moan that left her throat.
She had had sex with Steve recently-it wasn’t like she had gone without. But this was good. Maybe because he was practically a stranger to her. Maybe because she was drunk. Maybe because she was lonely and angry. Probably a combination of all of the above. Either way, she didn’t want him to stop.
Tom was drawing one of her legs up to wrap around his waist. She did not hesitate to follow his lead. He was pounding himself hard into her. It felt incredible. Laura clung to his shoulders.
For a moment, she wondered how she had gotten here. She wondered if maybe this was some sort of dream…if she was actually back in Philadelphia fucking Steve. But she wasn’t. She was in a Pittsburgh suburb’s hotel room fucking a man that she had known for barely for two days. This wasn’t her.
But somehow she didn’t mind it.
Laura cried out like she never had before as her orgasm hit. It did not stop him. Laura felt one of his hands move up. It stroked over her neck, rubbing lightly over her Adam’s Apple. Suddenly she heard him groan, felt him shake against her.
“I could do that every day.” He murmured against her ear. Laura laughed.
“I don’t usually do this.” She pressed her lips against his cheek.
“I thought not. So why don’t we do it again?”
******
Laura woke up with her head pounding. She was naked, alone in a tangle of hotel sheets. Sunlight was trying to peak around the heavy curtains.
And someone was knocking on her door.
Laura groaned. She sat up wearily. She hadn’t had a hangover like this is ages. She stumbled out of bed. Yanking open the closet, she maneuvered her way into the hotel issued robe. Pulling the door open, she found herself face to face with Steve.
She apparently looked as bad as she suspected because he took a step backwards.
“What happened to you?”
“Why are you here?” She snapped irritably. She wanted to go back to bed.
“Because they found another body.” That snapped her back to reality.
“Where?”
******
Lake Park was in Allegheny County, which housed Pittsburgh proper. It was, however, a good forty minutes in traffic from the city itself. Its namesake lake sat in the middle of the park with a flowing fountain in the middle. The park was always full of people. It was good sized, but not as big or as remote as Clearwater. That’s why the discovery of the jogger’s body had been such a shock.
She’d been left beside a dumpster right beside one of the most popular playgrounds in the park. A trash collector had thought it was nothing more than a mannequin which had been dumped out for disposal. It wasn’t. It was thirty-five-year-old Sandra Wilks. She was a married mother of two from a nearby subdivision. She ran in the park daily before coming home to get her children ready for school and herself ready for work.
Her running shirt had been pulled up when she was found, exposing her sports bra. She had been strangled. Whoever had done it had taken the time to strangle her with his hands. Nothing else was done.
Laura had pulled herself together to come out. She still had a job to do-regardless of how she felt. Steve had come with her. The team had been called to assist the Allegheny County police because it was odd to find another body strangled and dumped so close to the other. The two parks were about 20 minutes apart-depending on which route you took.
“But if it’s our guy, it doesn’t fit anything like the Clearwater crime scene.” Laura winced when she saw Jones approaching her. He gave her a faint smile.
“But this is the third strangulation victim in the area in two months.” At her questioning look, he clarified. “Greensburg.”
“Of course.” Laura needed to get that file. She’d go through it tonight.
“Lots of people get strangled. Doesn’t mean
She had had sex with Steve recently-it wasn’t like she had gone without. But this was good. Maybe because he was practically a stranger to her. Maybe because she was drunk. Maybe because she was lonely and angry. Probably a combination of all of the above. Either way, she didn’t want him to stop.
Tom was drawing one of her legs up to wrap around his waist. She did not hesitate to follow his lead. He was pounding himself hard into her. It felt incredible. Laura clung to his shoulders.
For a moment, she wondered how she had gotten here. She wondered if maybe this was some sort of dream…if she was actually back in Philadelphia fucking Steve. But she wasn’t. She was in a Pittsburgh suburb’s hotel room fucking a man that she had known for barely for two days. This wasn’t her.
But somehow she didn’t mind it.
Laura cried out like she never had before as her orgasm hit. It did not stop him. Laura felt one of his hands move up. It stroked over her neck, rubbing lightly over her Adam’s Apple. Suddenly she heard him groan, felt him shake against her.
“I could do that every day.” He murmured against her ear. Laura laughed.
“I don’t usually do this.” She pressed her lips against his cheek.
“I thought not. So why don’t we do it again?”
******
Laura woke up with her head pounding. She was naked, alone in a tangle of hotel sheets. Sunlight was trying to peak around the heavy curtains.
And someone was knocking on her door.
Laura groaned. She sat up wearily. She hadn’t had a hangover like this is ages. She stumbled out of bed. Yanking open the closet, she maneuvered her way into the hotel issued robe. Pulling the door open, she found herself face to face with Steve.
She apparently looked as bad as she suspected because he took a step backwards.
“What happened to you?”
“Why are you here?” She snapped irritably. She wanted to go back to bed.
“Because they found another body.” That snapped her back to reality.
“Where?”
******
Lake Park was in Allegheny County, which housed Pittsburgh proper. It was, however, a good forty minutes in traffic from the city itself. Its namesake lake sat in the middle of the park with a flowing fountain in the middle. The park was always full of people. It was good sized, but not as big or as remote as Clearwater. That’s why the discovery of the jogger’s body had been such a shock.
She’d been left beside a dumpster right beside one of the most popular playgrounds in the park. A trash collector had thought it was nothing more than a mannequin which had been dumped out for disposal. It wasn’t. It was thirty-five-year-old Sandra Wilks. She was a married mother of two from a nearby subdivision. She ran in the park daily before coming home to get her children ready for school and herself ready for work.
Her running shirt had been pulled up when she was found, exposing her sports bra. She had been strangled. Whoever had done it had taken the time to strangle her with his hands. Nothing else was done.
Laura had pulled herself together to come out. She still had a job to do-regardless of how she felt. Steve had come with her. The team had been called to assist the Allegheny County police because it was odd to find another body strangled and dumped so close to the other. The two parks were about 20 minutes apart-depending on which route you took.
“But if it’s our guy, it doesn’t fit anything like the Clearwater crime scene.” Laura winced when she saw Jones approaching her. He gave her a faint smile.
“But this is the third strangulation victim in the area in two months.” At her questioning look, he clarified. “Greensburg.”
“Of course.” Laura needed to get that file. She’d go through it tonight.
“Lots of people get strangled. Doesn’t mean
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