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Dead Giveaway
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Author: Brenda Novak
Tags: Fiction, Mystery
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forehead, the nose that was, perhaps, a touch too wide, the prominent jaw. Every feature was intensely masculine, except his eyes. Fringed with the longest lashes she’d ever seen, they held a world of secrets. And, possibly, pain.
    â€œI have a woman in the car who claims you assaulted her,” she said.
    His gaze slid to the cruiser but he said nothing.
    â€œYou don’t have a response to that?”
    The forbidding expression on his face made Allie realizewhy most people chose to leave him alone. Beyond his impressive height and massive shoulders, he could shrivel a person with one glance. “Does she look like I assaulted her?”
    â€œTough to tell in the dark.”
    â€œThen let me help you out—she’s lying.”
    â€œSo what are you saying? You didn’t touch her?”
    Although she knew he wasn’t doing it on purpose, his muscles bulged conspicuously as he folded his arms and leaned against the doorjamb. “Is that a trick question, Officer?”
    â€œExcuse me?”
    He lifted one shoulder in a careless motion. “Sure, I touched her—in all the places she wanted me to touch her. We weren’t playing checkers. But I didn’t hurt her.”
    Normally when a suspect made that kind of statement, it registered only in the cognitive part of Allie’s brain. She was good at gathering facts, reconstructing the circumstances surrounding a crime, solving puzzles. But working in her hometown where she knew almost everyone made police work so much more personal. Clay’s comment evoked images she’d rather not see.
    Wetting her lips, she quickly steered her focus back where she needed it to be. Because of who Clay was, and the number of people in Stillwater who’d love to see him behind bars, this was a more sensitive situation than it would’ve been otherwise. She didn’t want to screw up—for his sake, more than anyone else’s, although she doubted he’d believe she had his best interests at heart.
    â€œIs it true that you and Beth Ann argued about the baby?” she asked.
    â€œWhat baby?”
    Confederate jasimine scaled the lattice on both ends ofhis porch. Allie could smell its sweet scent despite the rain. “She didn’t tell you she’s pregnant?”
    The word made him rock back as if she’d just landed a solid right hook. Even Clay had his limits, because he wasn’t able to prevent the abject terror that flooded his face. “What?”
    â€œShe said you demanded she get an abortion.”
    â€œThat’s bullshit!” he shouted, and if Allie hadn’t stepped in front of him, he probably would’ve charged out to the cruiser. “Bring her back here. She can’t be pregnant.”
    Allie arched her eyebrows. “You weren’t playing checkers….”
    â€œWe might’ve had…but we never—” He raked his fingers through his hair. “Hell, what we did or didn’t do is none of your damn business. I’ll handle this.”
    â€œI’m afraid it is my business,” she said, refusing to back down. “Beth Ann said—”
    â€œShe’s making it up!”
    â€œPerhaps. But I have to investigate her story all the same.”
    His nostrils flared, but he seemed to rethink his belligerent attitude. “Okay, how specific do you want me to get?” he asked. “She was on the Pill, and I’m religious about using a condom. But we didn’t always do it the conventional way. She liked it best when I used my mouth. Or sometimes I’d get her off by—”
    â€œThat’s enough,” Allie said, hating the blush she could feel creeping up her neck. She knew he’d been trying to singe her ears, to punish her for treading where she didn’t belong, and hated giving him visual proof that he’d succeeded. But she was human and not completely at ease discussing the sex habits of such a private—and
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