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“She hit him in the lung,” the pretty new deputy named Katie told me. “He didn’t even make it to the hospital. But we did get Margaret’s statement. She confessed to everything, including Forrest’s involvement.
PROLOGUESuttonBefore Mama got sick, she would often tell me that there were two kinds of people in this world.“The first ones are like you and me,” she’d say
CHAPTER 2SuttonYou didn’t grow up the way I had around men and let some stranger put his hands on you. I was about to hand the fancy city slicker his ass when Mad Max flew across the room and held a fork to the handsome man’s neck.
CHAPTER 3SuttonI could feel Mr. Williams’ gaze on my body as I hurriedly went through the closing routine at the bar. Every time my eyes met his penetrating gray ones, I pretended that I didn’t notice him staring. But we both knew better.
CHAPTER 4SuttonI snuck surreptitious gazes at Mr. Williams in the moonlight as we approached the trailer. As much as I didn’t want to admit it, the man was drop dead gorgeous. I liked the fancy way he talked and the air of superiority that radiated from his body. I especially liked the five o’clock shadow on his jaw that I had a feeling most people n
CHAPTER 5SuttonA loud crash woke me from my sleep. Out of instinct I grabbed the bat by my doorway and raced into the kitchen. In horror, I saw that Mark lying spread eagle on the floor with a nasty gash on his head. That wasn’t the only surprise, either. My neighbor Earl also had a bat in his hands, it was clear what had clobbered Mark, and it looked like
CHAPTER 6Sutton“I can’t share your bed, Miss Landry.”I rolled my eyes and repeated myself one more time. “Listen, Mr. Williams, you have a head injury.
CHAPTER 7SuttonOver breakfast, Mark glared at Martha like he wanted to knock her flat on her backside. It was endearing that he was so defensive of me. After all, we had only met the day before. That thought was completely lowering. How was it that it seemed I had known Mark for ages when, in actuality, it was merely twenty-four hours?
CHAPTER 8Sutton“Must you follow me every minute of the day?”I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me before, but Mark did not indicate when he said I was free to make arrange