Excerpt of Dark Water Disappearance by K.D. Richards

“Okay. Then we—” she emphasized the word by wagging her finger between the two of them “—will look into things together.”

He shook his head. “No way. I have no idea what’s going on. It could be dangerous.”

She smiled what she knew was a cold smile. “It’s cute how you think I was asking your permission.” Arrogant was more accurate. A pity he hadn’t grown out of that unattractive character trait. “I wasn’t. I’m in this whether you like it or not.”

“You’re as stubborn as ever even though you have no training to deal with whatever this might turn out to be.”

“That’s why working together is the perfect solution. Your police training may come in handy, but you have absolutely no diplomatic skills whatsoever if your tête-à-tête with the sheriff earlier was any indication. Together we’re perfect.”

Heat flamed in her cheeks. “I mean we make the perfect team for getting to the bottom of whatever is going on here at Lakewood House.”