Cold Death (Ellie Kline Series Book 9) by Mary Stone & Donna Berdel

Author:Mary Stone & Donna Berdel [Stone, Mary & Berdel, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-12T06:00:00+00:00

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Katarina spent a good chunk of the night and all the next morning creating and rejecting escape plans.

Her first idea centered on waiting for a busy period like lunch to provoke a fight between two of the more volatile patients, one or both of whom could be counted on to freak out. When the staff rushed in to neutralize the situation, she’d use the resulting chaos to sneak away.

The bed whirred when Katarina hit the control panel. She scowled through the open doorway as her top half lifted into an upright position. Great idea, except for one tiny detail. This stupid place hadn’t seen fit to put her into any group therapy sessions yet, or a communal lunch.

No, Katarina was sentenced to this miserable room, chained to the bed like a naughty puppy. The nurses barely even visited, popping in only a few times a day to check her wound dressings and change them if necessary unless she hit the call button.

When she was released, she was going to call whatever healthcare regulatory agency oversaw conditions like these. Right after she found her daughter, which took her right back to forming escape plans.

Jasper was her second idea. Given a few weeks, she was confident of her ability to charm the cute CNA under her spell. Except, she didn’t have a few weeks. Even a few days seemed too long to remain trapped in this bed while Kingsley had Bethany. Way too long.

Besides, she’d taken a few shots at sinking her hooks into Jasper, and each time, she’d quit too soon to stand a chance of reeling him in. All because of a dead man. Her heart and mind were too painfully full of Clayne.

Katarina shifted her shoulders back and forth on the bed, attempting to scratch an itch on her back that her bound hands made impossible to reach before slumping. Great. Maybe she could stand some mental health care, after all. That first session with a new therapist would be a real gem. Katarina could picture it now.

So, the thing is, I kinda offed my boyfriend on purpose in order to save my daughter from this psychopath who was basically a father figure to me. He’s the one who taught me how to slit someone’s throat in just the right place to kill them…the very technique I used on my boyfriend. Got any exercises or meditations to help me fix that? Don’t get me wrong, I’ve killed other people before him and even enjoyed it sometimes. For some reason, though, this particular murder keeps bothering me.

Yeah, right. They’d report her ass to the police before the session even ended, and Katarina would wind up in prison. She seriously doubted that the AG was waiting in the wings again with another get-out-of-jail-free card, so she’d do hard time.

Not an option when Bethany needed a mother.

“Jesse? Where are you? Jesse!” A wail drifted into her room from the patient next door, an elderly woman who called out day and night for some phantom person named Jesse.

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