No One To Trust by L. A. Dobbs

Author:L. A. Dobbs [Dobbs, L. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-31T22:00:00+00:00

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Promptly at ten that night, Shelby stood outside the employee entrance near the back lot of the Lucky Ace Casino. From where she rested against the cool brick wall she could see the bus stop at the corner. She’d guessed from Chase’s arrival that morning at Rockford Security that he didn’t have a car of his own yet and that made sense, given his recent parole. There was something about his determined use of public transportation that increased her respect for him, something about him living his life and pushing ahead against all odds that showed his integrity and made her trust him a tad more. After all, he had as much, if not more, on the line here than she did. If things went south again, he would lose everything and end up right back in prison where he’d started. And prison, she imagined, was a hellish place to be.

Minutes later, a bus belched to a stop at the corner and the doors squeaked open. Chase jogged down the steps and caught sight of her immediately, raising his hand in greeting. Her heart raced despite her vow to remain unaffected. Never mind that she thought he might kiss her in the elevator earlier today or that maybe she was disappointed that he didn’t. This was business and nothing but business.

He strode up to her and grinned as she took in his appearance. He looked like something out of a bad seventies cop drama. Black shirt, black pants, black knit skull cap which she suspected had a ski mask attached. “What in the world are you wearing?”

“What?” He gave her an affronted look. “I didn’t want to be seen.”

“Good luck with that now, Starsky.” She rolled her eyes at his confused look. “You know, Starsky and Hutch? Seventies cop show?”

When he still seemed perplexed, she snatched the hat off his head and stuffed it into the pocket of his black jacket. “There. At least you don’t stand out quite as much. C’mon, let’s go.”

“Like you’re one to talk, Ms. Gloved Hands.”

“I’ve got my reasons, all right?” She used her security badge to buzz them in the back door, then led him through the service halls toward the casino floor. She knew this maze like the back of her hand. Hell, this used to be her playpen when she was a kid. They ducked out into the casino proper, into the same hall where her dad’s office was located. She pulled out her security badge again and opened the door.

“Hey, wait a minute.” Chase grabbed her arm, his voice low and gruff and sexy as hell. “I thought we were going to Katherine’s condo.”

“I need to stop here first.” She wrenched her arm from his grip and carefully maneuvered through the yellow police tape to get inside. Thankfully, everything looked the same as the last time she’d been in here. Chase entered behind her and moved to turn on the lights, but she stopped him. “No. We don't want anyone to see a light on under the door.

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