Secret Surrogate by Delores Fossen

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

WELL, THIS AFTERNOON was just full of surprises.

Bad ones.

Lucas figured the man walking toward them would top the list of bad surprises.

“Sheriff Creed, I presume,” Isaac Dupont said.

Since it wasn’t exactly a question, Lucas didn’t answer. But he did glare. He couldn’t help himself. He disliked the man on sight. However, he had to admit his judgment might be clouded by the kidnapping attempt, the godawful experience in the parking lot of the birthing center and Tiffany Smith’s “car accident.” It was difficult to think highly of a man who might have been responsible for all those things.

Lucas stepped in front of Kylie and hoped like the devil that she stayed put so he could give her some shred of protection.

“I’ll make those accusations,” Lucas volunteered. “I’ll add a few more if you’d like. And I have no problem doing that to your face.”

Kylie tapped him on the shoulder and shot him a warning glance.

Which he ignored.

“What are you doing here?” Lucas asked Dupont.

“I heard the infamous journalist, Kylie Monroe, was in the building.” It sounded as if he’d rehearsed his answer, or at least had given it plenty of thought. “I decided I’d pay her a little visit.”

“Heard?” Lucas questioned.

Dupont bobbed his head. “Yes. It’s a past tense verb. But I don’t suppose a cowboy-cop like you from Hickville would recognize a grammatical part of speech when you hear it.”

“You’d be surprised at what I know.” Lucas leaned in, violating his personal space. “And I don’t have any trouble recognizing a smart-ass suspect who’s trying to avoid answering a simple question. In my experience, the main reason suspects do that is because they’re guilty.”

“So, now I’m a suspect?” If that bothered him in the least, Dupont didn’t show it.

“Puh-leeeze,” Kylie interjected. “You didn’t know we were suspicious of you? Then, you’re either an idiot or a liar. Maybe both.”

Lucas looked at Kylie and made sure he put a little badass spin on it. He wanted answers from Dupont, but he didn’t want Kylie’s antagonism to rile the man to the point of attempted murder. She must have gotten the point, finally, because she stepped back.

One battle down.

Another to go.

“Why are you really here?” Lucas demanded of Dupont.

“As I said, I came for a little visit. And a little warning. You can write your tabloid trash stories all you want, Ms. Monroe, but leave me out of them. I’m a respected attorney in this city, and I won’t have my name dragged through your own personal version of mud.”

Lucas shrugged. “She never mentioned your name. Guilty conscience, perhaps?”

Dupont met him eye to eye. “Let’s just say I’m intuitive.”

“Or maybe you’re just paranoid,” Lucas offered. “I hear there are medications for that.”

Oh. There it was. A flash of anger that went bone-deep. The cool facade stayed in place, for the most part, but Dupont couldn’t quite keep the emotion out of his gray-blue eyes.

“Why don’t you explain what part you played in providing surrogates to Kendrick Windham’s clinic?” Lucas demanded. “I’m especially interested in those who are underage and medically unqualified.

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