The Body in the Backyard (Riley Thorn #4)

by Lucy Score

Mrs. Penny crossed her arms over her generous bosom beneath her roomy Harrisburg Senators Baseball hoodie. “Bullet point number one, I’ll share Riley’s office. We’ll get those cool partner desks and push them together like in the movies. Bullet point number two⁠—” “You don’t have to say it like that. Pick one. Bullet point or number. Not both,” Nick complained.

that human donkey

“Get your stupid fucking finger off my girl and put your goddamn clothes back on, Gentry, or I’m putting you in this wheelbarrow,”

He wanted to put a ring on Riley Thorn’s finger. Before her, he’d never even considered things like getting engaged or married or, you know, the future. They’d only known each other for four months. There was mozzarella in the cheese drawer older than their relationship. Sweat ran in rivulets down his back. They owned a home together. They worked together. They had a dog together. This wasn’t just another new relationship. This was the relationship. This was it. She was it.

“Chickens are stupid,”