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Chapters (50)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. EPILOGUE
  50. Teaser Chapter

Ellie’s chin went up. “I gave it to him when we were in town asking about the Hummer. Jonas said he would check with his son and his customers, see if anyone had seen a vehicle like that around. Apparently the lady who lives in a house just south of the post office, Mrs. Morgenstern, got up in the night to let her dog out and saw a Hummer on the road through town. It was a little over a week ago on Wednesday night. No idea why she remembers the date, but that was the night Earl Dunstan was killed.”

Kade ignored the information they already knew. “Jonas asked you to go out with him. He has no business asking you for a date.” His voice was stone-cold.

Ellie’s hand trembled as she set her wineglass down on the coffee table and rose from the sofa. “We’ve talked about this, Kade. I just can’t handle it anymore. I’m not like Heather. Either you trust me or you don’t. I have a life, a job I enjoy, and friends. I’m not giving any of that up because you’re too jealous to deal with it.”

Kade said nothing.

“I’m going back to Denver in the morning. I shouldn’t have stayed this long in the first place.”

Kade’s chest clamped down. “You can’t leave. You work for me, and you haven’t found Heather’s killer yet.”

“I’ll keep working the case. I can do everything I need to do back in the city. I’m sorry things didn’t work out, but it’s probably for the best. Good night, Kade.” Ellie walked out of the living room, and Kade felt as if the breath had been sucked out of his lungs.

He didn’t want her to go. Ellie was everything he’d ever wanted. She represented the kind of future he yearned for but had given up on long ago. He wanted Ellie to stay. But deep down, he was afraid of making the same mistake he had made before.

Kade’s worst fear was falling in love with a woman, then finding out she had betrayed him. He couldn’t handle it again.

He heard Ellie’s footsteps receding down the hall toward her bedroom. She wouldn’t be joining him in his big bed tonight. Or any night in the future.

Pressure built in his chest. Kade lifted his whiskey glass, downed the contents in a single long swallow, and headed upstairs.

CHAPTER FORTY

CHAPTER FORTY

ELLIE WIPED TEARS FROM HER CHEEKS AS SHE WALKED INTO HER BED room. She had known this was coming. It was just a matter of time. No matter her feelings for Kade, she couldn’t live with a man who didn’t trust her.