Intimate Secrets (The Love and Danger Series) by Elizabeth Lennox

twenty seconds.”
    “I’m on it,” Sam said and hung up the phone. 
    Walker’s eyes narrowed and he hung back slightly, not wanting the van to get too far away, but he also didn’t want the driver to know he’d been ‘made’ and disappear.  It was too much of a coincidence that the same make and color car was following him two nights in a row.  He didn’t like the idea of Amy and Lilly being in the car, but if his instincts were correct, this was the same guy who was tormenting Amy. 
    They drove by Quirky Café and Walker noticed Sam who looked like he was talking on his phone, acting like any other ordinary pedestrian, but as soon as the van drove by, Walker knew that Sam hadn’t just gotten the license plate number.  He’d taken a picture of the driver. 
    Hopefully, it would give them some new information.
    A moment later, Walker’s phone rang.  “Got it?” he asked, even though he knew Sam was probably already calling in the number.
    “Yep.   I’ve sent it to Dave Jupers over at the station.  He’s running the number.  I also sent you a picture of the guy.  Call me later tonight once you get home and let me know if this is who you’re trying to locate.  We’ll take it from there.”
    “Thanks Sam,” he said and hung up.
    Amy was watching him with huge, worried eyes.  “Time to make him disappear,” Walker said with grim determination.  He pulled into a gas station but didn’t stop at any of the gas pumps, pulling directly through the parking lot and back out through the other entrance.  He carefully pulled into traffic just in time.  Amy glanced behind her and noticed the grey van trying to get through the gas station, but whoever was driving got stopped by someone trying to pull away from the pumps and couldn’t follow. 
    Walker didn’t stop there.  Amy was more than a little impressed when Walker turned right and left, pulling through several more parking lots before coming out in a strange area.  She’d never been to this part of Chicago before and it suddenly occurred to her how routine her day really was.  “Where are we?” she asked, looking at the lovely houses that were spaced far apart with beautiful yards and enormous trees that, even in the dimmer light of the early evening, seemed to be on fire with the changing leaves. 
    “We’re in one of the nicer neighborhoods close to the financial district.  I don’t know what it’s called exactly, but we’re about five blocks from the interstate.”  About two minutes later, Walker slipped into the rush hour traffic of the interstate and they were once again heading to his house. 
    “Did you lose him?” she asked, but the look he gave her told her she shouldn’t have asked.  “Okay, so someone was following us.  Maybe it was someone trying to get to you and wasn’t my guy at all.”
    He pulled his cell phone off of his belt and handed it to her.  “Sam shot a picture of the guy.  My password is XFWT894RT.” 
    Amy had to concentrate hard to put all those random numbers and letters into his cell phone.  “Good grief!” she said when his e-mail finally came up.  “Why not your birthday or your mother’s maiden name?” she suggested as an easier password to remember. 
    Walker’s only response was a rude snort.  “I’m going to change your passwords when we get home.”
    She shifted in her chair.  “You don’t know my passwords.  I didn’t use either of those.”
    He rolled his eyes.  “Lilly’s birthday backwards, right?”
    Amy’s mouth dropped.  “How did you…” She turned to face forward again.  “Fine.  I’ll change it to something else.”
    “Your computer passwords as well,” he commanded. 
    She twitched her lips back and forth, furious that he’d guessed her password so easily.  “My laptop password is different.”
    Walker wanted to laugh because she looked so cute.  “Lilly’s birthday backwards, her initials and an exclamation point.” 
    Amy gritted her