Free Dangerous Reunion (Love Inspired Suspense) by Sandra Robbins Page A

without a backward glance.
    Kate waited until they’d left before she turned to Bob. “Ean will be okay after he’s cooled off.”
    Bob nodded. “I know. We’ve been friends since we started school. He goes kind of wild when he thinks someone is accusing his son of something. I’ll talk to him tomorrow.”
    “And what about Mike?”
    Bob watched Ean’s car roar from the parking lot before he spoke. “Oh, I’ll keep him on for the rest of the summer. I thought a few months of hard work might help keep him out of trouble, but I don’t know if it will or not.” He glanced at Kate. “You’ve had your own run-ins with him. Ean still blames you for Mike losing his driver’s license.”
    Kate sighed. “I know. But Mike’s to blame for getting those DUIs.”
    “Tell that to Ean.”
    “I’ve tried.” She glanced toward the boat. “I’m going to leave Calvin here to see if he can lift any fingerprints off the boat. As soon as he’s finished, you can take it back to the marina.”
    “Okay.”
    Kyle had remained quiet during the confrontation with Mike and his father. Now he stepped next to Bob and took a deep breath. “What about me? Are you going to fire me?”
    “No, but in the future call me if Mike doesn’t show up, and I’ll come right down. Mornings this time of year are too busy for one person to handle.” He pointed toward his car in the parking lot. “You can drive my car back to the village and leave it at the marina. I’ll bring the boat.”
    “Okay. I’ll see you in the morning.”
    As Kyle pulled from the lot, Kate walked over to where Brock waited. “I’ll help Calvin search the boat, then I’ll be ready to go back,” she said.
    “Take your time. I’ll wait on the dock for you. I don’t want to get in your way.”
    He followed her to the shore and onto the dock that reached out into the water. He leaned against one of the pilings and watched as she stepped onboard the boat. A breeze blew in from the ocean, and he breathed in the salt air. The memory returned of Kate’s mother telling him how special her island was. At the time he couldn’t wait to get away. Now he’d come back, and what he’d found disturbed him.
    He’d worked enough cases to know that you never discounted any threat. From what Kate had told him about the call she’d taken at the Health Center, somebody sounded determined to cause problems. The fact that he’d ended the conversation with a promise to see Kate again concerned Brock most of all.
    He had asked her earlier if she had any enemies on the island, and she’d said no. Now he wasn’t so sure. Ean Thornton seemed to harbor anger against Kate for what he thought was an ongoing persecution of his son. Could Ean be the one wanting to harm Kate?
    If someone was targeting her, he intended to help find out who it was. He would do everything in his power to see that she wasn’t hurt. After all, he owed her that much. And he owed it to her mother to see that her daughter remained safe.
     
     
    Kate stepped aboard the boat and looked around. Nothing appeared out of place. She’d seen tourists bring their rentals back to Bob’s place, and usually there was trash left over from a day at sea. Not on this boat. Not even a candy wrapper lay on the floor. Whoever had taken it had either cleaned up well after himself or he wasn’t in the boat for a very long period of time.
    The skiff she’d seen this morning had been too far away to make a positive identification, but she was sure this was the same one. The shape and the size appeared identical to what she’d observed through the lens of her binoculars.
    “What do you make of this?” Bob’s voice caught her attention.
    She took a step toward him. “What is it?”
    Calvin gave a soft whistle. “You might want to take a look at this, Kate.”
    The two men stood side by side looking down at the ship’s steering console. They parted to make room for her. Her mouth opened in surprise as she spied an envelope