On Deadly Ground (Dan & Chloe Book 2) by Nathan L. Flamank

she warned herself as she counted two beats and then pulled the blouse shut, covering her breasts.
    ‘I’m sorry; I thought we had the all clear.’
    ‘Uh, ma’am, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean...’
    Chloe smiled with what she hoped was the right amount of shyness.
    ‘The other deputy said he’d cleared this end, I thought you were already back down with the Sheriff.’
    The deputy still had his hand on the knob and Chloe slipped the blouse back up her arms and began to once more button the blouse, she took her time and asked if the deputy would like another coffee.
    ‘The Sheriff is so I’ll put a fresh pot on.’
    Chloe turned to the deputy and smiled at him.
    ‘Well thank you ma’am, that would be most appreciated.’
    Chloe almost breathed a heavy sigh of relief when the deputy let go of the handle and joined her at the top of the staircase. Chloe started down the stairs making sure that the deputy was a couple of stairs above her. Chloe made sure it took her until she reached the bottom of the staircase to fully button her blouse. Chloe hoped that the deputy had been peering down over her shoulder; if flashing the deputy some breast kept him from discovering the hidden room then Chloe considered it a fair trade.
    ‘Follow me deputy,’ she said over shoulder as she walked through to the kitchen.
    One look at his red face let her know that he had indeed been looking exactly where she had wanted him to.
    Disaster averted, Chloe you’re just too good at this , she thought as she picked up the coffee pot.
     
                                                            *****
     
    CHAPTER NINE.
     
    ‘Almost seventy two hours,’ Chloe remarked as the Sheriff’s patrol car made its way out along the dirt track towards the highway. Dust bloomed in the vehicle’s wake and Chloe stepped up on to the porch.
    ‘I thought they’d never leave,’ Dan said.
    He stood leaning against one of the porch’s support columns sipping an ice cold beer. The sun was high overhead and the temperature was threatening to hit a hundred before the day was out.
    Chloe stopped in front of Dan and took the bottle of beer from him. She chugged a quarter of its contents before handing the bottle back. Chloe wiped the back of one hand across her mouth and stretched her arms high above her head, she did a couple of stretching exercises.
    ‘I need a swim, care to join me?’
    Dan watched the patrol car until it was no longer in sight. He tilted his cowboy hat back on his head and glanced at Chloe as she started to strip out of her clothes.
    The porch had been washed down several times and disinfected and the yard had been swept and cleared by a clean-up crew. There were no longer any visible signs of what had occurred here the previous week and except for the splintered post and the bullet-impression in the front door no one would ever guess that a gunfight had taken place.
    Chloe turned away from Dan and bent over as she peeled her thong down over her buttocks.
    Dan laughed and stepped forward and slapped her ass, his palm connected hard with Chloe’s right buttock and she cried out in a mixture of considerable pain and arousal.
    Chloe turned back to Dan and rubbed at her stinging buttock.
    ‘What the hell was that for?’
    ‘No reason, your ass was there so...’
    ‘So you figured you’d just slap it?’ A teasing lilt had come in to Chloe’s voice and she reached back between her shoulders and unclipped her bra, she let it drop to the wooden porch.
    ‘Uh huh,’ Dan chugged the remainder of his beer. He put the empty bottle down on a small wicker table. Dan popped the buttons of his jeans and reached in to his boxer shorts, he could feel his hardness swelling and he smiled at Chloe.
    ‘What?’ Chloe asked playfully.
    ‘Bend over,’ he said.
    Dan spun her around by her right arm and Chloe let out a startled laugh and she allowed Dan to manoeuvre her up against the porch’s