Saving Joe by Laura Marie Altom

Author:Laura Marie Altom
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“You gonna mope all day?” Joe asked over his shoulder after throwing his latest of three dozen perfect casts off the end of the dock.

“You shouldn’t be out in the open like this. You’re exposed.”

“And here I thought you’d be proud of me for trying to catch our supper.”

“I’ve got plenty of dried food. You’ve got canned goods and pasta and vegetables.”

“Yum,” he said with a deadpan flourish. “Seriously, Gillian, get over it. You fell asleep. One time. I’m fine. You’re fine. I promise not to tell your boss the stupid alarms didn’t get set. And hell, with all this fog, how are the bad guys supposed to even find me?”

“Yeah, and with all this fog, if the bad guys did show up, the good guys wouldn’t be able to see them in time to stop them. Leaving me alone to protect you, which is why I think we should head back to the cabin.”

“We will. Just let me catch dinner first.”

She rolled her eyes.

“I saw that. Keep it up, and I won’t let you eat any of whatever I catch.”

Good. I don’t deserve to.

Gillian squared her shoulders, trying to see beyond the fog, but having little luck—not just with uncooperative weather, but the doubts swimming in her head. Were her father and brothers right? Was she not cut out for this job? Did she owe it to Joe to take herself off his case?

Her heart said no, that no one knew him like she did. Cared for him like she did. Her head was only too happy to point out that her heart had no business being involved in any aspect of his case.

A branch cracked somewhere in the forest behind them and she looked that way, only there was nothing to see but swirls of gray. Her stomach tightened.

“If all this scowling is about you feeling like you’re not good enough, Gil, think again. Gotta admit, though I was pretty ticked about it at the time, you have a genuine knack for putting folks at ease. Well, guess I shouldn’t say folks in the plural, seeing how the only people I’ve ever seen you around is me. But seriously, I’m not sure what kind of head games you played on me—if they were games at all, or just part of your natural charm. But you’ve got to know that if it hadn’t been for you, I never would’ve even considered testifying on this case. I would’ve thought it was hopeless. Figured what was the point? That both Meggie and me would be safer if I just stayed put.”

“You mean that?”

He cast again. His hook and sinker made a soft plop when it hit the water. “In the time you’ve known me, have I struck you as the type to lie?”

“No, but—”

“Hot damn! Got one!”

The excitement over watching Joe reel in a huge sea bass won out over her own fears that she wasn’t good enough to do her job. And that cracking branch? Probably just one of the few deer Joe had said were on the island.

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