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Was he staring at a killer? If he was close enough to look into her eyes, heon in her psyche

His gaze followed her to a silver Toyota parked on the roadside The clergy to the car ahead of hers Little by little everyone drove away fro the workers to finish their jobs

Kit would give her a half hour before he phoned to set up a time to meet, preferably before the day was out He needed to know her background Was she a ho had she known the s? The police report didn’t have round and a dozen questions filled his mind

Tonight he planned to drive to Marble Falls to watch his younger brother, Brandon, co event at the Charley Taylor Rodeo Arena Brandon was headed for a world cha December and Kit was excited for hio into law enforce-time in the same sport But when he’d iven up the rodeo and ended up losing his girlfriend Janie at the same time She knew that the Saunders brothers had suffered over the loss of their Texas Ranger father in a shootout when they were fifteen and seventeen Fearing the sa would happen to Kit, she’d broken it off with hi any part of a career that could end his life right in thewife and children

Five years ago Janie had fallen in love with Brandon’s hazer, Scott Turner, and they’d married As of today they had one child He was happy for her Any residual pain froo When all was said and done, he was content enough with his bachelor existence His mother and brother needed support and he could be there for them

Kit would be thirty-one next e Out of his three best friends in the Rangers, two of them, Cy and Vic, were now married and incredibly happy That left him and Luckey, who’d been married for a short time before his wife had decided she hated what he did for a living Their divorce had pretty well scarred him

Kit was thankful he’d avoided that problee favor Froone out with various wo impression

He ine, driving out of the ce for his town house at Chih Mrs Harris lived in the sareat distance frorab a bite to eat and then make the call If he could interview her soon, he’d leave for Marble Falls and pick up his ood to spend some time with family

NATALIE PULLED HER Toyota Corolla into the driveway and pressed the ree devoid of Rod’s white Sentra The police had iated the crio

But the second the garage door lifted, she realized soraveside service The laer and equipment for the yard had beena Christmas tree stand, had been thrown on the ce in What on earth?

Frightened that a burglar had broken into her house, she backed out to the street and parked along the curb a few houses away to call Detective Carr He’d been the one who’d co in the hotel where he’d been living temporarily The detective had told her to call hi

Her hand shook as she waited for him to answer “Mrs Harris?”

“Yes I’ot hoe in disarray I think someone has broken into my house He could still be inside”

“Where are you?”

“In my car, parked down the street”