No In Between by Lisa Renee Jones

Author:Lisa Renee Jones [Jones, Lisa Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Twelve

“What the hell was that?” Chris demands. The fact that he doesn’t touch me tells me how pissed off he is.

“I’m not completely sure. He’s a live wire ready to explode, Chris.”

“That’s not what I want to know. How did you get into the alcove with him?”

“He grabbed my arm and pulled me along with him, and I’d have had to make a scene in front of the police to avoid it.”

“Why, Sara?”

“He got pissed because I confronted Ryan over Amanda.”

“What do you mean, confronted him?”

“He came to pick her up, and he’s creeping me out. Why choose now to pursue her, with all of this going on? I can’t sit by and watch her be a victim.” My throat tightens. “I don’t want her to end up being another Rebecca. And though Mark was lecturing me about letting him deal with Ryan, he didn’t put my mind at ease. Something is off with Ryan.”

“What does that mean?”

“He told the police that Ava told him she saw Rebecca the night she returned, and took her to Mark. He never mentioned this to Mark, though—even though he was a part of their ménage. What sense does that make? I’m worried he helped Ava do whatever they did to Rebecca. And now he’s hyperfocused on Amanda.”

Chris’s jaw tightens. “Or Ava’s using Ryan to create an alibi.”

“But he and Ava were intimate with Rebecca and Mark. Ryan could’ve been just as jealous as Ava, for all we know. He could have helped her kill Rebecca. Or he could have done it himself.”

“I’ll make sure Blake’s team keeps an eye on Amanda.” He studies me, his gaze probing. “Back to Mark and the alcove. I don’t like it.”

“I know. I didn’t, either. And,” I hesitate to agitate the situation more, but I know I have to tell him. “I’ve had issues with Mark today. ”

“That makes two of us. Mine starts with the alcove.”

“Mine started with a confrontation in his office, when he confessed that I remind him of . . . of Rebecca. He says he can’t be around me. He wants me to prepare the staff to work from home after tomorrow.”

“You remind him of Rebecca,” he repeats, the words tight.

“Yes.” I hug myself. “I don’t like it for all kinds of reasons. It feels pretty shitty, actually.”

He cuts his gaze away, rubbing the back of his neck, before shaking his head and looking at me again. “We need to leave before they change their minds and try to stop us.”

“You’re not going to say anything else about Mark?”

“What do you want me to say, Sara? I help the man, and he’s constantly trying to bend over my woman. I need to think and figure out what the fuck to do about him. But right now, David wants to meet with us before another client meeting. Blake’s joining us at a restaurant by the police station.”

“What about the press?”

“Let’s hope they’re all here. I hired a car in case they’re trailing ours.”

Ours. The word is a whisper of relief in his present mood.

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