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Wordlessly, he took the papers and stared hard at thebeat he looked up

"You shouldn’t interfere with a police investigation You could be putting yourself in danger"

"You should be thankingon thin ice Andrea herself had ad Still, as far as Izzy knew, the general public still had no clue as going on Maybe they were following leads and hell,woeted She couldn’t help it if she got riled up

"Uh, Miss Ballantine?" The receptionist’s voice caused her to turn

"Yes?"

"Can I have a copy of one of those?" Her voice cracked a little

"No problem"

The woman shot Detective Dennis a rab one

"Thank you for dropping this off" He looked like he ain and frowned

When she felt Adam’s touch on her elbow then saw the look in his eyes, they made a hasty exit toward the door

The fresh air had a so effect when they stepped outside

She chewed on her botto lot Ada hin for the beaches, she pointed "Hey, turn right here"

He shot her a questioning look, but ht be a little too cold for swi"

Maybe or maybe not It was late afternoon and neither of theured he’d like the break Unless he had other plans… "You can take ht"

th He snorted as he turned right on 12 Street

"What’s that supposed toyou out ofnote in his voice sent shivers skittering over her skin

While the thought was appealing, she didn’t want hihts, he continued "I’ht for a lot of other reasons"

The sexy way his mouth lifted at the corners sent her heart into overdrive It was hard to think straight around hi in Savannah? Hell, she ht have never left if she’d had a man like that in her bed She ht Where had that idea coshe needed to re attached would only bring her grief

"Want to park by the pier?" His deep voice cut into her thoughts

She cleared her throat "Sure"

The parking lot was filling up, but she doubted it ith people rushing to the beach Probably early birds eating at the restaurant on the pier

Coconut Bay had an odd e students so ot an early rush and a late rush all year round Couldn’t beat that kind of steady business

Izzy left her purse in the car, but tucked it under the front seat There --but she didn’t want to tempt the fates

"You never mentioned what part of Louisiana you’re from," she said as they strolled down the wooden planks

He was silent for a solid moment until they reached the sand As he bent down to take off his shoes, he answered "New Orleans"

The simple answer spoke volumes Pain echoed behind his words She slipped off her sandals and fell into step with him as they headed down to the ocean "Were you there for Hurricane--"

Before she could finish he cut her off with a sharp shake of his head "No I’d just returned from overseas I’d barely been home a week

We--my brother and sister--left before it hit

Took us weeks to get back in the city though