Chapter 4
Brenda was still awake when Eva May tiptoed inside her room. She waved her in and ushered her toward the bed. “Quick, quick. Your father checked to see if you were in bed about an hour ago.”
Eva was still trembling, thinking about her strong, handsome fiancé. The way Blue could control her with simply a look from his piercing navy-blue eyes. Though not a big man, he was tall and substantial, and had a way of wrapping her up in his arms, making her feel so safe. “Oh, gosh. What did you do?”
“Nothing. He bought our little ruse, I think.”
Eva looked down at her bed. Before she’d met Blue in the barn, they’d put pillows under the coverlet, and a doll with long blonde hair spread over the sheets made their disguise perfect for anyone looking from the door inside the dark bedroom.
