DEADLY REFLECTIONS (BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: FAMILY SECRETS Book 4) by Regan Black

Author:Regan Black [Black, Regan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Getaway Reads, LLC
Published: 2020-12-22T16:00:00+00:00

Sitting on the back porch, her gaze on the ocean, Paige heard Carter’s cell phone ring. The sound had become familiar as they settled into a routine during the first few days of her protective isolation. She resisted the urge to hurry inside like a worried child hoping for good news. Bad enough that she felt small and irrelevant. She wouldn’t behave that way.

Zero control was the worst.

He and his assistant were working around the clock, but she had no idea how they would prove she wasn’t the woman holding that gun in Melissa’s kitchen. Ronnie—Detective Lewis—had made it abundantly clear he didn’t buy the alibi her parents provided.

That hurt.

Videos were manipulated all the time. Shouldn’t he have some faith in an old friend?

Personally, she couldn’t get the image out of her mind. It had to be a trick. The alternative, that someone out there with nearly identical features to her was capable of murder, was too bizarre to be true.

Nothing she’d found in her father’s past indicated he’d cheated on her mom more than once, though she continued to search, just in case. When it came to the legal trouble, she was reliant on her bodyguard and his strict rules about her access to the world. Though she wasn’t ready to admit it, the distance from her parents was actually refreshing right now.

Standing, she walked to the edge of the porch, as far as she was allowed to go without Carter’s protection.

Behind her the screen door opened and slapped closed. “Paige?”

She turned, tried to smile at him. “I wasn’t going to run off.” Just fantasizing about it.

“It’s your mom.” Carter held out his cell phone.

She frowned. Had he been talking with her mother for the past several minutes? He didn’t look flustered or annoyed, which made him better than her.

“What’s wrong?” she mouthed the words.

“Talk to her,” he mouthed back.

She took the phone and gave her mom a bright hello as Carter went back inside. Her mom didn’t need to know how aggravated she was with the isolation and precautions. “How are you doing, Mom?”

“We’re fine. It’s the usual here, other than extra security milling about and the police car out front. I wanted to hear your voice. How are you holding up?”

“I’m good. Carter is a great cook,” she added, just to make conversation.

“How nice. You should bake him some cookies.”

“Maybe.” She wasn’t in the mood for cookies.

“Your holiday cookie trays are the best. I gave Carter a grocery list.”

Paige rolled her eyes. “Thanks.” What else could she say? Her mom meant well. “That was helpful.”

“You’re hurting,” Cora said. “I can hear it. You should be here.”

Location didn’t make any difference when the pain was lodged in her heart. Between Melissa’s death and the secrets in her father’s past, Paige didn’t know anything that would ease this deep pressure in her chest.

“Carter tells me it isn’t forever,” Paige said. “He’s working hard to find the real kil—culprit,” she corrected immediately. Killer was a harsh term to use with her mom, even if it was accurate.

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