The Off Season by Colleen Thompson

Author:Colleen Thompson [Thompson, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503937864
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2016-09-12T18:30:00+00:00

Harris had a hell of a lot to answer for in his life, but reaching for a woman drugged on pain meds, kissing her when it was obvious she was still reeling with the shock of an attempt on her life, ranked right up there, especially when the town he’d sworn to safeguard had a killer on the loose.

The killer of the first police officer Seaside Creek had lost in its long history.

As the person who knew Christina best, it had made sense for him to question her as a potential witness—or it would have if he could have made himself ignore the way he felt whenever he was with her. Forget the way he’d begun obsessing over past mistakes and speculating about how different things might’ve turned out if he’d followed the instincts that kept telling him how right they were together.

But he couldn’t forget, no more than he could roll back time to change things. And he couldn’t risk blurring the line between the personal and the professional again. Not unless he wanted to lose what little respect he had for himself. Or complicate an already difficult relationship with another woman, with whom he’d share custody of his son for years to come.

“For what it’s worth,” he told Christina, “I think you’re right about Renee needing some help coping. I thought it was just me she’s been so pissed at, but I see now, her anger’s spilling over.”

“Will you talk to her about it?” Christina asked. “The counseling, I mean.”

“I’ll do my best,” he promised, “for Jacob’s sake. I don’t want her frustrations slopping over onto him, too.”

“You can’t think she’d hurt him. She loves Jacob.”

“I’ve never thought it for a second.” His ex certainly hated and blamed Harris for her problems and poor choices, but he’d never seen her be anything but loving and protective of their son.

“And I really can’t imagine her being violent,” Christina said. “Certainly not the kind of violent that could involve attacking Officer Fiorelli or setting a house on fire with Lilly and me inside.”

He tried to think about it logically, to distance himself from the anger, frustration, and regret he felt toward Renee.

“You’re right,” he said. “For one thing, she called me earlier, said she’d heard about the fire and Fiorelli’s murder. I didn’t have much time to talk, but she seemed genuinely relieved to hear that you and Lilly had escaped and that the doctors were saying you’d be all right. And even if she was faking her concern, she’d never risk losing custody of Jacob. Especially not now, with him just out of the hospital.”

Christina studied him, her brown eyes thoughtful. And beautiful, in spite of all the nicks and bruises she had picked up and the ash that dulled her hair. “Do you still love her?” she asked.

If anyone else had asked, he would have ducked the question or snarled and told her it was none of her damn business. Instead, he admitted, “I don’t know that I ever really loved her.

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