Laid Bear by Eve Vaughn (e books for reading .TXT) 📕

Dale incident, but Zora hated the idea of all her credits going to waste. After she’d settled in Covington for a while, she’d enrolled and took classes at a local college and earned a degree in business administration.

“You know it’s not necessary for you to work, but I understand your concern.”

“I appreciate you guys giving me that option, but I want to work.”

“You’ve mentioned it and Heath, Logan and I discussed it.

I think we’ve come up with a solution. My office manager is reducing her hours and there will be a couple days a week when we’ll need someone to help out around the office.

Logan could also use someone in the store to help with the books a few days a week, so if you’d like, you can do either one of those things or both. You’re welcome to find something else if those options don’t interest you.”

Zora was excited at the prospect of getting out of the house every day. “I don’t see why I can’t give a try. When can I start?”

“As soon as you want. My office manager is working her last full week. Perhaps you can come in for training. And when you’re comfortable with how things work around the office, you can work out your schedule with Logan.”

She moved into his arms again to kiss him on the jawline.

“You guys take such good care of me. I don’t know what I did to deserve the three of you, but I’m the luckiest girl in the world.”

Gavin squeezed her tightly against him. “Funny you should say that, because we think we’re the lucky ones.”

Chapter Twelve

“Are you absolutely sure?” Heath demanded.

“Yes, I’m sure. I’m looking at the private investigator file now,” Gavin said over the phone.

Heath racked his fingers through his hair. He and his cousins intended to take care of the Dale situation without Zora finding out, but now he wondered if they’d have to get her involved after all. “Shit. Then who the fuck was making those harassing phone calls to her? It couldn’t have been some random person. Zora said the caller knew too much about her to be someone random. She was positive it was Dale.”

“I thought about that as well. Zora never told us specifics on what exactly was said. That would give us a real clue about who this person is. And if they found her once before, they could find her again.”

“Or maybe it was someone who already knew she was with her grandmother. Maybe it was someone in Covington.”

There was a sigh on the other end of the phone. “I thought of that too. I have the investigator looking into that angle.”

“Fine. Did you call Logan?”

“Yes. As you can imagine he’s not happy either. When you get home tonight, we’ll talk about this further.”

“Fine, I have a few more meetings scheduled, but I’ll have my PA cancel all my afternoon appointments and be home by three. Where’s Zora now?”

“She’s taking a shower. I’m about to head into the office for a couple hours. I should be home by the time you get home.

Zora will be here.”

“Do you think it’s wise to leave her alone, knowing there could be some psycho stalker after her? I’d feel more comfortable if someone is there with her.”

“I agree. Logan will be home shortly. He has someone else watching the shop for him. I’m going to leave a little before he gets here because I don’t want her to be alarmed.”

Heath knew his cousin was right, but he still didn’t feel comfortable with Zora being on her own. “I know you’re right, but dammit, this is frustrating. Just keep us posted when you hear back from the PI.”

“Will do. Hey, hold on for a sec, someone’s on the other line and I don’t recognize the number.”

“Sure.” Heath waited as his cousin clicked over. When they’d returned from their cabin, everything had fallen into place seamlessly. Zora fit right in like the missing puzzle piece of their lives. They discussed their future and marriage and even children. The only dark cloud in their horizon was the Dale situation. It didn’t sit well with either him or his cousins and they’d decided they’d look into it and handle it themselves. But finding out the other man had