03 - I'm Watching You by Karen Rose

Author:Karen Rose [Rose, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, thriller, Contemporary, Romance, Romantic Suspense Fiction, Suspense, Murder - Investigation, Murder, Serial Murderers, Serial Murders, Stalkers, Homicide Investigation, Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN: 9780446614474
Google: 87PvqkX4ltYC
Amazon: 0446614475
Publisher: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Published: 2004-10-01T05:00:00+00:00

Sunday, February 22,

10:05 p.m.

She had a right to be hurt, Abe thought, pulling away from her house. A smart woman like Kristen had put two and two together. Unfortunately she got five. She was not a substitute for Debra. Was she? He thought about her walking into her house alone, all alone. I should have followed her in, checked her closet. But Charlie Truman was there, watching.

Abe went still, while every hair on his neck seemed to stand on end. Wasn’t he? He’d seen the cruiser, but had he seen Truman?

Panic closed his throat and he turned a one-eighty in the middle of the road. A car blew its horn, but Abe was already halfway up the block. He brought the SUV to a screeching halt next to the cruiser. Jumped out to peer in the window.

The cruiser was dark and empty. He yanked at the cruiser’s door, but it was locked. Truman was gone.

Kristen.

„Dammit.“ Abe ran up the driveway, his feet slipping on the ice. He fell and pulled himself back up to his feet, already running again. She’d locked her kitchen door. He pounded with his fists. „Kristen!“

He rounded the house to the back. The basement door was less secure. He could break it down. He threw himself at the door, again and again, until the frame cracked and he was inside. Mindlessly he took the stairs four at a time until he was stumbling into her bedroom, his weapon drawn and his heart hammering.

She knelt on the floor, her head down, gasping, the cordless phone from her nightstand in her hand. He went down on one knee, pulled her chin up. Her eyes were wide and glassy.

She looked at him, then looked at the phone in her hand and ironically his cell phone started to trill in his pocket. „I was calling you,“ she said, her voice oddly distant. „He’s gone. Out the window.“

Abe made it to the window in time to see a figure all in black against the snowy white of the backyard. The man took the back fence like a hurdle and sprinted away.

„Dammit,“ Abe snarled. He might have caught him had he stayed outside. But then again, his breaking in was probably what made the bastard flee. He turned to find Kristen struggling to her feet. In two long strides he was lifting her into his arms. He sank down onto her bed, holding her tight, feeling her body quake. She curled herself against him, her hands clutching the lapels of his coat. Her breath came fast, too fast, and he rocked her gently.

„It’s okay. I’m here.“ He cradled her, pressing his cheek to the top of her head. Oh, God, oh, God. I got here in time. He drew a deep breath, realizing his own breathing was nearly as erratic as hers. He rumbled in his pocket for his cell phone and dialed Dispatch. „Officer Truman is missing.“

The operator was calm. „Officer Truman called in a disturbance ten minutes ago. A young

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