Never Happened by Debra Webb

Author:Debra Webb [Webb, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2006-12-22T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

One of the nicest things about being unattached was the fact that you didn’t have to let anybody know when you were coming or when you were going. You just did what you wanted to do.

Alex parked in her driveway and strode up the walk to her front door. She didn’t have to answer to anyone but herself. It was the most liberating feeling in the world. She liked having that power over her destiny.

She’d worked hard to gain her financial freedom. The road hadn’t always been easy, but that made victory all the sweeter.

As she unlocked her front door she wondered how any woman could tolerate the compromises of monogamous commitment. Alex just didn’t get it. Men were great. She loved men! But there were far too many out there to simply settle for one.

Maybe that was a selfish attitude but there was no point in lying to herself. She knew what she liked and she went after it.

Take Blake for example. A guy like him could be a challenge. Intriguing on a number of levels. The whole mystery behind who he was and what he actually did for a living could jump-start the most lethargic libido. She could just imagine how many layers of control concealed the real man beneath that expensive suit.

He was the kind of guy a girl would have to get to one layer at a time.

The possibility that he could be Henson’s killer had her chucking all thoughts of how sexy the guy was. As interesting as he was, the only thing she really wanted to know about Blake right now was whether or not he’d had anything to do with Henson’s murder. At this point she was reasonably sure that launching a murder investigation of her own was the only way one would happen. Patton was not picking up on her hints. Whatever was going on, somehow Patton was completely out of the loop.

Considering everyone in the loop but her and the killer were either dead or presumed dead, Patton’s position was more than a little advantageous.

She, Alex considered as she closed and locked the door behind her, was in a far more precarious situation. If Blake suspected she knew something, who else did? The man who had killed Henson. Probably the same one who’d blown up the O’Neill home.

This, of course, was assuming Blake wasn’t the bad guy. She knew herself well enough to know that her readiness to give him the benefit of the doubt had way too much to do with his charisma.

Not a good thing under the circumstances.

Her mother’s comment about how alike they were nagged at her but she ignored it. They were total opposites. Anyone who knew them would say the same. Alex liked being in control. She liked standing on her own two feet. She liked doing things her way.

Her mother was rarely in control of her destiny. She was wholly dependent upon Alex for a place to live and a job. Her relationships always ended badly.

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