Total pages in book: 58
Estimated words: 71015 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 355(@200wpm)___ 284(@250wpm)___ 237(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 71015 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 355(@200wpm)___ 284(@250wpm)___ 237(@300wpm)
My mouth tightened at that admission. “He here a lot?”
She shook her head. “No. Bobby’s in the Navy. He’s gone more than he’s here.”
I gritted my teeth.
The guy didn’t sound like he was Navy. I knew quite a few people in the Navy, and they sure as fuck weren’t lazy. They also didn’t let women do their job for them.
“Okay, then. I’ll check it out, then we’ll leave,” I said before reluctantly letting her go and turning to go up the sidewalk, Tru’s hand planted firmly in mine.
We met the friend and boyfriend at the door.
The man, Bobby, looked different without his brother around. Almost like he wouldn’t be half bad of a person.
Looked like the brother brought out the best in Bobby.
Not.
“Thank you. I tried my dad first, but he’s investigating a fire on Washington Avenue tonight. Did you hear about that?” She asked as she walked with me up to the front door.
I nodded. “Yeah, we’re the ones who worked it. Place lit up like the Fourth of July. It burned hot and was a beast to put out.”
She nodded. “Yeah, that’s what dad said. He kept going on and on about how it’s exactly like the big fire we had ten years ago. The one at that house that’s still burned, and has been since it happened.”
I knew which house she was talking about instantly.
And now that she mentioned it, the evidence from the new fire did resemble that one.
It’d been a huge controversy in our small town.
A woman and a man had been fighting over the man having some woman on the side while she stayed home with the kids. Kids that weren’t the man’s kids.
When she’d found out, she’d set the house on fire with her, the kids, and him in it. The man had managed to save the woman’s kids, but hadn’t made it back in for the woman in time before the house went up in flames. Then the man had left the state, leaving the kids behind motherless and without those that were familiar to them.
“Well you’re not going to believe this, but its freakin’ latching and everything. I swear to God I’m locking it before I leave!” Tru yelled, bringing my eyes back in focus to see her frowning down at the door handle.
I shook my head at the look of annoyance on her face. “I’ll take a look. Scooch over.”
“What’s going on?” Iliana asked from behind us.
I didn’t bother turning around, getting down on my haunches and staring directly at the lock.
The first thing I noticed were the fine scratches on the lock that spoke of something being shoved into the lock that wasn’t the key.
The scratches weren’t large enough to be a key. In fact, the scratches indicated something more like a file, or a pick instead of a key.
With that one look, my confirmation of someone breaking into Tru’s place were confirmed.
“Fuck,” I hissed, standing up. The two women looked at me in alarm as the sharp curse poured from my mouth, followed shortly by a growl.
Bobby was leaning against his truck with his arms crossed tightly across his chest.
He was watching me with an expression that could only be described as calculating.
He knew I’d found something.
And when his brother pulled up five minutes after I’d just finished discussing what I thought was happening with Tru, it didn’t surprise me in the least.
“Tru,” I said hesitantly. “We should probably get out of here.”
That was exactly what I needed. Some hotheaded cop who had an unhealthy crush on Tru walking in and sticking his nose where it didn’t need to be stuck. Especially when he had a hard-on for me.
I didn’t trust him.
“Do you think we should ask Colby?” She asked reluctantly.
I shook my head. “No. I have some friends on the force, as well as a couple in the bureau. We’ll get this looked at. In the meantime, though, I’d be more comfortable if you didn’t stay here when there’s nobody with you.”
She nodded in understanding. “I can do that. Let me grab a bag and I’ll stay at my parent’s place again. Iliana and Bobby had planned on going to the boats later. I don’t know how long they’ll be gone, but I’ll just play it safe and stay with them.”
I wanted to shout, ‘You can stay with me!’ But I didn’t want to freak her out and push her too fast in a direction she wasn’t ready to go.
“Sounds good,” is what I said instead.
See, totally understanding of me, right?
Chapter 10
I’m no weatherman, but you can expect about 9 inches tonight.
-E-card
Tru
I blinked awake, startled to be staring at an unfamiliar ceiling.
The room was unfamiliar, as was the bed.
But oh, the bed!
It felt like I was sleeping on a cloud.
A watery cloud, but a cloud nonetheless.
I’d never been on a water bed, and to be honest, I wasn’t aware that they even still existed.
Last night we’d watched movies on Pay-Per-View. I’d fallen asleep late, and when he’d offered to take me to my parent’s, I’d refused.
I’d said that I didn’t want to wake my mom. What I really wanted was to be there with him.
I’d gotten it.
He’d helped me to bed, and I’d teased him mercilessly for over an hour about no one having waterbeds anymore.
I’d fallen asleep with him on the opposite side of the large King sized bed.
Which now, officially, replaced Iliana’s Tempur Pedic.
I rolled over, hitting something solid.
I’d known Grayson was there.
In fact, I’d felt him move each time in the night, always being careful to stay on his own side of the bed…until now, that is.
When I rolled, the bed’s natural inclination was to roll with me, pushing me a lot further than I’d intended to go. Which inevitably meant that I was smack on top of him in no time flat, surprising both him and me.
“Uhh,” I said as I started to roll back over.
However, I froze, feeling the rock hardness of his dick pressing up against my belly.
He hissed when I made contact with his cock, and I froze, unable to move.