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"I’ll help you get on your way" Hunter’s voice was low and gruff
Rourke was sure to not like Hunter’s suggestion He raised his brows, and then turned to Tessa "Let’s go inside I’"
Tessa looked back at Hunter He still needed to nail up three e," he said to her
She waffled She’d pro through her things if she told hiet warlance "I’m nearly done Go, Tessa I’ll be inside in a minute for another cup of hot coffee If you wouldn’t lowered at Hunter
"All right," she said to Lord Hunter She felt she should be curtseying to him Handyman, hell He was the rooster that ruled the henhouse Her henhouse
"You know, Tessa," Rourke said, as he escorted her to the front door, his hand on the small of her back, "you let people walk all over you toothe job you’re paying hi hirohen Rourke touched her, and she could have strangled Rourke for speaking loudly enough for Hunter to hear
"I don’t like it," Rourke continued, as he walked inside with Tessa and shut the door "You’re by yourself and the couy works for just let him off at your place? What if he’s some kind of criminal? You never knoho these cora the nails into the boards twice as fast as before while she warloves "Did you find anything concerning Michael’s case that will help?"
Rourke reloves and shoved them in his coat pockets, and then pulled off his wet parka in front of the fireplace "Yeah, but it doesn’t go any further than this room"
Her heart skipped to overdrive to hear Rourke’s news
He handed her his coat and rubbed his hands over the fire Even in this weather, he was dressed in one of his i sensible snow boots for the icy conditions "Bethany was seeing souy"
Her heart nearly stopped Maybe finally the break they needed "I knew it Who was he?"
"You won’t tell anyone else, right?"
Hunter opened the door and looked from Rourke to Tessa "Coffee ready?"
Jeez, Hunter, not now!
"Who was Bethany seeing, Rourke?" She hoped he wouldn’t cla in
Rourke’s expression turned blank, and he shifted his attention to the fire He shrugged "The DA’s office proved no one was seeing her"
Tessa could have shaken him and screamed bloody ave Tessa a knowing look "On second thought, I’ll check on your truck and see if I canup Rourke’s coat and her own, and then set the pot of water on the fire, anything to busy herself so she wouldn’t hurt Rourke "Who was it?"
"Who is that guy? He doesn’t act like a handy Bethany besides Michael?"
"I said too much already It doesn’t matter What’s done is done You’ll never be able to prove Michael didn’t … her?"
"The sheriff’s son But it can’t leave this roood, she knew it Her bones dissolving, she collapsed on the couch
"Are you okay, Tessa? I probably shouldn’t have ht as could be expected to know her brother’s best friend could be the murderer Bastard And hoould they prove it when his father was the sheriff?
"You proht?"
"I’ll hire soate it further"
Rourke sat next to her on the couch and patted her hand "We can have dinner together now, right?"
Dinner? Sheesh, one track mind But she promised She pulled her hand away from him
"Sure, but there’s no electricity so it would have to be so"
Like a couple of h different scenarios, re and joking with Bethany and Michael Why hadn’t Tessa noticed as really going on between Ashton and Bethany? Maybe she had, but she hadn’t wanted to admit it to herself
Rourke waved at the fireplace "It sounds like the water’s ready for the coffee"
Still in disbelief about Ashton, she gathered her coain, Ashton could havewith a rifle since he was too young to do so Not that Bethany was killed that way, but it could prove Ashton was capable of cole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>