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"What boat docks there?" he dehly by the shoulders

"U, still in shock, staring at Jay’s seely lifeless body

"Get hi CPR," Alex protested

"And this is a speedboat Get off it!" Thor ordered He bent down and lifted Jay hi himself

But he needed the boat

And for Jay, those few seconds wouldn’t et a boat out on the reef fast," Thor ordered over his shoulder, racing for the helets here"

Alex lifted a hand in acknowledg down beside him, then looked up at Thor

"Oh, my God Genevieve…"

He couldn’t reply

The key was in the ignition He turned it, praying

Beside hihts

"You drive, I’ll look," he said siine roared instantly to life

Thor blessed the cop he had suspected for keeping the boat he never used any order

Genevieve are of the movement of the boat, the rush of the water, the heat thrown off by the engine She blinked desperately, trying to move

She felt a body next to her

Panic seized her She was trapped in the darkness with a dead body

Audrey!

Oh, God, Audrey was dead…

She started to scream, but it didn’t matter She couldn’t even hear herself over the roar of the ht for calm She was still alive, and she desperately wanted to soht as well have been paralyzed

Her wrists had been bound behind her back, and her ankles were tied, as well Realizing her situation, she fought a nauseating wave of panic When she had finally gained a grip on her sanity, she realized the body wedged next to her oas still warm

"Audrey?" she whispered

There was no response She didn’t know if Audrey was alive or dead She only knew they were both in serious trouble

She tried taking a deep breath, but her stos ripping in agony She bit her lip and began working at the ropes binding her

Jack Good God, Jack was the killer

It hardly seeet aith it Not this time Thor would have returned to the house He would look for her…

He ht find Victor and beat hi for her

Except he wouldn’t knohere to look

She couldn’t think that way She kept struggling with the ropes, cursing the fact that Jack was an expert seaman and kne to tie a knot

Despite that, she forced herself to work steadily at her bindings As long as she worked at them, she had a chance

She had become so fixed on her task that she didn’t even notice at first when the motor cut off

Then she froze

A second later, the hatch opened "Gen, you came to I’m sorry I should have hit you a lot harder, saved you the panic, but when you think about it, it’s your own fault You started this You’re the one who brought it to light You’re the reason I’ht after I…well, let’s not go into that now It’s too bad, though I really love Key West"

He didn’t reach for her first, but bent down to lift Audrey fro doll Audrey’s hair was plastered to her head Her clothing was drenched

"Still war she had no voice at first "Jack, I don’t understand"

"Oh, don’t take me for an idiot Do you knohat I really a down at her, his hands on his hips and laughed "Iirls were running around with their short skirts and bursting cleavage, taunting uys the whole tio…when I was a kid She wasn’t a prostitute--she was aher out to lie half on top of Audrey She gritted her teeth against the painful way he twisted her arm

"Model? That’s what she wanted people to think That little whore was getting her roo from bed to bed I knew her, knew her tricks And then, when I helped her out, did she want to pay up?"