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ELIZA came aith none of her usual crispness and ready-to-take-on-the-world attitude She felt as though she’d been hit by a truck and her first instinct was to roll over and pull the covers over her head and sleep for several , it was still a nice thought Still, she thought she could give herself another fiveout of bed and into the shower
For once, things were slow at Devereaux Security Services after a veritable shit storm of activity over the last severalpopped up when she went into the office today, otherwise it was going to be another boring-ass day at work
Just as she roused herself fros over the side of the bed to stand, the landline on her nightstand rang She glanced down at it, frowning If it was Dane or anyone else from DSS, surely they’d call her cell A quick look told her that her cell phone was on the nightstand charging and a glance at it also told her she hadn’ther at oh-dark-thirty so help her she was going to hunt them down and shove her foot as far up their ass as she could
If it weren’t for the fact that it could be one of her coworkers she would have sih, she yanked up the phone and barked an unwelcome hello into the receiver
There was a short pause and then the clearing of a throat "Miss Caldwell? Melissa Caldwell?"
Eliza froze, her blood turning to ice in her veins She hadn’t heard that name in ten years Hadn’t been that person in ten years And in two seconds flat, her past had sla train
"What do you want?" she asked in a dull voice
"This is Clyde Barksdale, district attorney for Keerney County, Oregon"
She knew daet that it was hiton away?
"I take it this isn’t a social call," she said acidly
"You’d be correct" The DA eh "Look, there’s no easy way to say this but Thoton won an appeal to overturn his conviction and he’ll be set free in three weeks’ time"
Eliza’s knees folded and she landed with a hard bounce on the bed She was utterly numb with shock, and she shook her head in an effort to dispel the fog and confusion surrounding her Was this sohtmare--she was trapped in?