A Killer's Daughter by Jenna Kernan

Author:Jenna Kernan [Kernan, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781800192706
Publisher: Bookouture

Clint Demko was the picture of calm at his front door as he told the reporters to get off his lawn. Meanwhile, Nadine cowered in the dining room as they shouted questions.

“Detective Demko, how long have you and Dr. Finch been together?”

“Detective? Did you know about her mother, Arleen Howler?”

From the window, Nadine peered out between the blinds at the news vans lined up, with satellite dish antennas deployed. The news crews blocked the drive and both of their vehicles.

How will we get out of here?

Nadine was too numb to cry. Every terrible hidden part of her horrific past was now out there. Front-page news and the lead on the evening reports. Everyone around her would soon discover, if they hadn’t already, that her mother was a monster.

She’d lived this before, suffered the curious looks, suspicion and pity, interrogations by police and covert surveillance by neighbors. Nadine had had her dirty laundry aired out and she hated it.

Now, after more than a decade, and after she had gotten an education, job, home and a few friends, she found herself right back where she started, holding a bloody trash bag outside their double-wide trailer.

Just like that, she was Nadine Howler again. How long before they discovered who Detective Demko was?

Demko threw the dead bolt. A moment later, the knocking and ringing resumed.

Nadine peeked out through the blinds again. Likely, they were already broadcasting. Belatedly she realized that she must be visible, because some of the reporters hurried toward her, negotiating the narrow gap between the window and his bougainvillea bush. She heard their shouts through the glass.

“Dr. Finch, could you answer a few questions?”

“Dr. Finch, how long have you known a serial killer was preying on Sarasota’s citizens?”

“Nadine, did your mother give you any words of advice?”

“Nadine!” Demko’s voice was harsh. “Step back.”

He motioned from the hallway and she followed him and Molly to the bedroom.

Now both his cell phone and the doorbell rang. He glanced at his screen. “Shit. I have to take this.”

Demko headed into the bathroom as she retreated to the guest bathroom to clean up before heading to the kitchen, ignoring the noise from the door. Molly followed her there and looked hopeful as Nadine made coffee.

Down the hall, she heard the shower flick on and then off again in record time, followed by the buzz of an electric razor.

“You want your breakfast, darling?” she asked Molly. “I don’t know what you eat.”

Nadine changed the water in Molly’s bowl and opened the refrigerator, finding half a loaf of high-fiber bread and giving Molly a slice, then made toast.

The doorbell punctuated more pounding on the door. Molly continued to growl and give an occasional “woof.”

Demko returned, fully dressed, his hair now wet.

“Coffee?” he asked.

It was hard to concentrate with the reporters hammering like woodpeckers.

“Can you do anything about that?” she asked.

“My guys are en route. They’ll push them back to the street and make sure my car isn’t blocked. They’ll get video of us leaving, but no audio.”

Nadine

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