Chapter 21
Jenkins had taken a job loading and unloading at the feed store. His plan to spy on Elowen meant he needed to buy more cameras and equipment. It was obvious he had to up his game after the last week.
She was too pretty to belong to someone else. He would have to make sure she knew her place, though. He could never tell her how pretty she was. Keeping her on her toes was the best way to lead.
He’d finished unloading the weekly delivery when he spied her truck pulling into the gas station across the street. The air in his lungs grew thin as he tried to breathe.
Jenkins couldn’t have her seeing him, so he moved where he could watch her but she wouldn’t see him unless she really looked.
She was alone. The asshole who he’d seen kiss her had found his camera and destroyed it.
He should have gone out to her land and killed that bastard the next day for messing with his things and his woman.
Now as he watched her fill up her tank, he wondered if tonight would be a good night to get her.
Where would they go? The barn he’d used the last time had burned to the ground.
That had been his way of getting rid of the blood.
If the police had stepped one foot into the barn with all the blood and evidence, it would have all been over for him.
This time he would keep Elowen. The last one had been too flighty and dumb. She’d made him mad and hadn’t been good enough. Elowen was good. She was smart, and he could trust her not to be an idiot.
Maybe he could take her this weekend. She wouldn’t expect it.
He’d been careless leaving the cameras where she could find them.
If he decided to drop another camera on her property, he would have to put it somewhere good, somewhere she couldn’t find it.
Soon she would be his, and there was nothing she could do about it.
“Jenkins,” his boss called from the loading doc. “What are you doing?”
He came out from the place he’d been watching Elowen, an inane smile on his face. “Just taking a second after unloading.”
“Get in here. We need you to load up a truck.”
He nodded, not saying anything as he followed his boss. He glanced over, seeing that Elowen was watching him. Did she know he’d been watching her? His stupid boss had almost ruined everything for him.
Maybe he would kill his boss, too. The man was an asshole. Everyone at the feed store would celebrate this man dying. He would be doing the world a favor.
No, he had to concentrate on Elowen. Once he had her, and there was no chance she would get away, he would move on to his boss. He imagined the surprised look on his boss’s face when he attacked. A chuckled escaped his lips.
“What?” His boss turned to face him, his eyes narrow and his lips curled up in disgust.
Jenkins shook his head. “Sorry, I didn’t say anything.” He needed to be more careful, or he would risk everything.