Maureen Child - Forever...Again

“Investigation.” She snorted the word. “That you should be investigating Mari at all is criminal.”

He tensed and that muscle in his jaw twitched again.

“Fine,” she said, “we won’t talk about it. But you should be doing some serious thinking, Sheriff.”

Finally, a flicker of amusement crossed his face. “Is that so?”

“Yes. You should be thinking about who would want to make Mari look guilty.”

Amusement fled, and once again his gray eyes were steady and cool. He met her gaze for a long, silent moment before he said, “Trust me, ma’am. I’m doing a lot of thinking.”

Lily watched him closely. There was more here than met the eye. Despite how it might look to the rest of the town, Lily now had the distinct impression that a large part of Bryce Collins knew damn well that Mari wasn’t involved in the drug ring. His problem was, she guessed, that being sheriff, he was forced to run down every possibility.

Whether he believed it or not.

Lily nodded slowly, took a deep breath and then let it out again. “Okay, Sheriff,” she said softly, “I will trust you.”

One corner of his mouth lifted. “Thanks.”

“For now,” she added, just so he would know that if she thought he was barking up the wrong tree again, she’d be right there to tell him so.

He smiled and gave her a look of approval. And Lily thought that once this whole mess was behind them, she and Bryce Collins might be able to be friends.

“So,” he said. “You want some help moving that pot?”

They might have their differences, but Lily was no dummy. Why turn down a big, strong man when he’s offering help? “You get that pot up onto the porch—and the matching one, too—and I’ll pour iced tea.”

“You’ve got a deal.” Bryce walked to the first pot and stared down at the rioting petunias. “Look real pretty, don’t they?”

“Yes,” Lily said on a resigned sigh. “But that’s only because they don’t realize just how close death is.”

“Does anybody?”

“Guess not,” she said, shivering as a small chill crawled along her spine. “I’ll go get that tea.”

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