Sun Kissed by Ross Joann

Author:Ross, Joann [Ross, Joann]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, contemporary romance, Fiction
ISBN: 2940152735666
Publisher: Castlelough Publishing LLC
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

12

“So what’s the story with the hot buns detective?” Taylor asked over takeout ham and pineapple pizza and wine.

“And here I thought you were going out of your mind with worry over Ford,” Lani countered.

“I am. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t care about my best friend’s love life.”

“Donovan’s only here on vacation. He’ll be going back to the mainland after New Year’s.”

“That’s what he says now. I’ve known more than one mainland type to get hooked on the islands. Look at Ford.” With that, Taylor’s eyes grew misty. “I’m so worried about him, Lani.” Her expression was more earnest than Lani had ever seen it. “Your Donovan will be able to find him, won’t he? He is as good as you say he is?”

“He’s not my Donovan.” As hard as she’d tried, Lani had not been able to get Donovan’s allegations about Taylor out of her mind. “But Nate says he’s the best. And he wouldn’t be being considered by the FBI if he wasn’t very good at his work.”

She put her glass down on the table and leaned forward. “Taylor,” Lani prompted gently, “have you told Donovan everything you know about Ford’s disappearance?”

Something like desperation flashed in her friend’s eyes but was gone before she could fully grasp its meaning. “Of course I did.”

“Are you certain that you didn’t leave something out? Something that perhaps slipped your mind at the time?”

“Really, Lani, I think you’ve been spending too much time with that detective. Since when do you cross-examine your best friend?”

“Maybe when she neglects to tell me she slept with another man. After asking me to be maid of honor at her wedding.”

“I know it was wrong.” Taylor’s hands were shaking as she refilled her glass. “But Ford was spending more and more time away, which left me feeling lonely, ignored, and resentful. I was actually rethinking the whole marriage idea when Bob showed up out of the blue. And, well, like I said, things just got out of control.” She took a long gulp of wine. “I swear, I’m staying away from rum from now on.”

“There’s another thing that occurred to me on the drive over here,” Lani said, deciding not to point out that Taylor might have forsaken rum, but she was certainly making inroads on the wine. Another thing that was out of character. She’d always been a one-or-two glass drinker.

“What?”

“I was telling Donovan how the island has never really gotten into the tourism thing—”

“Ford wouldn’t make a living without tourists from the other islands.”

“True. But he’s the exception.”

“But not the only one who’d like to see more tourists,” Taylor said. “Not everyone has relatives to leave them inheritances.”

There was an edge to her friend’s voice that Lani hadn’t heard since she’d been packing to move away from the island. Looking back, she’d been going on too much about the new, exciting life opening up for her in California. It would have been only natural for Taylor to have felt resentful, and even abandoned,

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