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What She Saw. Rachel Lee
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isbn 9781472007131
Автор произведения Rachel Lee
Жанр Зарубежные детективы
Издательство HarperCollins
“I’m not saying he did. I’m just letting you know we had a report so we checked into him.”
She caught her breath. “And?”
“He’s exactly what he says he is and is doing exactly what he told you he’s doing. I’ll leave it to you to decide whether to get involved with him. But I don’t think you need to fear him.”
That slight emphasis on him left her wondering if Gage thought she had something else to fear, but if he had, wouldn’t he have said so?
All of a sudden she didn’t want to be alone. All of a sudden, despite the milk, she felt wide awake. Great. That was going to help on her test in the morning.
Regardless, she pulled on a bra under her sweat suit, tugged on her jogging shoes, grabbed her purse and headed for the truck stop.
She needed bright light, the swirl of people around her and some carbs to calm her down. At that moment nothing sounded better than a piece of Hasty’s cobbler and a bit of sensible talk with Claire.
As it happened, the place was pretty busy when she arrived. Claire and another waitress, Meg, were busy enough they could have used some help. Haley considered clocking in and digging a spare uniform out of her locker, but Hasty stopped her.
“You’re supposed to be resting, what with that test tomorrow and the play the next two nights. What in the world are you doing here?”
“I was called by your cobbler.”
He unleashed one of his rolling laughs and promptly dished her up a serving big enough for two. “Coffee?”
“Milk, please.”
She would have settled at the counter except that a table near the window emptied. She headed straight for it and closed her eyes for a few moments as she savored the first mouthful of peach perfection.
She opened her eyes again and studied the lot. The window really did act almost like a mirror. She could choose either to see what was going on around her in the restaurant, or to pick out the shadowy movements in the lot. And they were
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