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“Why not?” His lopsided smile left her with butterflies in her stoo” He dragged his thumb across the swell of his lip “Yeah, we should’ve had that one behind us ages ago”
“Jerk,” sheoff the freezer He could play that I don’t rees ago Unfortunately, she just barely remembered it
“Linds, wait” He stepped in front of her “I shouldn’t have said that”
“No You shouldn’t have Then again, I shouldn’t have kissed you” She opened the door and glared at the curiousback at her with smirks stamped on their faces Over her shoulder, she quickly added, “But don’t worry, Seth I’ain”
Scanning her kitchen and the officers’ a at her heels They were there to rerandfather had worked for was now gone Everything her father had cared about was seconds fro destroyed
As her eyes flooded with tears again, she choked back the sorrow and pushed aside the rage Her fa with her own childhood s that she re country kitchen She could al pin and shouting, “No running in the house, kids!”
“Miss Leland, did you discuss options with your neighbor?” The sheriff removed his hat and rubbed his bald head
Pulled away frorabbed a set of keys fro her, she made a mental list of what she needed in order to survive the next few days
“Miss Leland?” Sheriff Ray flashed his crooked smile “Did Seth help you come up with a solution?”
“Miss Leland will be staying with me Monday, she’ll speak with her attorney” Seth’s black eyes shimmered like coal when he closed the distance between himself and the sheriff “So you know, Sheriff,out at the property line If you or any of your deputies so much as try to trespass, I’ll call in favors all over the state and I will have o to the proper authorities”
Lindsey shuddered at the sound of his voice Lindsey, like most of the townspeople in their small rural area, didn’t trust law enforcement They were often on the take when they should’ve been upholding the law They looked the other hen they should’ve been paying attention Their rats or informants had often ended up dead Meth labs scattered the county and everyone knew about the Sheriff Ray and his men If rumors were true, they also took a cut of all marijuana trade, which explained why the rats often ended up dead or
These guys weren’t just crooked They were dirty cops with bloody hands
“What exactly are you i as Lindsey leaves, there’s no reason for us to coet some rest, bud”
“You and I both know that sooods,” Seth said “Around these parts, cattle rustling doesn’t always make the news, but it’s neorthy all the same Her fields and barns are loaded They’ll stay that way
“Farh we aren’t the preferred race around here, stick together You kno that works We swap infor around here goes un