Sweet Vengeance by Cindy Stark

Author:Cindy Stark [Cindy Stark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B007139UD2
Goodreads: 14289196
Published: 2012-01-22T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Sacramento, California. September. Six years later.

Would it ever end? Alexandra Fox slammed the door to her mailbox and turned the key. She surveyed the small empty lobby of her apartment building before she tucked her mail under her arm except for one offending envelope. Even though she'd lived in relative peace since she'd come to California, she never stopped being watchful. A product of her youth, she supposed. Most of the people who lived in the older building with her were hardworking and pretty honest, but she trusted no one.

Allie slid her nail under the envelope flap and ripped it open. It was her monthly bank statement, and sure enough the regular five thousand dollar deposit was there. Again. Lots of people dreaded getting notices from the bank, but she was probably the only person on the planet who got angry over a statement showing extra money had been deposited into her account.

It had to stop. She fumed up two flights of stairs, down the dim hallway with its faded blue carpet. Why couldn't the man leave her alone? Jase had forced her to leave Oregon. Someone needed to force him to let go, too.

Her agitation increased when she dug for her keys causing the mail to slip from under her arm. The pile landed with a thud on the worn blue carpet, the latest addition of the Pottery Barn catalog resting with its pages splayed across the floor.

She sighed. With inadequate lighting, she searched her purse and found the keys. She stuffed the appropriate one in the lock and turned it to no avail. Her curse echoed down the narrow hallway, and she was half-surprised her neighbors didn't peek out of their thin doors.

Of course the lock wouldn't open. She pulled out the key, jammed it in again, and jerked it. Nothing. She twisted the knob and banged against the door, knowing full well it wouldn't help anything. Boo barked from the inside.

One of these days, she'd get a new lock or maybe a whole new apartment. She'd recently finished her master's degree in criminal psychology and was due for another promotion at work at the local police department.

If she were willing to use the five thousand Jase sent her each month, she'd be set, but she was determined to leave him in the past just like he'd wanted and continue on with her life. Someday soon, she'd figure out how to give back all his money.

During her first years in college, she'd been extremely grateful to have it, but slowly, she'd worked toward a place where she could take care of herself. And now she didn't need him. Just how things should be. He didn't want her—she didn't need him. Perfect. Years ago, she'd thought she couldn't live without him, but it turned out she could.

Allie stopped and took a calming breath. She couldn't keep letting her past upset her. Things were different now. She pulled the key out and inserted it gently. With a firm grip on the doorknob, she turned it slowly, and it opened.

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