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“Don’t you trust me?”
“I trust you.” She swallowed, and rubbed one hand, palm down, along the side of her thigh. “But I’m not sure I trust myself.”
“What do you mean?” He tried to read her expression, but she wasn’t giving off clear signals. Was she afraid? Angry? Guilty?
“I’m not the person you think I am,” she said.
“How do you know what I think about you?”
“It’s what everyone thinks about me—that I’m this quiet, plain, serious woman who never steps out of line. I’m responsible and sober and dependable and I never cause any trouble at all.”
“Are you saying you have caused trouble?” he asked.
“More than you can imagine.”
Colorado
Bodyguard
Cindi Myers
CINDI MYERS is an author of more than fifty novels. When she’s not crafting new romance plots, she enjoys skiing, gardening, cooking, crafting and daydreaming. A lover of small-town life, she lives with her husband and two spoiled dogs in the Colorado mountains.
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For Denise
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The canyon tore a deep gash in the open landscape. Sheer rock walls plunged to a river that was invisible below, lost in blackness. Darker red and gray rock painted the chasm walls in fanciful shapes that resembled two warring Chinese dragons, engaged in a battle that had been going on for centuries.
Sophie Montgomery stood at the edge of the overlook, fighting waves of vertigo as she tried to peer down into the canyon’s depths. She struggled to imagine her sister, Lauren, standing in this same, desolate spot. Lauren had battled plenty of demons in her life; which one had brought her to this lonely, forbidding place?
Lauren, where are you? Sophie sent the silent plea across the canyon, but only wind and the distant hum of traffic answered.
She shivered again, despite the summer heat, and turned away from the overlook and headed back to her car, walking past an RV and a mom and two children posing in front of the canyon while Dad snapped the picture. They all looked thrilled to be here, though Sophie had never understood the attraction of a camping vacation. She and Lauren had always agreed that getaways should involve nice hotels, preferably with swimming pools and room service. One more reason it didn’t make sense that Lauren had come to what must be one of the most remote spots in her adopted home state.
Sophie slid back behind the wheel of her rental car and jammed the key into the ignition. She didn’t want to be here, but then, she hadn’t especially wanted to be any of the other places that looking out for Lauren had taken her over the years. The only difference was that this time felt scarier. More hopeless. Lauren had done some crazy, wild things over the years, but she’d never stayed gone this long before. And she’d never been in a place where Sophie couldn’t reach her. Sometimes, when Lauren was going through a really bad spell, Sophie was the only one who could reach her.
She backed out of her parking space and turned the car around, headed toward the park entrance. The police in Denver had been kind—sympathetic, even. But they had found no evidence that Lauren had been abducted, and given her recent history, they suspected she’d run away—or worse. “We understand your sister struggled with depression,” the detective who had