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The man had enemies, everyone knew that. But Antonio would have to find out just who hated the lawyer enough to kill him.
Antonio raised one dark eyebrow. “Rumor is...you and old Lee got into one hell of an argument in front of Judge Went yesterday.”
Erin tensed. Word traveled too fast in this town. “We’re lawyers. That’s we do.Argue.”
“Umm...”
Now what was that supposed to mean?
“Just strikes me as odd. First the perp you’re after winds up slashed and smiling, and now the attorney who pissed you off in court is barely breathing.”
Her own breath caught. “You think I’m involved in this?”
“She was with me,” Jude rumbled, voice dark and menacing. “All night.”
Antonio’s eyes widened, just a bit. But he didn’t look intimidated. More like impressed. His gaze darted over her. “Like that, huh? Hunter, you work fast.”
Her face flamed. “You’re an asshole, Antonio.”
He lifted a brow. “Got to question things, ma’am, especially considering the report that landed on my desk right before I got the call about this accident.”
Jude stepped toward him. “The blood from her house?”
“Uh-huh. It was a match, just like you thought.”
She glanced back and forth between the two men. “A match?” Oh, this wasn’t going to be good. She didn’t need the fist knotting in her gut to tell her that. Damn, damn, damn.
“The blood on your walls belonged to Bobby Burrows.”
Her eyes closed.
“Now why the hell would the stalker—yousaidyou had a stalker after you—kill old Bobby and leave his blood dripping onto your pretty hardwood floors?”
“Because he’s a sick freak!”And he was giving Bobby to me as a present.She’d gotten enough of his presents to know his routine. If someone pissed her off, if someone hurt her, he stepped in.
I keep you safe, when you don’t even know it.
Bile rose in her throat. Shehadargued with Lee. Antonio had that part right. Had the stalker asshole been there, watching? And she hadn’t even known it?
And, oh, hell, had he gone after Lee, too? Because of her?
“Has to be a reason the guy killed Bobby,” Antonio continued. “This shit’s never random.”
No, it wasn’t. She opened her eyes to find the captain watching her. Weighing her.
“Think you might know that reason, Jerome?”
Her lips parted.
“Back off, Tony.”Jude shook his head and stepped forward. “This isn’t the time for this conversation and you know it. I’ll come to the station, check the report?—”
“It’sherstory I want,” Antonio interrupted. “There’s a murderer out there, ADA. One who seems to have killed for you.”
Not the first time, either.
“There something else about this case you need to tell me?”
Jude glanced at her.
