Hey My Blogger Buddies
My Bestest BFF Jordana has a new release today. YOu guys know me enough to know I love books and Jordana's Books are not to be missed!
So check out Jordana Ryan's "Sweet Dreams!"
http://www.bookstrand.comJoin Lucas and Gillian as they try to unravel the mystery of who is out to get them and why. As they learn to love each other they also learn to forgive themselves for past transgressions but will they ever be safe from their unknown attacker? Will their newfound love endure? Find out in Jordana Ryan's Sweet DreamsAvailable today. Enjoy this Short excerpt! *HUGS*Jordana
Excerpt...
“When are you going to stop blaming yourself for what you couldn’t
Control and come back to New Orleans and do what you do best?”
“I’m not coming back” Lucas said with finality.
“Come onLuke. You were my best detective.”
“Really?” Lucas said snidely. “You could have fooled meespecially
When you pulled me from active duty and wanted me to chase the wind with
Cold cases.”
“There are a lot of detectives out there that enjoy working cold cases. It
wasn’t a punishment. You needed time to heal.”
“I needed to be treated like I always had been. The real reason you took
Me off that case is because you blamed me for Riley’s death. You just didn’t
Have the balls to say it.”
Mark looked at him. Lucas could see the seething anger in his eyes but
He didn’t care. It was about time he laid it all out on the table for his
Supposed ‘friend.’”
“Maybe that’s just what you want to believe.”
“Yeah. You’re right. I want to believe that my best friend and mentor
Turned on me and blamed for me for a bust gone bad.”
“Lucasmaybe you see it that way because you blame yourself. I had
The utmost respect for you. I still do.”
“Had. Did you hear what you just said?” Lucas snarled. “Had. Tell me
SomethingMarkwhen did that change? Wasn’t it when Riley got shot?
Wasn’t it when I failed—”
“It was when you became a coward! It was when you decided to throw
The biggest damn pity party I’ve ever seen. When you decided the world
Owed you something because your partner got killed. That’s when I lost
Respect for you.”
The air between them was thick with tension. Lucas didn’t know what
To say. He wasn’t a coward. He was a realist. In a world that was so damn
Messed uphe was one man. And one man couldn’t cure all the evils that
Existed. Maybe one time he had thought his efforts were enough but that
Delusion had died right along with Riley.
“Excuse me. I have to get back to work” Lucas said. He rose from the
Table and turned his back on Mark.
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“Keep running if you want. I can’t change that.” Mark sighed. “I came
Here for a reason.” Mark also rose and moved nearer to Lucas. “Rios was
Released yesterday on a technicality.”
“A technicality? We had solid evidence—”
“It disappeared.”
“What?” The stoniness of his voice unsettled even Lucas.
“There is no evidence. It’s missing. Without thatwe can’t get a
Conviction.”
“How in the hell could this happen?” Lucas was enraged. He tried to
Control the rising panic. Rios is free. It played over and over in his mind.
The world seemed to be spinning out of control. Lucas couldn’t breathe.
There was a weight on his chest and it was killing him.
“Lucas sit down you look ill.”
He turned and looked at Gillian. From the look on her facehe knew she
Had heard his conversation. He didn’t know whether it was fear or revulsionBut either wayit left him feeling tainted in her eyes. He allowed himself to
Be led back to the table where he had sat moments ago.
“I’ll get you some coffee” Gillian said before she turned and walked
Away.
“You know as well as I do Rios had dirty cops in his pocket. That’s why
We never could bust him.”
“Just another thing we can’t prove.”
Mark shook his head. “Not until we find hard evidence of who the leak
Is. You know the code. Cops stick together. Blue blood and all.”
“It’s an honor system! Whoever stole that evidence is not honorable.”
