Shirlee McCoy - Texas K-9 Unit Christmas

He had a point, and with evening pressing in on the windows and darkness edging at the horizon, she didn’t think she wanted to be there alone. “You’re right.”

“I’m glad we’re in agreement.” He patted her knee, his hand settling there.

She didn’t pull away, but maybe she should have.

No men ever again. That had been her motto, but being around Lucas made her wonder if it was a motto she could live by. “You didn’t tell me what the evidence found on the ski mask was.”

“Because they didn’t find anything. Aside from the photos from the surveillance videos, we don’t have much to go on.”

“Maybe it was just a random crime. Maybe nearly getting caught scared the guy enough to keep him from committing another one.”

“Anything is possible,” he said. “But that’s not the way things usually work out.”

“Are you going to tell me how they do work out?” She stared out the side window as he drove through Sagebrush, watching as trees and houses zipped by. If Lucas was right, the guy that had attacked her was out there somewhere just waiting for another chance to strike.

“A person going after money is going to keep going after money. Someone out for revenge will keep looking for it. A criminal is going to keep committing crimes.”

“That’s a pleasant thought.”

“I don’t want it to be pleasant. I want it to be disturbing, because until you’re disturbed and worried, you’re not going to be careful.”

“Trust me. I’m going to be careful. I don’t want a repeat of what happened the other night.”

“That makes two of us,” he muttered as he pulled into the parking lot of the Sagebrush Police Department and parked near the building.

“Stay put until I come around,” he said as he got out of the truck.

She wasn’t one to wait for someone else to open doors for her, but dusk had fallen in deep shades of purple and blue and the corners of the parking lot were shadowy and dark. It reminded her of the parking lot behind of the diner. Anyone could be lurking in the darkness.

She shuddered, slouching down in the seat as she waited for Lucas to round the truck.

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