Not One Clue_ A Mystery - Lois Greiman [99]
“She may not have been thinking really clearly. I mean … she took the rosewood recipe box instead of Laney’s jewelry.”
He shrugged. “Girl’s got a thing for rosewood. And drugs haven’t been known to make people any smarter.”
“So in the end she panicked and grabbed Laney’s jacket hoping it was mine.”
“Then Jackson comes home, learns he’s out a small fortune in drugs, and decides to recoup his losses.”
“Lavonn’s conviction should help Micky’s cause,” I said, then shuddered despite the sunlight. “Do you think Jaskson was watching my house when Laney left that morning?”
“Better that than hiding in your backseat.”
“Are you still on a backseat kick?”
He watched me. “I can’t believe Aalia got you back there before I did.”
“You snooze, you lose.”
The corner of his mouth kicked up a quarter of an inch. “Have you heard from her?”
“No. Ramla’s worried sick, but I think Aalia just needs …” I shrugged, scanning the silvery beauty below me. “Freedom.”
“That what you need?”
I brought my attention back to his dark-coffee eyes. “What are you asking, Rivera?”
Our gazes melded for several moments before he shifted his to Laney and Solberg. They looked happy enough to fly, laughing and holding hands as they conversed with their well-wishers.
“You drive me crazy,” Rivera said.
He shifted his gaze back to me. A muscle bunched and loosened in his jaw.
“Stop,” I said, voice dry against the happy couple’s gaiety. “You’re making me giddy.”
“You take too many chances, my old man has the hots for you, and sometimes you act like you don’t have a brain in your head.” His scowl had darkened toward midnight. He drew in a long-suffering breath. “But I think I love you, too,” he said, and pulling me into his arms, he kissed me.
Not One Clue is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 2010 by Lois Greiman
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Table of Contents
Cover
Other Books by this Author
Title Page
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Copyright