Chapter 60

“Would a run-of-the-mill burglar do all that?”

He shook his head, then turned to trek down the hall, toward her bedroom. “They usually prefer something simpler. Open windows are an engraved invitation. But that’s not to say they won’t do whatever necessary to get past your fancy equipment if they think you’ve got something of great value.”

“B-but I don’t. I never bothered to buy a flat-panel TV. My laptop is at Bonheur. I don’t keep cash in the house. I don’t have much jewelry.”

“And you’ve been wearing your wedding rock, so it wasn’t lying around the house.”

So Tyler had noticed her ring. And his grousing voice didn’t sound thrilled in the least. Then again, she wasn’t surprised.

As Tyler opened the master bedroom, he paused. “Light switch?”

“On the wall to your right, closer to the bathroom.”

He hesitated, then shook his head. “Too far in the dark. Just in case . . .”

Edging away from her bedroom, he backtracked to the guest bathroom