Shadow of Doubt by Lisa Jackson

Author:Lisa Jackson [Jackson, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780369700469
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Nikki stared at the picture in disbelief. Anger surged through her bloodstream. He’d lied to her again! God, why had she trusted him, believed in him?

“What is it?” Trent asked, his voice rumbling and deep with recent sleep.

“I, um, found something interesting.” A cold settled in the pit of her stomach. Her first impulse was to shove the damning piece of evidence under his nose, demand answers, rant and rave about truth and justice and the pain in her heart. Instead, she told herself to be calm, and with trembling fingers, she forced herself to tuck the picture deep into the notes.

“What?”

“More evidence. I have to talk to one of the aides who used to work for him. Barry Blackstone,” she said, remembering a name she’d seen mentioned several times. “He quit working for Crowley a few months back and I’ve written a note to myself that indicates he can give me inside information.”

“Blackstone?”

She stood and walked on wooden legs to the edge of the bed where she dropped onto the quilt near the lying son of a bitch…the man she loved. “What can you tell me about him?”

Trent’s jaw tightened and his skin drew flat over his features. He tried to reach for her, but she pushed his hands firmly away.

“Not now,” she said, disguising the fact that her heart was breaking, that she’d never let him hold her again, that they would never again make love. Here, with the scent of sex still clinging to the sheets, she vowed never to fall into his tempting trap again. To shove temptation from her grasp, she moved to the couch and leaned against its lumpy back. A world without Trent. It seemed so bleak. Suddenly world-weary, she crossed her arms over her chest. “You’ve heard of him, I assume.”

“I’ve met Blackstone,” Trent said, regarding her warily, as if he sensed the silent accusations charging the air. He slid into his faded Levi’s. Threadbare at the knees and butt, the pants threatened to split as he strode barefoot to the fireplace, crouched down to lay a piece of dusty oak onto the grate and blew into the coals. Sparks glowed bright, catching on the moss and dry bark. “I used to work for our friend, the senator,” Trent finally admitted, stirring the warm ashes with a poker.

Nikki couldn’t believe his admission. Had he read her mind—known that she’d caught him in yet another evasion? Her heart began to pound and she didn’t know if she wanted to hear the rest of his story. Would it be the truth or a lie? Would he admit that he was in league with the man who had tried to have her killed? “You never said anything.”

“Never seemed like the right time.” Red embers pulsed against the charred pieces of firewood. “A few years back, I was one of Crowley’s bodyguards for a few weeks.”

Too convenient. He must suspect that you saw a photo of him or read his name in one of the articles.

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