Conard County Marine by Rachel Lee

Author:Rachel Lee [Lee, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

In the morning, while Coop made eggs and Kylie started buttering toast, Glenda returned home, entering the house with a single word: “Coffee.”

Behind her, to Kylie’s surprise, came Connie in her uniform. “News?” she asked instantly.

Connie shook her head. “Sorry, no. Nothing since the rose, and nobody has any idea yet where it was purchased. The crime lab is looking into it. Apparently black roses can be as individual as fingerprints, revealing where they were grown, or if they were dyed a certain way. They might be able to track it, might even be able to locate the buyer. God, I hope so, but evidently it’s going to take time. It’s not like there’s a national database on them.”

She sat at the table while Kylie poured her and Glenda mugs of coffee. “What about the kids?” Kylie asked.

“Nothing more has happened. What about you?”

Kylie hesitated. She looked at Coop, surprised at how reluctant she was to talk about her two flashes of memory. Last night they’d preoccupied her. Now she was almost afraid to mention them, feeling an unreasonable superstition about it. Don’t mention it and it wouldn’t happen. Really?

“Kylie’s getting her memory back,” Coop said, evidently deciding he wasn’t going to let her withhold that. “Just two little snatches. She remembers the knife, and some of the pain, but nothing else.”

“Well, doesn’t that stink,” Glenda said, joining Connie at the table. Her scrubs looked rumpled from the long night, and strands of her hair had escaped her bun in a few places. “Of all the things to come back.”

“We were talking,” Coop continued, “about how she may have also begun to remember other things. They wouldn’t just leap out at her the way that did. She suggested reviewing her textbooks.”

“I’ve got a better idea,” Glenda said, looking at her sister. “Come to work with me tonight. Just for a couple of hours. See how familiar it feels. See what you remember about treatment.”

“But that was from before.”

“That was also one of the things you were worrying about. That you might have lost more than just three years. So let’s test it. Maybe being back in the hospital setting will help you remember more.”

“I’ll think about it.” For some odd reason, Kylie felt reluctant to take the kind offer. Perhaps she was afraid she wouldn’t remember anything. Maybe she’d find out that she’d lost more than three years. Or maybe...what exactly? Was she afraid to leave Coop’s protection? Even at a busy hospital?

Oh, man, that was dependency, and certainly one she couldn’t afford. Coop had a career to get back to soon. What was she going to do when he left? Hide in a closet?

Coop served everyone eggs, including Connie, then scrambled a couple more for himself. Kylie popped two more slices of rye bread into the toaster.

“You know, this whole setup is weird,” Connie remarked as she ate. “First a stranger approaching a kid, a stranger who does nothing except talk. Sure that’s scary. But then Kylie comes home and another kid is approached, this time to bring her a message.

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