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“Irena forgot to tell us he’s not house trained,” she said, excusing herself and taking the dog outside. She sat the puppy on the grass and looked around the yard as he sniffed about the flower beds and shrubbery. This was possibly her most favorite sight of the entire property. The drive was circular and paved in new concrete, with small trees and flowering bushes along the inside embankment. The grass was dark green and thick, easy on her feet as she walked barefooted across it to keep Max close to the house. There were fruit trees lining the side of the yard, and behind the house, several hundred yards, was a fenced corral and a new brown and grey barn. She looked across the yard to the garage and smiled as Clark stepped out to the balcony and waved to her. This life she had fallen into was a dream come true, but she kept feeling like she would awaken to find it was just that, a dream.“Thank you, gentlemen,” Creighton said as he stepped out onto the porch with Lawrence and Brian
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“No,” she objected sternly. “First, we have to get this little friend of ours a bed and some food, maybe a toy or two and definitely a leash. Then you may stalk me to your heart’s content.”“Deal,” he said with a wide smile. “But remember, you agreed to it.”Sandra couldn’t hold back the laugh, or the blush, as she thought about the many ways they could have fun with his little device. It was just another way to play with the man she loved.The following day, Creighton found Sandra in the bedroom folding laundry and smiled as he leaned against the door frame leading to the bathroom, watching. It was a common act, but to see her performing it was rather touching. She had settled into the house and a routine that suited her much quicker than he would have anticipated.On her wrist was the watch she had been wearing nonstop since yesterday and his smile increased. After getting Max settled in, they spent most of the afternoon playing. She would hide and he would find her, perform some un
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“You know we’re trying to start our own farm,” he told the man. Sandra noticed the curiosity flash through Jason’s tired eyes. Grey streaked brown hair fell across a matching brow as a soft breeze caressed his face.“Your dad said as much,” Jason answered.“Well, to be honest, I’ve heard that you’re selling some of your inventory,” Creighton continued smoothly, hiding his recent irritation. “Sandra and I haven’t had a chance to go to market and find our own, and I know how well you care for yours. I was wondering if we could make a deal.”“What did you have in mind?” the man asked, a soft pink tinting his prematurely aged face.“There’s a new barn and corral, but nothing to put in them. Sandra comes from a farming family in America and knows as much about animals as I do. In fact, her grandparents will be moving over here in the next few days and once they are settled, they were thinking about returning to their roots and starting a farm. We are looking for a few sheep, cattle, some
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“You promised to keep me abreast of what was happening, and then I find out from a neighbor that Stone was hiding under an alias?” Creighton was angry as he paced the floor of the den. He had been yelling at his brother for the past five minutes over the phone. Sandra occupied herself with making supper, but the house was quiet enough that she could hear her husband’s one-sided conversation clearly.“Damn it, Andrew, I would never have brought Sandra back here if I had thought there was still a threat of danger. Where is the bugger now?”“Crey, if you will calm down, we can discuss this,” Andrew told his brother. “I didn’t tell you about Stone because I was trying to verify the information first. What you heard were rumors, not the facts. I just learned today that he was using an alias and was wanted.”“That doesn’t excuse the fact I was not informed.”“Listen to me,” Andrew said with a deep sigh. “I didn’t tell you because I honestly didn’t think there were any dangers. Stone, or Da
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“I wonder how they all managed to be gone at the same time?” she asked with a knowing grin.“It was a miracle. Everyone received offers they couldn’t refuse, provided they were used this one and only night. That means, we’re stuck here, together, with nobody to disturb us.”“What a dreadful thought,” she smiled, gasping in alarm when he pulled her off the table in one quick movement to stand in front of him, her hands on his strong shoulders. Sandra stood perfectly still as he unfastened her jeans and slowly lowered them across her hips and down her slender legs. He glanced up as he knelt down to remove her boots, then pulled her pants off, tossing them carelessly to the floor.“I’m not sure, but I think I’m rather famished,” he teased her, straightening up to stand in front of her. “Since our supper won’t be finished for another thirty minutes, I suppose I’ll have to find something to snack on to keep from waning away.”“What precisely did you have in mind?” Creighton smiled as he l
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“I have no idea. I haven’t received any demands for money, no threats besides this and no clue that anything is amiss.”“The bodies?” she said softly. “Maybe that’s what all of this is about. Maybe someone wants money for information, or maybe they are just trying to scare off the investigation.” Sandra’s eyes widened as she looked up at her husband. “The killer wasn’t Gerrald Bachmeier. It couldn’t have been.”“The two incidents may not have anything to do with the other,” Creighton said, clenching his jaw. “But if I didn’t already know Konrad Bachmeier was dead, I’d think it was him doing all this. It’s just the type of sneaky act he used to pull.” “What do you mean?” she asked.“When he was living here, before his uncle sent him back to Germany, he would sneak onto the farms at night and dig up the vegetables, play pranks and let the chickens or sheep loose. Once he even drove off the Parker’s family donkey. When they found it, it had fallen into a ditch and broke its leg. They ha
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“Clark will be working with the IT guys to finish up the security system,” Creighton said shortly after breakfast on Friday. “But I have to go to London. Would you like to come along?”“Why do you have to go there?” she asked with a frown. She didn’t like to be away from him, but she had promised Sabrina that she would go into Northallerton and do some shopping with her.“The warehouse was broken into last night. The police think it was just some local kids trying to find something to fence for a quick pound, but I have to go over the inventory with my managers to determine what was stolen, if anything. At face value, it doesn’t look like anything was taken. Security was there within minutes of the silent alarm going off.”“If it’s all the same with you, I’ll stay behind. Sabrina wanted to go shopping and I told her I’d go along. Plus, your birthday is next week, I need to find you something special.”“The only thing special I want is wrapped in a leather bustier.”“Funny,” she smile
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“Let her go,” Sandra said gently, but strong enough that she actually felt very proud of herself. All the lessons her grandfather had taught her over the years came into play. Stay calm, remain in control of your emotions, don’t show your fear. They all came rushing back to her in a flood of consciousness.“But I like having her this close to me,” Bachmeier said.His tongue slithered out of his mouth like a snake as he ran it slowly up the side of Sabrina’s face. The girl closed her eyes and whimpered softly, unable to move away as he tightened his grip on her throat.“What do you want?” Sandra asked with a sharp tone. “Where is Emma and William?”“Don’t worry about them, they won’t be interrupting us. I’ve taken care of them and soon I’ll take care of you. But first, we’re going to take a little ride. See that bag on the chair?” Sandra turned to where his eyes darted and looked at the dark blue very dirty backpack sitting on the chair William always sat in.“Inside you’ll find thre
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