Already Missing (A Laura Frost FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 4) by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2021-12-12T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“I don't need to get any sleep,” Laura said stubbornly, even though she knew deep inside it wasn't true.

Nate just looked at her for a moment. “We're going to check into the motel,” he said firmly, taking no arguments. “Maybe you don't think you need the rest, but I definitely do.”

He put the key in the ignition and switched on the car's engine, starting it up and rolling out. Laura sighed, looking out of the window. She had given up control of the vehicle to him given that she had been driving for most of the evening, but now she saw that that was a bad decision. It meant he had the power to drive her wherever he wanted to, and she couldn't just take herself back to the precinct. At least, not until after they had gone to the motel.

Truth be told, she was tired. It had been a long day. The flight had not been very forgiving, and she still had all of those worries in the back of her mind about Amy and her new guardian. Not to mention the nerves she was already feeling about having Lacey over on the weekend. Getting back in time to be there was her primary concern but, behind that, she could still feel all of the other little worries building up. Things like whether she would be able to entertain Lacey for a full weekend, what kind of foods Lacey liked to eat, how she had changed since Laura had last been able to have her at home overnight. It was a lot to think about.

All of that, with a case on top of it? A case in which the bodies seemed to already be racking up? It was no wonder she was tired.

But still, solving this case was her responsibility.

Right then, she wished it wasn’t. She didn’t want to have to have been the one who found this body. The one who failed to save a life. Yet again. It felt like all she ever did was arrive at crime scenes too late.

Somewhere deep in her head, she knew it wasn’t true. She knew she saved lives, too, and that she and Nate caught and put killers away all the time. It was what they did.

But the ones who didn’t survive, even after they’d managed to get to the scene and take over from the local cops – those were the ones that always haunted her the most.

“We're going to figure this out,” Nate said. “It seems kind of impossible right now, but with some good rest and a new perspective in the morning, will be able to do more. Besides, we need to wait for forensics to do their reports and run their tests. We're not going to have anything back from the coroner until the morning at the very earliest. If we go back to the precinct now and continue trying to investigate, we're not going to get anywhere; and by the time we do end up having to go and get some rest, we won't be able to.

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