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expressionless. “Believe me, I take this gig very seriously. I put all my energy into it, and nothing will stop me from making it a success.”
    “I didn’t question your commitment to it,” she pointed out tartly. “I asked you if you liked it.”
    “And I gave you the only answer you’re likely to get. Now it’s your turn to give me an answer. Do we go or stay?”
    Lauren was about to utter an emphatic “stay” when Cal cursed. Following his gaze, Lauren found herself watching a woman approaching them.
    It was her! The blonde!
    More beautiful than she’d been in the visions, the woman projected raw sex appeal as she led a sorrel mare across the paddock. The mare was saddled, Lauren noted. She also noted thata stranger, a young man who probably wasn’t much older than Seth, followed close behind the woman, wearing the look of a deer caught in the headlights.
    “Christ, Marlena, go back to bed. It’s too early for this.”
    Far from shrinking from Cal’s tone, Marlena just laughed. “Don’t worry, Cal, honey. I haven’t come to play with you .”
    Her voice was husky, a good match for that killer body.
    “I’m relieved to hear it. I offered you shelter, not entertainment.”
    At his words, Lauren swiveled to look at Cal. If he was tense, he didn’t betray it, except perhaps for a little stiffness between the shoulder blades.
    “The least a husband could do, I would think.”
    Husband? Cal was married? To the victim in her vision?
    “ Ex -husband.”
    “Whatever.” Marlena shrugged, as though her exact status was of no import. “But I don’t expect you to entertain me, sugar. I’m quite capable of finding my own diversions.”
    “Don’t I know it.”
    This time his clipped words seemed to find their mark. For a fleeting moment, she looked hurt. Then she was smiling that knowing smile again. “Brady here is going to keep me company.”
    Cal cast a glance in the young man’s direction. “That a fact?”
    “Yes sir.” Brady blushed but held Cal’s gaze. “I registered with Delia for the next ten days. Paid the fee and everything.”
    Cal turned to Marlena, glowering. “I thought we agreed to keep your presence here under wraps from the locals.”
    “What? You mean Brady?” she asked innocently. “I bumped into him at the general store when I stopped for gas and invited him to come visit me.”
    “It ain’t called hiding if you tell the whole world where you are, Marlena,” Cal gritted. “The more people who know you’re here, the easier it’ll be for…certain parties to find you.”
    Lauren thought she saw fear flash through the other woman’s eyes, but it was gone so quickly she couldn’t be certain.
    “Brady won’t tell anyone.” She turned sultry eyes on the young man. “Will you, darlin’?”
    “Of course not,” Brady said.
    “Right. And Brady’s mother won’t tell anyone either, I suppose?”
    “She doesn’t know, sir,” he rushed to say. “I sort of told her I was going to Calgary for a couple of weeks. Job hunting.”
    Lauren cringed. Clearly the boy lived with his mother, and clearly he knew she wouldn’t approve of his spending his money or his time to be Marlena’s boy toy.
    “Fine.” Cal shrugged. “Your funeral.” Turning his back on Marlena, he pinned Lauren with a fierce look. “You coming or staying?”
    Dear Lord, she didn’t want to go anywhere with this volatile triangle of people, let alone into the bush overnight. In just these few short minutes, the emotion roiling among the three had caused a hard knot of anxiety to form in Lauren’s stomach. Which was precisely why she couldn’t stay behind. If she were looking for a motive for murder, she’d found one. An ancient one.
    Not that she really believed Cal was a threat to Marlena. By now she’d had more than enough interaction with him to effectively rule him out. According to Hal, she would have visual stimuli lodged in her unconscious from the visions. She totally believed that. After