Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (48 page)

B
y
t
he
h
a
rbor,
t
he
i
nn
it
s
el
f
w
a
s
r
e
sp
ecta
b
l
e
.
M
a
n
y
p
a
ss
e
ng
e
rs
on
bo
a
rd
sh
i
ps
a
rr
i
v
i
ng
a
nd
d
e
p
a
r
ti
ng s
ta
y
e
d
i
n
t
h
e
se
w
all
s.
Ignor
i
ng
t
he
s
ta
r
e
s
from
t
he
p
at
rons
for
e
n
te
r
i
ng
un
atte
nd
e
d,
she
l
ow
e
r
e
d
h
e
r
g
az
e
a
nd
e
n
te
r
e
d.
S
he
w
al
k
e
d
s
t
r
ai
ght
a
w
a
y
from
t
he
s
tai
rs,
fo
ll
ow
i
ng
t
he
i
ns
t
ru
cti
ons
she
m
e
m
o
r
ize
d.

She
n
ee
d
e
d
on
l
y
t
o
r
eac
h
M
a
d
e
m
o
i
s
el
l
e
.
She
s
t
ood
a
t
t
he
t
op
of
t
he
s
tai
rs
a
nd h
e
s
itate
d.
L
ook
i
ng
b
ac
k
ov
e
r
h
e
r
shou
l
d
e
r,
s
he
w
al
k
e
d
t
ow
a
rd
h
e
r
d
e
s
ti
n
a
t
i
on.
Sudd
e
n
l
y
, she
h
ea
rd
vo
ice
s
b
e
fore
s
he
t
urn
e
d
t
he
c
orn
e
r.
T
he
vo
ice
s
rose
l
oud
e
r.
She
f
el
t
a
f
ai
nt
t
r
ic
k
li
ng of
un
ea
s
i
n
e
ss,
but
she
push
e
d
i
t
a
s
i
d
e
.
Ea
s
i
ng
e
v
e
r
so
qu
iet
l
y
, she
pr
e
ss
e
d
a
g
ai
nst
t
he
w
all
,
g
la
n
ci
ng
a
round
t
he
b
e
nd
b
e
fore
t
urn
i
ng
d
o
wn
t
he
h
all
.

H
alti
ng
i
n
h
e
r
t
r
ac
ks,
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
s
ti
ff
e
n
e
d.
T
ob
ia
s
w
a
s
t
h
e
re
a
nd
h
a
d
gr
i
pp
e
d M
a
d
e
m
o
i
s
ell
e
Fon
tai
ne
by
h
e
r
a
r
m
, p
u
sh
i
ng
t
he
wo
m
a
n b
ac
k
a
g
ai
nst
t
he
w
all
.

“
W
h
e
re
i
s
t
he
g
i
r
l
?
”
T
he
for
c
e
of
h
i
s
wor
d
s
m
a
d
e
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
s
hudd
e
r.
“
Rory
ai
n’t gonna
be
h
a
pp
y
!”

She
d
i
dn’t
n
ee
d
t
o
h
ea
r
a
n
y
m
o
r
e
.
She
spun
on
h
e
r
h
eel
s,
ca
s
ti
g
a
t
i
ng
h
e
rs
el
f
a
s
a
n
a
bso
l
u
t
e
i
d
i
o
t
.
Ro
r
y
w
a
s
a
f
te
r
h
e
r!
O
h,
what
a
f
ool
she
had
b
ee
n!
She
b
ac
k
e
d
up, kno
c
k
i
ng
i
n
t
o
t
he
ta
b
l
e
i
n
t
he
h
all
.
T
he
v
a
se
ca
m
e
c
r
a
sh
i
ng
down.
T
r
e
m
b
li
ng un
c
on
t
ro
lla
bl
y
, she
e
dg
e
d
d
o
wn
t
he
w
all
.
H
ea
r
i
ng
hurr
ie
d
foo
t
s
te
ps,
f
ea
r
e
n
c
o
m
p
a
ss
e
d h
e
r
w
h
e
n
she
s
a
w
t
wo
m
e
n
runn
i
ng
up
t
he
s
tai
r
ca
s
e
.
R
or
y
’s
m
e
n!
She
p
a
n
ic
k
e
d.

Bo
lti
ng
i
n
t
he
oppos
it
e
d
i
r
ecti
on,
she
h
ea
d
e
d
for
t
he
b
ac
k
s
tai
rs.
H
e
r
hope
of
s
li
pp
i
ng down
t
he
s
tai
rs
und
etecte
d
d
i
ss
i
p
ate
d
h
ea
r
i
ng
t
he
ru
m
b
li
ngs
b
e
h
i
nd
h
e
r.
R
e
b
e
k
a
h qu
ic
k
e
n
e
d
h
e
r
p
ace
,
r
a
p
i
d
l
y
ta
k
i
ng
eac
h
s
te
p
un
ti
l
she
h
i
t
t
he
f
i
rst
f
l
oor.
She
h
i
t
t
he
b
ac
k door
runn
i
ng,
s
t
ru
c
k
by
a
n
i
m
p
el
l
i
ng
urge
t
o
g
e
t
a
s
f
a
r
from
t
he
i
nn
a
s
p
o
ss
i
b
le
.