Can't Forget You (Psychological Suspense Thriller) Summit Lake Series by Kristen Middleton

Author:Kristen Middleton [Middleton, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-30T22:00:00+00:00

10

SOPHIA

PATRICK MANAGED TO evade the cops, and John… well, he died from a gunshot wound to the head. I felt so horrible, especially learning that he’d been recently engaged and in the process of building a house.

Patrick’s fingerprints were lifted from several places and he was later identified as Patrick James Lovell. The creep was from Michigan and apparently had a history of harassing and stalking people. One of them, a woman named Leah, who eerily resembled me, disappeared over two years ago. Unfortunately, there hadn’t been enough evidence to convict him of any crime, so Patrick wasn’t convicted. Since the incident with Leah, he’d somehow kept his nose clean and no other reports had been filed against him.

Until now.

There was an APB out for him and a warrant for his arrest. Deputy Billings vehemently assured us that Patrick wouldn’t get away with his crimes.

“Don’t worry. He killed a cop,” Mitch said a few weeks later while we were making a late dinner at his place. It was Halloween and we’d decided to skip the parties and just stay home. “So, they won’t rest until they get this guy for murdering one of their own.”

“I can’t believe he killed John without batting an eye. It was like he’d shot a bird or something. No guilt or remorse at all.” I swallowed hard, trying not to think about that horrible night.

“He’s psychotic. I just keep thinking about what he might have done if he’d gotten you out of there. Thank goodness Marcy did what she did,” he murmured, sliding his hands around my waist.

I thought about how hard she must have swung the gun to knock him down the way she had. She was a small, petite woman who I knew I’d never underestimate again. “I’m just glad he didn’t kill her in the cabin.”

Mitch, stirred the pasta into the water and put the spoon down. “Your .22 wasn’t even loaded at the time, right?”

I swirled the wine around in my glass and stared into liquid. “Not at that point. The funny thing is, she hates guns but ended up saving me with one anyway.”

His eyes softened as he stared down into mine. “Thank God.”

“Did I tell you that I closed all my social media accounts?” I knew Patrick would continue stalking me online if I kept them.”

He looked relieved as he leaned up against the counter, his arms folded over his very broad chest. “Good. We already have too many social media junkies living in Summit Lake anyway. I’ve seen both men and women invest more of their time and attention toward the digital world than their loved ones sitting across from them. It’s ridiculous. Another reason why I stay away from all of that stuff.”

“What about promoting your restaurant. You don’t have a Facebook page?”

“Of course.” He smiled. “But I pay someone to do it for me.”

“Ah.”

He closed the short distance between us and cupped my cheek. My stomach erupted in butterflies as he brushed the pad of his thumb across my skin tenderly.

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