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“Shit” He pulled er door so I could clied around and juh the blacktop parking lot He kept his foot on the gas until we turned onto hts

And ulfed in flames

Chapter 11

Tate

Teddy was shaken, she had to be given e’d stood there watching for going on forty minutes, but to look at her, you’d never know A close inspection would reveal tension around her eyes that were now blank, and her curiously straight mouth Her shoulders were stiff as she stared at the fla a mild threat to the rest of her small home

She hadn’t cried but she’d let out ahis balls to the table and setting the whole fucking thing on fire!”

I bit back a laugh, knowing she ht test her torture out on me if I didn’t “Come on Teddy, we don’t need to be here” I tried to pull her away, but she shrugged offto me with hell in her eyes

“My house is burning down, Tate I’oddamn where!”

I understood that but standing there and watching her use every ounce of energy and control to keep her emotions in check And it ain so thatto help her I needed to or the anger I worked so hard to keep to a si “I know, Teddy I’m sorry this happened”

“My house,” she whimpered and I put my hands on her because I had to One on her lower back and the other on her shoulder, to soothe her as much as me

“It’s fine, see?” I pointed to where three firefighters still gathered, dousing the last of the flaht Thank fuck “Me and the guys can take care of that porch in a weekend Maybe two”

She turned a shaky s blue eyes slick with unshed tears “Thank you, Tate”

“None necessary, Cover Girl” I wanted to say more, but two plain-clothes officers headed our way The sa detectives fro town?

“Ms Quinton, we have a few questions,” the older detective, Haynes, said and then launched into a dozen questions I was pretty sure they already had the answers to “Any more ideas on who’d want to hurt you?”

She shook her head, hands tre “I honestly have no idea and I wish I did, because this shit just got scary Well, scarier,” she added in an atte red hair to steady herself The woman continued to impress me with her control