A Deadly Memory by Gwen Taylor

Author:Gwen Taylor
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

13

The station was the most crowded it had ever been. Sean pushed past the officers who had heard Piper was coming in. "How many of you are on the clock?"

He glanced at the faces not looking at him and shook his head. In a small town, everything was a big deal. Only this was a big deal, the biggest Mirror Falls had probably ever had. And he was right in the middle of it. With Piper.

"Hey, boss."

Sean turned at Walsh's voice. "Yeah?"

"No trace on that message." He handed Sean Piper's phone. "She's in the break room."

Sean found her and Nana sitting at the half-tilted round table that had been there as long as he'd been a cop. Piper was flipping the trigger on a pen and shaking her foot in the same agitated manner that she and Amy shared. Nana was sipping on the sludge that passed for coffee and trying not to spit it back out from the look that passed across her face.

Piper glanced up.

He hated to squash the hope he saw there.

She cleared her throat. "Did they get a trace?"

"No, nothing." He sat down beside Nana. "So, it said, 'Who would hurt you more?'"

"Yes. And there were pictures. Of you and Amy." Piper clicked the pen faster. "Do you think Amy's in danger? She's out of the country. Surely…”

"Yes, she's safe. Jai has twenty-four-seven bodyguards, the best money can buy. His words." Sean reached across the table and took the pen from Piper's hand. "Would you like something to drink?"

"Not this, she doesn't." Nana pushed the coffee away. "So, are we good to go? I left a mess of laundry in need of folding just sitting in a basket in my living room. And there's supper to get before I head over to the church for Bingo."

"Walsh can take you back."

"I want to stay." Piper took the pen again and clicked it once. "I need to."

"I don't think..."

Her eyes narrowed, and her voice hardened, her stubborn, I'm-not-budging voice. "I want to stay."

Nana looked back and forth between them and smiled up at Sean. "Let her stay here with you. She doesn't need to be all alone while I go to Bingo. Unless," she eyed Piper, "she wants to come play with a bunch of old folks. You can, if you want, darling, but I think she'd be better off with you Sean, surrounded by this familiar place, work like she's used to. Might jar some more memories."

"More memories?" He held his breath, realized it, and let it out. "What? You actually remembered something?"

Piper nodded, and Nana clapped her hands together. "Yes, she remembered a few things."

Sean's heart gave a funny twinge. "What did you remember? About the case?"

Piper shook her head. "No, about your breaking your arm. It was in a newspaper clipping Nana sent me. I just remembered a little, nothing major."

"That is major, Piper. I'm happy for you." Even as he said the words, he felt like a liar. He didn't really mean them. Or at least, he wasn't happy with what that meant.

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