Free Hunted Love (A Dangerous Kind of Love Book 2) by Lisa Boone Page A

Not one that goes running away just because a pretty girl’s got a crush on him.”
    Sarah felt her face flush. “I don’t have a crush on him.” Which was true , she thought. What she felt for Jamie went far deeper than a crush.
    “That’s good to hear,” Danny said. “You don’t want to get involved with him. Did you know—” He snapped his mouth shut as Moose hit him in the arm. “What?”
    Moose shook his head sharply in warning.
    “No,” Danny said, “I’ve kept my mouth shut long enough.”
    Moose’s face darkened. “Kristen said—”
    “Kristen said what?” Danny snapped. “We should have warned Sarah about Jamie a long time ago. We didn’t and look what happened. She actually thought she could trust the creep. What if he did to her what he did to Robin? Huh? Could you have lived with yourself?”
    Moose started to say something but stopped as Emily walked up to them.
    “You seem to be a hot topic around here,” Emily said to Sarah when she got near.
    “So it seems,” Sarah muttered under her breath.
    Turning back to Sarah, Danny shook his head in disappointment. “We just thought you were being nice to the loser. We didn’t know you were actually developing feelings for him.” He leaned back on the bar. “He’s a murderer, you know.”
    “Who is?” Emily asked.
    “Jamie Murphy,” Danny said. “He killed Kristen and Phoebe’s middle sister, Robin.” His eyebrows rose up his forehead, stretching his face as he nodded. “That’s right. Jamie used to date Robin. Then one day—” Danny pointed two fingers at Sarah’s head. “—Shot her right in the back of the head. Execution style.”
    Emily’s face paled. “No, that can’t be,” she said shaking her head. “Why would Kristen let him stay at her pub if he killed her sister?”
    Moose tugged at his ugly striped tie. “She thinks he’s innocent.”
    “Maybe he is,” Sarah said.
    Danny grimaced. “Don’t be stupid, girl. He’s guilty as sin. The cops found him standing over the body with the murder weapon in his hand. He even threatened to kill the poor girl a few months before he actually did.”
    Sarah looked at him sharply. “What?”
    “Yeah, that’s right,” Danny said with a grin. “Moose and me overheard him threaten her at the hospital. Said he’d like to wring her neck.”
    “That’s not much of a threat,” Sarah said. “My sister, Ashton, threatened to wring my neck a few weeks ago.”
    “Yeah,” Danny said, “but your sister didn’t really mean it.”
    “You weren’t there,” Sarah said with a light snort.
    “Well, I was at the hospital and Jamie might have killed Robin right then and there if we hadn’t rushed in and gotten her out of there.”
    “Why were they in the hospital?” Sarah asked.
    Danny shared a knowing grin with his friend. “Jamie fell down and broke a few bones.”
    “Yeah, poor Jamie,” Moose said, “such a klutz, falling down the stairs like that.”
    “A couple of times,” Danny said with a snicker.
    “Even so,” Sarah said, “that doesn’t mean he was guilty. Sometimes juries convict the wrong man.”
    Moose made a face. “He wasn’t convicted. He pled guilty.”
    Sarah’s brow furrowed. “No, that can’t be. He wouldn’t have pled guilty.”
    Danny pointed a finger at his chest. “Look, sweetheart, I was there.” He jerked a thumb towards Moose. “We both were. He pled guilty. Look it up if you don’t believe me.”
    Sarah frowned. She had just assumed Jamie had been convicted. After all, why would he plead guilty if he were innocent?
    “What’s the matter, Sarah?” Danny asked. “Did he tell you that he was innocent? And you actually believed him? Geez, I never realized how gullible you are.”
    “Why would he plead guilty?” Sarah asked, feeling sick to her stomach. “He was innocent. Why would he do that?”
    “Because maybe he wasn’t?” Danny asked sarcastically. “He’s a killer. That’s what he does. That’s all he’s ever