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“Abusive ex-boyfriend, who probably deserves it”

“Cheery,” Marianne said drolly

Davina ignored her It sure as heck cheered her up

Jack was halfway home when he did a U-turn on the motorway and headed back to the house His spidey sense was tingling Sure he was still a little wound up from his encounter with his tenant, but it wasIn his house It grated He was a police officer – ex-police officer, he corrected, feeling the salued to the couch and living off pizza foron the force was in his blood and he knew suspicious behaviour when he saw it He looked back at the house Davina Davenport was suspicious all right And not just because she’d tied him up and then climbed all over him like a lap dancer desperate for tips

He pulled his SUV into a quiet spot behind a large rhododendron at the bottom of the drive Would it reallyon? After all, it wasn’t as though he was trespassing He did own the property His phone rang

“Don’t do it,” Andy said in his ear

Jack frowned into the darkness in the direction of the house

“Do what?”

“Whatever stupid scheear and head home”

Jack’s eyes narrowed

“How do you know I’?” He took the phone away from his ear to look at it suspiciously “You downloaded one of those apps parents use to track their kids, didn’t you?”

“So sueoutside your aunt’s house about to do soo home and wait the teeks you’re supposed to wait”

“I’es here Andy You spent the last couple of er to send me back”

“That was because you’d cee where the guys at the station were drawing straws to see ould make you take a shower”

“Well I’ to wander up to the house andis okay”