Murder Under the Mistletoe by Terri Reed

Author:Terri Reed
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-12-23T00:00:00+00:00

NINE

Heather paced her darkened bedroom Thanksgiving eve. The house was quiet. Colin slept soundly in his bed, and Liv was asleep in Seth’s room. Heather had been surprised by how well Liv was holding up. After her initial tears, Liv had been energetic in helping the guys prepare for the Thanksgiving feast. She’d bathed Colin and put him to bed after reading him several stories.

Heather was thankful Colin liked Liv, but she couldn’t help worry that one day Liv would move on with her life and leave them behind. It seemed everyone left her behind. Ken, her parents, Seth. Now Tyler.

He, too, was leaving. It would be too much to hope that he’d be the one to return her truck. Most likely he’d stay to wrap up his investigation by arresting whoever took possession of the drugs.

She’d known he would eventually leave, but she’d thought, hoped, he’d stay long enough to see that she and Colin were safe and the drug smugglers were no longer a threat. He’d promised he would. Apparently, his promise wasn’t something she could count on.

And it wasn’t that she didn’t trust the other man, Nathanial. She did. It was just that... She couldn’t put to words the reason why Tyler leaving so soon felt like he was abandoning her. Them.

She let out a frustrated breath, irritated at herself for being so foolish. He was only doing his job. His promise was to protect her, and if leaving was his way of doing that, then she needed to buck up and deal with his absence. Yes, Tyler leaving was for the best; she’d begun to rely on him too much, to look forward to seeing him and wanting to share her thoughts with him. Things she’d missed since Ken’s death.

Pushing back the curtain, Heather peered out at the farm. Another layer of snow had fallen to make the world outside bright with the moon’s light reflecting off the white powder. She couldn’t see Tyler or the others. The guys had left the house an hour ago. Heather had heard them talking about staking out the trucks in the hope that whoever had put the drugs in the harvested trees would come out to check on their stash. If they caught someone, then what?

Would that be the end of it?

She prayed so.

Her breath fogged the window. It was cold out there.

She left her room and silently made her way downstairs to the kitchen. She didn’t dare let her mind question what she was doing as she made three thermoses of hot cocoa. With the thermoses in hand, she hesitated. How did she get them to the guys? She couldn’t very well go marching across the farm calling out their names.

She figured Tyler would be positioned in a spot where he could watch the truck and the house. Or at least one of the men would be. She hoped.

After putting on her parka, she slipped out the front door, carrying the hot thermoses. She stood in the shadows, unwilling to venture farther into the moonlight.

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