10 - I Can See You by Karen Rose

Author:Karen Rose [Rose, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, thriller, Romance, Romantic Suspense Fiction, Suspense, Murder - Investigation, Murder, Investigation, Electronic Discussion Groups, Crimes Against, Graduate Students, Women - Crimes Against, Women
ISBN: 0446538345
Google: 5slkHmLhws8C
Amazon: B0046LUJ8M
Publisher: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Published: 2009-08-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Wednesday, February 24, 3:15 a.m.

Noah answered Eve’s call on his cell. “I don’t know anything yet,” he said.

“I do,” she said quietly.

Noah slowed his car to a stop, a block from the address he’d drawn. “Tell me.”

“I found Rachel’s address.” It was the one Olivia was checking at this very moment.

“How?” he asked. In her voice he heard defeat and he knew. Too late.

“I had their Socials. We paid them a small study stipend and needed the Socials for tax purposes. I ran a background check and found the Rachel we’re looking for.”

“But?”

“There’s a black wreath on her door in Shadowland. We’re too late, Noah.”

“You stay put,” he ordered. “And stop feeling guilty. I’ll call you when I can.”

“Okay,” she whispered. “I’m sorry.”

“Yeah. Me, too.” No sooner had he hung up than his phone vibrated again. Olivia. “You found her,” he said dully.

“I’m looking at an open window, second story. How did you know?”

“Eve found her dead in the game. Call CSU. I’ll be there in under fifteen.”

“And Jack?”

Noah put his car into gear. “Still not answering his phone.”

“Noah, we have to call Abbott. You can’t keep covering for Jack.”

“I know. Don’t go in without me. Last time he used a poisonous snake.”

“More fun and games,” she said bitterly. “This guy’s a vile piece of shit.”

Olivia was waiting for him in front of Rachel’s house. Jack was nowhere to be found.

“I think it’ll be easier to get in through the back door,” Olivia said.

It took only one thrust of his shoulder. “Police,” Noah called, weapon drawn.

“Do you smell something burning?” Olivia murmured.

“Yeah. That’s new.” He lowered his weapon as he entered Ward’s bedroom. There she hung, like all the others. Right down to the shoes.

“Her eyes,” she whispered. This was her first time seeing it in person. There was something about the victims’ eyes that didn’t get captured in the crime scene photos. She touched Rachel’s arm, then whirled, her own eyes wide. “Noah, she’s still warm.”

Noah was there in two steps. “She’s been here maybe an hour,” he said.

“If that.” Her round blue eyes flashed fury. “A car was leaving the neighborhood, just as I was driving in. Brown Civic. I missed him. If I’d been a few minutes faster…”

Frustration clawed. Dammit, if Jack had answered… He let himself finish the thought. This woman would be alive and we’d have a killer in custody.

“He wasn’t driving a brown Civic when he followed Christy Lewis home,” he said tightly. “But changing cars could be his newest up-yours.”

“I remember his plate number. I’ll call it in.”

While she did, Noah dialed Micki, who was on her way. “We have another.”

“Any snakes this time?” Micki asked and Noah crouched to check Rachel’s ankles.

His stomach lurched. “No. It appears Miss Ward was afraid of fire.”

Olivia finished calling in the BOLO on the brown Civic and crouched next to him, her pretty face twisted in a horrified grimace.

“Aw, hell, Web,” she murmured.

“What did he burn?” Micki asked.

Noah swallowed hard at the sight of Rachel Ward’s blistered flesh.

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