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Initially, the guilt had chewed on her He’d begged her to return Said he loved her But as e was over There were enerally after she’d reached the bottom of her fourth or fifth beer, when she could ad, when she woke sober and clear-eyed, she realized the decision to leave had been the right one
Then he’d started following her Calling her Sending flowers Coave way to desperation More than anything, she just wanted hiht calls Stop sending her e-mails laced with profanity and threats
Six weeks ago, he’d completely stepped over the line He’d approached her while she was in the produce aisle of the grocery store He’d co with apples He’d scared the shit out of her, and she’d dropped the apples, sending the over the tile floor When she’d told him to back off, he’d threatened to expose her secret He had no reason to re her to pick up the bruised fruit She’d known then what needed to be done Tyler would bring her career tu down The threats had to be nullified
Talking to Leah had hit a nerve They were more alike than she’d ever want to ado balls to the hen chasing a suspect, but right now, her world, as Leah’s had been, was a house of cards
She hated using Leah, but, deep in her gut, she believed that one day she would look at her and know in her heart she’d done the woman solid
One day If this little game of Russian roulette didn’t backfire “Damn”
She signed the evidence log and grinned at the officer “Cold enough for you out there?”
“I’ down the Cu beer”
“Oh, es I think it’ll be July before I thaw”
He laughed “Heard about the bust you did Ray Murphy is a Grade A bad guy Nice work”
“I love what I do”
“It gets noticed”
“Nice to know”
Shethe rows of file boxes until she found the one she needed From her purse, she pulled out an envelope full of worn twenties, tens, and fives and tucked it into the fa bands and all herparting with herback the money she’d borrowed last week, had been a necessary first step The second, a ht
She closed the box, locked it, and walked toward the officer as if she didn’t have the sword of Da her keys from her purse “Here’s to inner tubes and beer”
“A around tobehind you last week”
She tightened her grip on her keys “That so?”
He cleared his throat “I could get busted if anyone knew this came from me”
Deidre shook her head sloondering why he placed trust so easily “No one will ever know”
“Alex Morgan was poking around”
“The TBI agent” Leah’s date
“That’s right” The officer wrinkled his nose “Didn’t say a word, just scanned the times you checked in and out of Evidence”
A knot clenched in her gut, but she s a cold one “Ah, he’s just on a fishing expedition He does that fro?”
“Nope Quiet as a statue Kinda unnerving”
“Thanks for the heads-up”
“Sure”
She waved and left the evidence locker She got in her car and sat for a long moment as she considered this latest twist What the hell did Alex Morgan want? He was tenacious when on the scent Never got emotionally attached Didn’t care who he pissed off
She started her car and, instead of driving hoe toward the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation offices
A fewballs, and she’d always taken that as a compliment Now she hoped she could summon those balls
At the front , she found a thin olderbehind the thick glass receptionShe leaned toward the speaker “I’an”