Midnight Lies: The Wildefire Series (49 page)

“Give me the number and I’ll call him back right now.”

While Hazel rattled off the number, in a small part of Zach’s mind, temptation warred
with his good sense. Should he ask about Savannah? As he pounded the number into his
cellphone, he knew temptation would win out. Besides, finding out how she was doing
was normal. They’d grown up in the same town. In fact, it’d be damn strange if he
didn’t mention her. Right?

Five minutes later, Zach ended the call and dropped the phone on the seat beside him.
There’d been no need to ask about Savannah. The call had been all about her. Not only
was she coming home, the DA wanted him to be aware of some threats that’d been made
against her.

Zach checked the rearview mirror and then stepped on the gas pedal, his mind whirring
with myriad thoughts.
He’d known that by coming back here to live, he’d see her again. The mansion was prime
real estate and even in this economy would bring a pretty penny. He’d figured that
she and her sisters would return someday and put the place on the market. Now that
the day had finally arrived, Zach zeroed in on two major thoughts: It had almost killed
him to let her go the first time. How the hell was he going to watch her come back
to Midnight for only a short time and not try to convince her to stay forever?

And just how much did she hate him for breaking her heart?