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his throat, cutting off his oxygen. “A shake of the head will be sufficient.” She smiled when he shook it vigorously. “Now get up and get out while you still can.”
    When he’d gone, Adriana locked and chained the door.
    She’d bet money he’d think long and hard before he tried that little trick again. And, if Adriana ever got wind of that he’d try to pull this stunt on another unsuspecting woman, she’d come back and hurt him bad.

Chapter Nine

    Flint opened his eyes, instantly alert, listening to the crunch of gravel outside the cabin. Who the hell was here?
    Quickly as he could, he threw on his jeans and ran to the front door to look out the window. Adriana’s red Porsche pulled up out front.
    “How did she find me?” As far as he knew, only two people knew about the cabin. His Uncle Robert and himself. The darn property wasn’t even registered to Robert because he thought it best not to in his profession. Instead he’d titled it under an assumed name.
    His uncle had been with the DNS long before Flint was even out of high school, and had been the catalyst at helping him get in when the time came.
    So, how the hell did Adriana find me?
    Searching his memory, he tried to recall if he’d told her at one time about the cabin? He might have. They were together for over a year. Though, most of that time had been spent at the DNS, but if they had any down time, they’d spent it making love and talking.
    He could still remember the first time with her. She was so wild—so uninhibited. Every time he’d been with her since had been amazing to say the least. Just thinking about it stirred his blood, and with her only a few feet away, now was not the time to become aroused. She had her good Doctor Spock to keep her head on straight. Why would she need old bad boy Flint?
    He didn’t bother to throw on a shirt as he opened the front door. Adriana had stepped onto the porch.
    “Hello, Dray. What brings you to this neck of the woods?”
    “You know damned well why I’m here. What happened? Why did you run away from a crime scene?” Her emerald eyes flashed at him. God he loved her fire. Her nerve. No one ever talked to him like this. Not even his uncle.
    “I was sure I wouldn’t receive a ‘Get Out Of Jail Free card.’ And I sure as hell didn’t like the idea of being stuck in a cell when I could be out trying to find Lindsey’s killer. You do know I couldn’t have murdered her, Dray?” His fury ignited. “But Hartford would. He’d beaten her that morning. He somehow got into my apartment while I was gone and finished the job, setting me up at the same time. Two birds with one stone, so to speak scenario. You believe me, right?” He watched her face for any sign she didn’t, but saw none. A noise from above made them react, both reaching for a gun they didn’t have as a squirrel jumped off the roof of the cabin onto a nearby tree.
    “Damn,” Adriana cursed.
    “You do believe me, don’t you, Dray?”
    “Yes, I believe you, but the police might not. You did leave the scene of a crime without bothering to report it.”
    “That’s not true. I called the Denver police from a pay phone. I couldn’t just leave Lindsey like that. She deserved better.” His heart tightened like a vise. He thought of Lindsey and how she’d looked when he’d last seen her alive ate at his gut.
    “Did they know it was you calling?”
    “No. I didn’t give my name. I knew I’d be their prime suspect. She was, after all, in my apartment. I assumed they’d want me to turn myself in, but I need time to find out where Hartford was when she was murdered. He killed her. I know it. I just have to find proof, then I’ll go to the police. I can’t do me or Lindsey any good sitting in a jail cell. Do you understand that, Dray?” It was important to him that she did.
    “Yes, I understand, Flint. So where do we start?”
    Flint rubbed at his day old stubble. “First thing we need to do is have breakfast. I’m