himself?” he asked, drawing attention back to the problem they both needed to solve.

Grace curled her fingers into a fist. “And who were the they who wouldn’t let her quit?”

“Anything else in that book?” Declan asked.

Grace rifled through the rest of it, but the pages were blank and nothing shook loose. “That’s all.” She flipped to the back and stopped. “No, wait.” On the last page was a number and the initials SBOA. She held the page up for Declan. “What do you think this might be? Anything?”

He studied it for a moment. “Could it be an account number and the initials of the business?”

Grace studied the initials and shook her head. “I have no idea.”

Declan tapped his chin, trying to think what the numbers and letters meant. “Does she have any paperwork here in the apartment? A file of some sort?”

Grace nodded. “She has a small fireproof lockbox, where she keeps all her bills and legal documents.”

“Where?” Declan asked.

“In the bottom of her closet.” Grace leaped up from the bed and ran to the closet. She dove into the back, hauled out a laundry basket and some shoes, and then dragged out a heavy metal storage container the size of a one-drawer file cabinet. She sat on the floor beside it. “This is what she uses to hold all her legal documents and account information.”

Declan tried to open the box, but it was locked tightly. “Any idea where she might keep the key?”

Grace’s lips twisted. “On her key chain. The one she probably had with her when she disappeared.”

“Does she have a spare set?” Declan asked.

Her eyes narrowing, Grace tilted her head. “I think so. Now, where did she keep them?” She glanced around Riley’s bedroom and shook her head. Then her eyes widened. “The kitchen. She keeps a spare set of keys hanging on a hook in the pantry.” Grace hurried past Declan and out into the living room.

Declan followed close behind.

When Grace reached the kitchen, she pulled open the door to the small pantry. On the inside panel of the door was a set of hooks. One had a key chain with a bright red plastic heart and several keys on it.

Grace snatched the chain from the hook, spun around and walked straight into Declan’s chest.

Declan wrapped his arms around Grace’s waist to steady her.

She rested her hands, keys and all, on his chest, her eyes rounded, her breathing ragged. “Oh, I’m sorry... I didn’t know you were there.”

“It’s okay.” He stared into her beautiful eyes, captured with how clear and gray they were. For a long moment, he stood with Grace in his arms, unwilling to move and break the spell she held him under.

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