Feehan, Christine - Lover Beware 03 - After Midnight

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1、AfterMidnightFIONABRANDChapter1ASHADOWSLIDthroughtheopendoubledoorsofthebarn,flowedoverhaybalesthatglowedinthelatemorningsunlight,anddissolvedintothedenseshadeattherearofthelargecorrugatedironbuilding.JaneO'Reilly'sheadjerkedup.Sheblinkedandfrowned,herfinge

2、rstighteningonthepaintbrushshe'dbeencleaning,awarethatsomethinghadflickeredattheedgeofhervision,butnotsurewhatitcouldhavebeen.Shehadn'theardavehiclelabouringupherdustydrive,whichmeantthatifanyonewasaround,theywereonfoot—andthatwasn'tlikelybecauseshelivedso

3、faroutoftown.Theonlytimeshe'devergottenfoottrafficinthesevenyearsshe'dlivedinTayler'sCreekhadbeenwhenatouristhadbrokendownandhadwantedtouseherphone.Eventhen,thetouristhadbeenararity—withoutacellphone,andwayoffthebeatentrack—becauseasDownUndertownswent,Tayl

4、er'sCreekliveduptotheclicheoftheone-horse,one-pubtown;theshoppingcentreitselfsosmallthatifyoublinkedwhiledrivingthrough,youmissedit.Gazewarilygluedtothebrightshaftofsunlightandthespiralingdriftofdustmotesfloatinginthebeam—asifsomething,orsomebody,hadjustst

5、irredupthesmallwhirlwind—172FIONABRANDsheslippedthepaintbrushintoajarofcleaningsolutionandstraightenedfromhercrouchedposition.Logically,themovementthathadstartledhercouldhavebeencausedbyabird,arat,orevenJess,herdog,butshehadasensethatwhateverhadmovedhadbeen

6、largeratherthansmall,andtherehadbeennoaccompanyingsoundeffects—justtheflickeringshadow,asifsomeonehadwalkedsilentlypastthebarndoor.Strippingoffherrubbergloves,sheshovedtheminthepocketofheroveralls,automaticallyrollinghershoulderstoeasetheachethathadcreptup

7、onherwhileshe'dbeenpaintingtheshadedsideofthebarn.Themovementsentabeadofperspirationslidingdownherspine,thecoldtricklemakingherfeelevenhotterandstickierassheskirtedthetoweringaromaticbalesofhay.Anunfamiliarandfaintlyannoyingapprehensiongrippedherasshekept

8、totheconcealmentoftheshadows.Unconsciously,she'dmadenonoise,andnowshestoppedtolistenassheexaminedeveryinchofthescuffed,graveledareainfrontofthebarn.Shewasn'tparanoid,buteversincePatrickhaddiedfourmonth