Shadows in the Night & Never Sleep with Strangers by Heather Graham

Author:Heather Graham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

JON STRODE THE length of the hallway to his room, aware that Camy was watching him, anxious for him to reach his room and shut himself in. He smiled to himself. She and Joshua took this all very seriously, which was why, of course, he had asked them to help host the affair rather than participate as players. For, along with the fun and publicity the writers would enjoy, the project was for charity, and he didn’t want any more scandal. And who better to see that things ran smoothly than hardworking Camy Clark and meticulous, painstaking Joshua Valine?

Jon reached his room, waved at Camy and locked the door behind him. Alone, he stared at the bed. Why in hell had he ever married Cassandra?

He walked into the bathroom and doused his face with cold water. He stared at himself, noting the lines around his eyes. He’d been younger but still no kid when he’d married Cassie. She’d been a manipulator of the highest degree, capable of appearing pleasant, reasonable and loving when it suited her purpose. But what had truly snared him then, and haunted him now, was the feeling that she had really loved him. True, she had never given up the battle; she had wanted things her way. But as best as Cassandra could, she had loved him.

He walked out to the balcony and stared down at the fountain, remembering. Despite the time that had passed, he felt real pain. Poor Cassie. She had loved life so much.

She hadn’t killed herself; he really did know that about her. Her death had been ruled accidental. Perhaps she had fallen?

No. He remembered the way she had called his name...remembered the change in her tone of voice. And he remembered that, at the end, he had failed her completely in a way he never should have.

Jon felt a sudden, terrible dread of this Mystery Week. He had thought about it, of course, weighed the grim idea over and over again—for nearly three years now. And it had seemed a sane, sensible, if chilling thing to do. Until...

The irrational unease had seized him when he was with Sabrina. In her room. On her balcony.

He stared down at the Poseidon statue that had cradled Cassie as she died. He’d thought to catch a killer this week. He’d never thought that, in one day’s time, he might be wishing for a future rather than trying to resolve the past.

And it made him afraid.

Fear made a man weak.

He couldn’t afford to be weak.

He heard a sound and turned. An envelope had been thrust beneath his door.

He reached for, opened it—and felt a chill sweep through him.

The note he’d received was a warning...and not part of the game...

* * *

THE WOMAN BURST in on him while he was in his own room, at his desk, head in his hands.

He straightened, staring at her.

Her eyes were downright vicious.

And she pointed at him.

“I know what happened. I know exactly what was going on. Oh,

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