Refuge from Danger Complete Collection by Lynette Eason

Author:Lynette Eason
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488084386
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“What are you doing here, Amy?” Micah took no pleasure in her surprise at his presence; he just wanted to figure out what was going on.

“No, Micah, that’s my question? What are you doing here?”

Shutting the door on the rain that still pounded, he stepped into the lobby. A quick shake of his dark head flung water droplets everywhere. “Following you,” he answered.

Outrage flickered across her face. “What gives you the right?”

“The same thing that gave you the right to keep my identity a secret.”

She flinched. Micah winced. Okay, maybe that had been a shot below the belt.

He looked around and asked, “You want to tell me what you’re doing consorting with a known criminal?”

“None of your business.”

Fury exploded through him. “I’m making it my business! In case you haven’t noticed, someone’s tried to kill me several times over the last few days. Call me paranoid, but your actions don’t add up. You don’t tell me my identity, you’re obviously hiding something and now you’re having a rendezvous with a woman who’s on a wanted poster. What am I supposed to think?”

“You’re not supposed to think anything. I came here for answers to my own questions. I may need to find those answers before I can do anything about yours.”

Muscles tensed in reaction to his almost overwhelming desire to hit something. Forcing himself to relax, he took in a calming breath. “Look, we still need to talk. I should be on the phone with the cops and have them out here combing the grounds looking for that woman.”

“No, don’t do that!”

In agitation, Micah scraped a hand down the side of his face that bore his scars. “No, I don’t suppose there’s any point now, is there? We both know how fast the justice system moves out here—when it moves at all, that is.” He paced forward, back. “Is there somewhere we can go to finish our discussion from earlier in the day?”

“I need to tuck Carlita into bed. I promised.”

Micah didn’t know what to think. She was apparently on friendly terms with a murderer and yet she was worried about breaking a promise to a six-year-old who wasn’t even her own child. He felt like throwing up his hands and letting out a massive yell.

Instead he looked at his watch. Seven forty-five. “Meet me in the kitchen at eight-thirty. If you don’t show up, I’ll hunt you down.”

Oops, that was the wrong tone to take and wrong thing to say. Amy narrowed her eyes, stepped forward and jabbed a finger in his chest. “Don’t threaten me, Micah.”

“Or what?”

“I don’t know what,” she blustered, “but you’ll be sorry.”

“I already am sorry,” he murmured.

She flinched and turned to go. He grabbed her arm, pulled her back. “I’m not finished. I mean, I’m sorry you feel you can’t trust me. I’m sorry you’re so bullheaded that you refuse to ask for help. I’m not your enemy, Amy. We’ve known each other forever. You’ve been a little sister to me since you kicked me in the shins for locking Cassidy in the closet because she was getting on my nerves.

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