Page 239 of Secrets Hidden In The Glass

“Yes, but if I’m dealing with this and Buzz and Steve and everything else going on, I’m not looking into Samantha Fletcher’s disappearance.”

“What are we going to do?”

“Keep on letting whoever this is think he has the upper hand. Things started heating up this week. Clearly, I’ve stumbled onto something they didn’t like.” He looked at the files and papers scattered about. “I have no idea what, but I need to figure it out.”

She nodded, thinking of all of the things Nate had just told her. Someone was nervous. Someone on the island was going out of their way to keep Nate and his deputies busy. If this person thought Nate was close to figuring out the truth, he was in danger. “When is Jeremy fixing the window?”

“I talked to him a couple of minutes after Kay and Roy picked you up. If he has what he needs in stock, he said he would be able to get started when the sun comes up. He’s thinking it’ll be a half-day project.”

She nodded again. “We should go home after that.”

“No—”

“We’ll go home,” she said more firmly. “The only reason we would stay here with Gwen and Liam is if you thought the broken window was something more serious than someone pulling a bad prank.”

“It most likely is more serious than someone pulling a bad prank.”

“But they don’t know that you know that. Bess didn’t leave her house, or the Fitzgeralds, or the Johnstons. We can’t leave ours either.”

He shook his head. “I’m not putting you at risk.”

Her mind flashed back to the shadow man—to the sensation of being picked up by someone she couldn’t see or remember. “Aren’t you asking me to do the same thing—ignore the fact that you might be in danger?”

“I carry a gun. I have radio access to backup twenty-four-seven.”

“I carry a cell phone and we’ll make sure you know where I am every single second—sort of like a creepy stalker but in reverse.”

He huffed out a small laugh. “Being a creepy stalker’s never made my bucket list.”

She smiled. “It’s temporary.”

“And if I have to go out on a call in the middle of the night?” He stroked her skin. “That’s our home. I love thinking of you in it, but not like this. I don’t want you there right now.”

She nibbled her lip, hating the idea of being alone at night, but she also loathed the idea of some unidentified person stealing one more second of their peace and happiness. “So let’s get a dog.”

He lifted his brow. “You think the key to solving our problems is a dog?”

She nodded as she smiled and hooked her arms around the back of his neck. “We’ll get one that’s already grown.” She nipped his chin. “A big one. And we’ll make sure everyone on the island knows that we have him or her.”

He nodded slowly, clearly considering. “That might just be crazy enough to work.”

She chuckled. “He or she will keep us safe and we’ll give him or her a good home. Plus, it’s good practice.”

“For what?”

“I don’t know—kids, I guess.” She snagged her bottom lip with her teeth as she looked down before meeting his gaze again. “I felt Kaitlyn kick today. She was moving all over the place. I want to know what that’s like.”

He gripped her hips and pulled her closer, rubbing her against him. “Any time you’re ready to ditch the pills, you let me know.”

She grinned. “How about we go a night without some sort of catastrophe and we’ll talk.”

He kissed her, cupping her breasts and sliding his thumbs over her nipples. “That’s a deal.”

She saw the desire in his exhausted eyes but stopped his movements. “As much as being with you right here right now sounds amazing, I want you to sleep more.”

He nodded. “This might be the only time I’m going to agree with you. I’m trying to remember the last time I ever passed up a perfectly good opportunity to have sex.” Shaking his head, he awkwardly gained his feet with the aid of the couch, bringing her along with him. “Come sleep with me for a while.”

“Definitely.” She locked her legs around his waist, smiling at him, trying to ignore the fact that he grabbed his gun off the coffee table and looked at the lock on the patio doors before he started toward the stairs.