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figure all of that out. Later, he would have to learn what kind of hornet’s nest her dead fiancé had left her to deal with. Because according to what Elaina had said, these men were almost certainly connected to Kevin.
    Unless…
    There was an outside shot that they were connected to him. Oh, man. He hoped that wasn’t the case.
    Elaina moved to the window next to him and stared out. “Do you see them?”
    “No.” In fact, no one seemed to be around.
    Except Elaina, of course.
    She moved so close to him that he caught her scent. Something fresh, floral and feminine. Something that he didn’t want to smell or notice. Luke stepped away from her and moved to a window in the adjoining dining room.
    Of course, she and her feminine scent quickly followed him. “How long before you hear something from your partner?”
    “Soon. He’ll be as thorough and as fast as he can possibly be.” Luke only hoped that it wouldn’t be hard to spot two strangers in the small town. Thankfully, there wouldn’t be many guys with an eye patch.
    “This is a nightmare,” she mumbled. “And this is what I’ve been trying to avoid for over a year.”
    Luke spared her a glance to see how she was physically reacting to the situation. Elaina had a white-knuckled grip on the perky yellow umbrella, but other than that, she seemed to be holding up.
    “You sure that’s all you were trying to avoid?” he asked.
    Elaina’s grip tightened even more. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
    “Maybe you were trying to avoid me because I’m Christopher’s father.”
    She probably would have pounced on that accusation if Luke hadn’t noticed the car driving toward the house. He held up his left hand to cut off anything she might have said, and then raced back to the front door so he’d have a direct shot if it became necessary.
    Luke waited, his heart in his throat, as the black four-door car slowly approached and stopped in front of the house. A blond man was driving. The guy with the eye patch was riding shotgun.
    This didn’t look good.
    He took out his phone and called Rusty Kaplan again. “The suspects are at the sitter’s house. Get here ASAP.”
    He put his phone away so he could focus on keeping his weapon aimed and ready. Beside him, Elaina did the same. She lifted her umbrella.
    Luke rolled his eyes at her attempt to defend herself. “Get down on the floor,” he ordered.
    “I want to protect Christopher,” she countered.
    “Well, it won’t happen with an umbrella. Get on the floor in case they fire shots.”
    “Oh, God,” she mumbled.
    She was obviously terrified at the thought of bullets flying.
    So was Luke.
    But it wouldn’t help matters if Elaina got hurt. In fact, it was his responsibility to keep everyone in the house safe. He might not have been the one to bring these men to Crystal Creek, but there was too much at stake for him to not make sure they did no harm—especially to his son.
    Instead of getting on the floor, she stooped down next to him and put her shoulder against the door so she could peek out the stained-glass sidelights. “I can’t just hide. I have to do something to stop them.”
    Luke knew how she felt.
    “For now, the best way to help is stay put. Backup in on the way.”
    The men didn’t leave their parked car. They just sat there, watching the house, occasionally saying something to each other.
    More than anything, Luke wanted to go out there to confront them. But that was too big of a risk. If he got shot or hurt, then that would leave Christopher, Elaina and Theresa without protection. He couldn’t do that. But he could try to make sense of all of this while they were waiting.
    “If these guys are looking for Kevin’s software modifications, what do you think they’ll do to you if they can’t get them?” he asked.
    “They’ll kill me.” Her voice wasn’t shaky or trembling. Nor was she hesitant.
    Luke didn’t take his eyes off the car or the men inside. “And these guys