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

teeth with frustration.  “Asteriks,” she corrected. 
    “You would have fooled me there,” he teased. 
    She threw up her hands.  “Fine!  I’ll change all my passwords.  My laptop, banking, everything.  I promise!”
    “Good.  Now look at the e-mail.  There should be a picture from Sam in my inbox.”
    Amy looked down and pressed a couple of buttons.  “Got it.”
    “Open that up and take a look at the picture.”
    Amy did as he instructed and, when the picture came up, she gasped.  “That’s him!”  She looked at Walker.  “How long has he been following us?”
    “A few blocks after we picked up Lilly.”
    Amy absorbed that slowly.  “Do you think he knows where Lilly is during the day?” she asked.
    Walker considered that possibility.  “I don’t know.  But we’ve got a picture of him and we have his license plate number.  I don’t think he knows who I am.”  He thought for several moments.  “And I don’t think that he knows where Lilly is during the day or he probably would have been parked closer.  He might be narrowing down the area though, getting closer and closer.  He probably knows the roads you take at night and has followed you several times.”
    She understood what he was telling her.  “He knows where I live!” she gasped.
    “He might.  We don’t know that for sure.”
    She looked back at him, wondering if he was telling her the truth or just trying to reassure him.  Amy decided that she had to trust him.  She didn’t really have an alternative at this point.  “Okay.  So what do I do?”
    “Just keep on doing what you did today.  Don’t be alone.  I’ll drive you and pick you up.  I’ll get Sam’s truck tomorrow when I pick you up so the guy won’t know which truck to follow and I’ll be with you tonight.  Tomorrow, we’ll figure out something new for the weekend.”  He took her hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze.  “Trust me, Amy.”
    She hesitated for only a moment, then nodded her head.  “I trust you,” she replied. 
    A few moments later, Lilly decided to make her frustration at being in her car seat understood.  It started off as mild squawking but as they drove slowly down the highway, Lilly decided that she was being ignored.  By the time they pulled into Walker’s garage, she was screaming and her face was red with anger. 
    “Come on, my little love,” Amy said, taking her out of her car seat, leaving the diaper bag for now.  “I know, that was too long for you, wasn’t it?” she soothed, bouncing Lilly on her hip gently as she stepped into Walker’s house. 
    He looked around, trying to figure out what to do with all of Lilly’s stuff.  “The house isn’t very safe for her, but I’ll get that fixed.”  He set everything down on the kitchen table and looked around.  “I’ll get a blanket so she can play on the floor.”
    Amy continued to soothe Lilly who was quickly calming down, more interested in her new surroundings than in being angry.  And she wasn’t sure what to think about this new environment, her eyes wide and not too thrilled. 
    “Will this work?” he asked, bringing out a soft blanket, spreading it out on the floor.  He then tossed the sofa cushions around it, forming a make-shift playpen so she couldn’t hurt herself on the hardwood floors. 
    Amy tried not to laugh at how nervous he seemed but Walker was just too large and she’d never seen him look so anxious.  “I think it looks perfect,” she replied, hugging Lilly so the girl knew that she was still safe. 
    “Do you have food for her?”
    “Yes, I always have extra jars in her diaper bag.  And toys.  So we’re all set.”
    Walker looked at Amy and something inside of him shifted.  He took the little girl and placed her in the middle of the blanket, then pulled out the toys from the bag.  Lilly was immediately happy to start chewing on her familiar toys and looked around, enjoying her blanket and the new space