Chapter Five
My mouth parted,and I snapped it closed again before narrowing my eyes. “That little shit.”
A sexy grin slipped onto Hugh’s lips. “You can’t be too hard on the guy. He loved you. That’s the reason I’m here. I promised to keep you safe in exchange for you giving me his ledger.”
I shook my head and dumped the towels on top of the toilet. “Looks like you’re the one who needed to be saved.”
I spun on my heels and stomped out of the bathroom.
“He claimed you’d make the perfect spy one day, and I might have to agree,” he called out after me.
With each step I took down the stairs, blood boiled stronger in my veins. Teddy had shared my secrets with a complete stranger, and for all I knew, he might not be the only convict who knew about my abilities.
Maybe I was in trouble.
I walked back into the kitchen and started the noodles to go with my dinner. I lifted a worried gaze out the window to consider the rain falling outside. If the weather didn’t stop soon, I’d be stuck battling to stay awake and alert with a unwelcome guest under my roof.
I glanced at my cell phone again. No signal.
The weather radio updates were my only company. The rain wasn’t scheduled to stop until tomorrow evening on Faith’s wedding day. Even then, my sisters might need to find a boat just to come get me. No way would they let me miss the wedding just because of where I chose to call home.
Fifteen minutes later, I was sitting down to a bowl of spaghetti and a glass of tea when Hugh emerged in the kitchen doorway. A new pink sheet was strapped around his hips.
“I see you found my linen closet.”
His gaze landed on the place setting across from me.
“Have a seat before you fall,” I said, gesturing to the bowl. “I put your jeans in the dryer. They should be done soon. Sorry, I couldn’t do anything for your shirt, but I might have one of Teddy’s still around here somewhere.”
“Thanks,” Hugh said, sliding his big frame into the seat and pressing his palm against his shoulder as he eased down.
“Who shot you?” I asked, unable to stop myself. Shaking my head, I rose, and fixed Hugh a bowl of spaghetti and a drink.
He was frowning as I set them in front of him. “The same guys that will be here when the rain stops and the flooding goes down.” His gaze lifted to the window. “We need to be gone before the water recedes.”
“I hope you have a boat.” I twirled my fork in the noodles on my plate.
He didn’t reply; instead, he was shoving food into his mouth as though he hadn’t eaten in days.
“What do these guys think that I have?”
Hugh finished chewing and swallowed. “They think you have Teddy’s ledger and access to the cash he stole from them.”
I raised a single brow and shook my head. “I don’t remember packing a ledger. I would have turned it over to the police had I found anything resembling that; besides, Teddy didn’t trust me.”
“Teddy swears he left it in his things. Is there somewhere he could have hidden it?” Hugh asked.
He’d hidden it well if I hadn’t spotted it. Granted, there had been a lot of emotions rolling through me at the time a search warrant had been served on me and Teddy had been dragged out in cuffs.
I’d hit all the emotions in a single day until there were none left inside. Maybe that had been the final tear in my damaged heart.
“So what are you? Fed? You aren’t local. I’d know if you were.”
He raised a brow. “You get in trouble that often?”
I sat back in my chair and grinned. “My soon-to-be brothers-in-law make up half the force.”
“Looks like your sisters have better choice in men,” Hugh said, silently watching me.
