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and went to Nic, taking the phone back from her. “Hello. The police have arrived.”
“May I have his name and badge number.”
Bella rattled it off. She remembered the drill from the last time she’d had the police check out the area. That had been a bobcat tripping one of the perimeter sensors. She was hoping it would be the same again.
The floodlights hadn’t gone on that time. What made this one different?
Time crawled by as the officer checked all the windows and spoke to the security person on the phone. Officer Quinn stepped out the back door with his shotgun at the ready.
He didn’t exactly need his flashlight with the freaking stadium lights Logan had. Okay, so maybe a little bit of an exaggeration, but not by much. She kept a running text commentary with Logan and finally collapsed onto the couch at two in the morning.
Another patrol car had come, but they wouldn’t give her any details beyond that there was an animal attack.
“Hips Don’t Lie” pealed out of her phone. “Hey.”
“Hey, yourself. What the hell is going on over there.”
“I don’t know. The only thing I’ve gotten out of the officer is that there was an animal death.”
“I’m coming out there. I can get a flight—”
“No.” She had to be firm or he’d be on a private jet. “I’m fine. We live in the mountains. There’s going to be animals eating each other.”
“There’s an image.”
“Like that?” She laughed. “Adam is on his way up if that makes you feel any better.”
“I like Adam, but he’s a fucking stick. No, that doesn’t make me feel better.”
“That’s okay, it’s Nic that does the ass-kicking anyway.”
“This doesn’t surprise me.”
She leaned her head back. Their house was full of people now. Two more officers and one of the security people from Whole Home had showed up to reset the alarm system.
She didn’t tell Logan that part. That would put him on a freaking private jet no matter what she said. If the alarm system needed to be reset, then something had either malfunctioned or been broken.
As two slipped into three, she gave up trying to convince Logan everything was all right.
“I’m leaving,” he growled.
“No, you have two sold out shows in Denver. Yes, I know your schedule because that’s how I roll.”
“Dammit, don’t joke.”
“Babe, I gotta joke. Besides, we have our three-day-stretch right after that. I’ll go stay with Adam and Nic if that makes you feel better.”
“I already called Marcus.”
She slumped down on the couch. “Why?”
“I’m not stupid. If the cops are there that long, something’s wrong.”
“It’s just an animal. They probably have to get the wildlife people involved since your property butts up against the state park land.”
“Now don’t talk to me like I’m stupid, huh?”
She didn’t want a bodyguard underfoot again. “Do I at least get Sarah?”
