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I didn’t reo into a special folder But now that I thought about it, I hadn’t seen a newat the screen, I tapped ht we’d handled all of Schuna’s cases In fact, I’d sent hiress report the day before Maybe there was a problee

Graha person’ case The client is getting antsy Thank God, the guy’s in Tennessee, or he’d be ca for news I’d drop his twitchy ass, but he’s payingto up your stake by twenty percent if you would just find this woman and put us all out of ourto him

--S

It took me afrom my mouth Bishop case? Out of Tennessee? It couldn’t be true It couldn’t be my Bishop case There had to be some sort of funny coincidence to explain this away

All of the blood see as I tapped at the touch pad and opened the rest of the e-mails They started two months before, around the time Red-burn sent me the red alert I opened the attach me as a runaway spouse He’d told Schuna I had a history offalse police reports He’d been trying to getto have me committed to special rehab for the et h the attach portrait, credit reports, transcripts, lists of friends, , really, considering the supposed mental problems and pill addictions Glenn subtly indicated to my coworkers The final bloas a picture ofanniversary It was displayed on a flyer de, "Have You Seen This Wo the camera my happy-on-the-surface smile, and I looked a little tired around the eyes, but that was to be expected when Glenn had keptwith the waiter who served our anniversary dinner

Caleb had been hired to find me

I stu in front of the commode just before I tossed the contents of my stomach Rivers of tears poured down ainst rabbed a washcloth, still wet froainst the tub

How could I have been so stupid? He’d been lying tohe’d said and done had been a cold-blooded calculation to leadnot to know about my connection to the pack, not to knoas a doctor He’d been pretending, traininga stray cat into your house with a can of tuna I thought I was being so sht into his trap

How could the worst liar in the world have tricked hly? I’d slept with his I’d been afraid to admit to myself

I didn’t understand why Was the fancy hotel some sort of trick to make me feelup his favorite toy? What was his angle? Enjoy one last ith me at this hotel, then pack ured out ere driving toward Seattle? Or would he shove a bag over ar in the middle of nowhere?

I felt so cooing to go home to after he tossedWas theto someone that I let myself believe that ere connected in soy, desperate eas ic

He promised he wouldn’t hurt me What complete and utter bullshit I wasn’t hisathim Why hadn’t I questioned that? Why didn’t I pay attention to all of those alar off in et on the road before Caleb figured out as going on He’d made it clear where his loyalties were: his wallet I could only iine the kind of money Glenn had offered him It would be better if I could catch a ride with the next seet h I could hitch a ride from the tavern down the street, orto help

I packed as cal I took all of my clothes, except the red dress I crumpled that up in a ball and threw it into a corner I surveyed Caleb’s cache of tools and took some plastic restraints and pepper spray You never knehat sort of trouble you could get into while traveling Frowning at what see, I also took the collapsible baton I’d come to think of it as rabbed his Taser

I would need cash Caleb had socked away a good portion of our earnings in the hotel-roo birthday as the co from himwell, it didn’t bother s near the closet door and was about to kneel in front of the safe when I heard the electronic lock click on the hallway door I froze

Caleb was back already!

How the hell did he get his tires inspected that fast? I glanced at the clock He’d been gone for almost three hours Apparently, I’d spenta ht of hih the front door, all s that horribly heavy hotel steam iron at his face But that would probably tip hih this I’d faked orgasms that made Glenn think he was so, stupid, unassu, naive, deceived, imbecilic--

Rein it in, Campbell, I told irlfriend for the next few one

I straightened, kicked ed into one of Caleb’s shirts as if I’d just been slipping into it when he returned Not pilfering his weaponry and conte his demise via steam iron

His sunny smile tore my heart like wet paper I forced the muscles of my face into a pleasant expression

"Took you a while," I said as he dropped his grocery bag and strode across the rooed the closet door with his foot just so he could shovezipper of his jeans to showcrashed throughacross the surface

I cupped my hand around his cheek Astoa thumb down my cheek "Your eyes are all red"

"Fine," I said, my voice a little wobbly I sucked in a breath to steady it "I’ve been staring at the coe reeked, and I feel like it soaked intoat me "In the interest of water conservation and all"