Broken Silence by Annslee Urban

Author:Annslee Urban
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

TEN

The next morning, Amber poured herself a second cup of coffee and stared out the window above the sink to Kim’s small front lawn shimmering in the morning sunshine. The trees were starting to bud, and spring bulbs poked through the brown mulch in the flower beds by the cobblestone walk. Another week and daffodils and tulips would be abundant.

She raised her cup, savoring the hazelnut scent as she took a sip. Spring had finally arrived. Warmth and sunshine. Brilliant colors. Her favorite time of year.

Well, maybe not this year.

Instead, a deeper distress joined the anxiety twisting away at her insides. Not merely because she was on someone’s hit list, or at the prospect of finding the identity of her attacker, not even the stress of having Patrick back in her life, but the recent news they’d heard from the forensics team last night. The police had finished their investigation of the attack made on her counseling center.

Now it was time to assess the damage.

The day of the attack she’d been whisked out of the building by officers so quickly she hadn’t gotten a good look around. Today was the first day she was allowed back on the property. She couldn’t wait to get there.

Patrick, on the other hand, seemed to be in no hurry. After breakfast he remained at the kitchen table, nursing a cup of coffee and checking emails on his phone. Kim had already left for work. And with her laptop, client notes and files in the messenger bag buried somewhere amid the glass rubble at the center, she had nothing to do except wait.

On a sigh, Amber sought refuge in her cup of coffee. Patrick had a crime to solve. Of course he had more on his mind than Safe Harbor Counseling Center.

Still, she wanted it back up and running again very soon.

How long would it take? She swallowed the last of her drink, rinsed out her coffee cup and then loaded it into the dishwasher. Days? Weeks? Disappointment puddled in her stomach. She still couldn’t believe someone had shot up the building. She shut the dishwasher and wiped her hands on a dish towel.

“Are you ready to go?”

Patrick’s voice pulled her back to the present and brought her around sharply. She tossed the dish towel on the countertop. “Absolutely.” She took off across the kitchen, brushing past him in pursuit of her jacket.

“I just received a message from Vance stating the landlord had the front of the building boarded up. However, the inside will be in the same disarray as when we left. Pretty rough condition. You sure you want to see it like that?” Just by Patrick’s tone, she could imagine the concern in his eyes.

“I’ll be fine.” She put on her jacket. “Besides, Tony emailed me this morning. He wants to stop by also to take a look around and pick up a few things from his office. I told him I’d text him when we’re on the way.”

Twenty minutes later,

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