Don't Look Back
““What’s that?”
The sharp question jerked her, pulling her from the abyss of stunned immobility, and she sucked in a ragged breath. “Another gift from my hero,” she spat the words, the terror shooting through her warring with the rage.
“Guys! He’s been here.”
Samantha’s shout pulled Dakota and Connor up short. Without bothering to shut the doors they’d just opened, they covered the twenty yards to Samantha’s car in seconds.
Jamie felt Dakota crowd next to her to look over her shoulder. She didn’...t move. Instead, she took comfort in the fact that he was there.
“A rose?”
“And a note.” She hated the shakiness she heard in her voice but couldn’t seem to help it.
“Don’t touch anything. I’ll get a crime scene unit over here.”
“Why bother?” she asked woodenly. “There won’t be any prints.”
“Probably not, but he could have left something else. And we need to get you inside out of sight.”
“No.”
“Come on, Jamie, you need to be careful. Standing out here in the middle of the street isn’t careful.”MoreLess
The sharp question jerked her, pulling her from the abyss of stunned immobility, and she sucked in a ragged breath. “Another gift from my hero,” she spat the words, the terror shooting through her warring with the rage.
“Guys! He’s been here.”
Samantha’s shout pulled Dakota and Connor up short. Without bothering to shut the doors they’d just opened, they covered the twenty yards to Samantha’s car in seconds.
Jamie felt Dakota crowd next to her to look over her shoulder. She didn’...t move. Instead, she took comfort in the fact that he was there.
“A rose?”
“And a note.” She hated the shakiness she heard in her voice but couldn’t seem to help it.
“Don’t touch anything. I’ll get a crime scene unit over here.”
“Why bother?” she asked woodenly. “There won’t be any prints.”
“Probably not, but he could have left something else. And we need to get you inside out of sight.”
“No.”
“Come on, Jamie, you need to be careful. Standing out here in the middle of the street isn’t careful.”MoreLess
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