Critical Impact by Linda Hall

Author:Linda Hall [Hall, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Man-Woman Relationships, Christian, Family Life, General, Romance, Bombings, Suspense, Fiction, Religious
ISBN: 9781602859364
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2010-10-04T05:00:00+00:00

The buzzing of Anna’s cell phone early the following morning woke her. It was Bette, the English-woman whose cottage she was renting and who was graciously allowing her to keep her things there.

“I thought you should know something,” Bette said. There was a worried note in her voice. “The police are here.”

“What for?” Why would the police be at Bette’s home? And why was Bette calling her to tell her?

Bette said, “It seems they have some kind of a search warrant for the cottage you rented. I don’t know if they told you or not or if I’m telling tales out of school.”

“The police are searching my cottage? Right now? Why?” Anna asked.

She sat up. This had to have something to do with the stuff they found in her so-called locker. Maybe they thought they could find more incriminating evidence among her personal possessions. This was all too much.

“Deputy Stu McCabe wouldn’t tell me. I don’t think he’s allowed to. It’s very infuriating, but I did overhear one of the police officers say that they were going to be going to your mother’s place next. I just thought you should know. And if I get in trouble for phoning you and telling tales out of school, well, so be it. You’ve been through enough.”

Anna looked at the clock. Nine a.m. She had slept in. She didn’t hear anything in the house. Perhaps her mother and her aunt had already left. She needed to get up and get dressed. She needed to get over there. “Is Stu still there? I mean, Officer McCabe?”

“The last I looked he was down at your cottage.”

“I’ll be there in a minute,” Anna said.

She dressed quickly and then headed out, walking along the lakeshore. Around the bend, she saw the police cars, two of them parked outside the cottage, which she had lived in up until eight days ago, hoping for a little bit of peace in her life.

Stu was there standing beside a police car, leaning into it and talking on his cell phone. He didn’t see her at first, but when he did, he looked away.

Bette was on her porch, hands on her hips. When she saw Anna, she waved for her to come over. Anna headed up from the beach and walked to Bette’s. “Bette, I don’t know what’s going on.”

“I don’t know, either. But come in, dear, and we’ll figure it out.”

Bette gave her a warm hug and said, “Whatever they think they’re looking for, they won’t find anything. You’ve been through so much. You don’t need this.”

Bette’s kitchen was warm and bright and smelled of fresh bread. Through the window Anna watched as another van pulled into the yard. This one belonged to a television crew. Her friend Cassie was right. This was all over the news.

“Do you want to go and talk with Stu?” Bette asked. “I know the two of you are friends.”

“We were friends. Something happened. He doesn’t believe me anymore. He thinks my former boyfriend and I are in cahoots on this whole thing.

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