No Surrender (17 page)
Authors: Sara Arden
“Guess so.”
Hope felt sorry for the guy. He obviously was disappointed that his grand scheme hadn’t come off as planned. She glanced up at Liam. “Too bad it didn’t work out the way you both hoped.”
He shrugged one broad shoulder. “We tried.”
“If I hadn’t stood in your way, you’d at least have the trailer up there by now.”
“Wouldn’t have mattered. Even if we’d made it up, we’d never have been able to set up the sculpture without someone in the cabin hearing us. The flatbed makes a hellacious noise when you tilt it.”
“But you were trying to accomplish something cool, and I had Phil call the police.”
His dark eyebrows lifted. “So that was your idea?”
“Yeah, I told her to call the cops before I ran out to the driveway. When I saw the loaded trailer, I thought you’d already taken things from other houses and hidden them under the tarp. I’d convinced myself you were out to rob us blind.”
“Some imagination you have.”
“So I’ve been told.”
He rubbed his chin as he gazed at her. “Gutsy, too.”
“Not really.”
“Yes, really. You believed there was a problem, so you threw yourself into the breach. What if I’d run over you?”
“I didn’t think you would. Robbery is one thing. Manslaughter is another.”
“I suppose, but even so, I—”
“Damon’s on his way!” Phil waved her phone in the air. “And he’s bringing more muscle.”
Edie laughed. “I like the sound of that. This bachelorette party gets more interesting by the minute!”
Copyright © 2016 by Vicki Lewis Thompson
ISBN-13: 9781488000270
No Surrender
Copyright © 2016 by Sara Lunsford
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