The Lady and the Lawman by Jennifer Zane

Author:Jennifer Zane
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-05-29T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

“Now will you tell me what’s going on?” Maggie demanded, settled in a chair next to Grant’s desk, a cup of coffee in hand. She'd waited, rather impatiently, as he poured them both some hours-old brew.

He carefully lowered himself into his chair, the throb in his leg almost gone, but he still wanted to be careful. He took a sip of his coffee but blanched as he looked at the black swill. He couldn’t imagine how long ago it had been made, and it could certainly put hair on a person’s chest. Before she could put her mug to her mouth, he took it from her.

“Dalton’s behind the whole thing.” He smiled, just thinking about how much fun it would be to arrest the bastard.

“What?” She shook her head as if to shake a thought loose. “How do you know that?”

“First, I want to thank you for being outside at the Mercantile earlier.” She continued to stare, but she nodded absently, so he continued. “Your little encounter with Dalton gave us all the information we needed to get this mystery solved.”

He was so pleased with the turn of events, he could kiss her. Hell, any reason would do to feel those lips beneath his again. And he just might do that. He smiled like a randy teenager at the thought. He was still hard from that morning.

“Will you take that silly look off your face and tell me what’s going on?” She strummed her fingers on the desk. She looked so appealing with her feathers all ruffled. A long tendril of hair had fallen down and stuck to the damp skin at the side of her neck. It was amazing how one dark curl could sidetrack his thoughts.

“Dalton knew you were an eyewitness to the robbery.”

She blinked. No other sign of understanding appeared in her dark eyes. She still hadn’t pieced it together.

“I didn’t tell anyone you were on the stage.”

Confusion turned to clarity in a matter of seconds. Tilting her head back, she laughed out loud, in a deep, rich tone. “So someone must have told him, and the only other person who knew I was there was the man who killed your friend and kidnapped me.” She stood up, paced the room a few times as she rubbed her small hands together. “Dalton has no idea he let that slip.”

“Nope.” He shook his head and smiled. Her enthusiasm was catching. He stood up as well, too antsy to sit any longer.

“Now what do we do?” she asked, pacing directly in front of him. Close. Almost too close.

He looked down at her and saw the sparkle in her green eyes. “We need to tell Miss Lorena you won’t be staying with her.”

One of her pretty brows lifted. “Why?”

“You’re the only one who can connect the robbery and murder back to Dalton. He wants you.”

And I want you too, he wanted to say, but didn’t. His eyes darted to her full pink lips and remembered what they felt like. “He probably wants you dead.

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