Danger Signals by Kathleen Creighton

Author:Kathleen Creighton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2008-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“Sweet Jesus Lord…”

Wade was slumped against the side of the car with his face in his hands, and Tierney knew from the emotions rolling off of him like thunder that the words weren’t meant as blasphemy.

She, on the other hand, was incapable of speech. Incapable of movement of any kind, even to cover her head with her arms, as she instinctively wanted to do. As if that would shield her from the bludgeoning of those emotions

Fury! Fear!

Regret…Remorse…Shame…

Fury again—and something else, something I can’t understand because it’s so tangled up with everything else.

Wade—please…stop!

“Are you all right?” The question came muffled but harsh. “Are you…” Then a pause for some muttered swearing. “Did I hurt you?”

She lied…shook her head. And his reply came instantly, almost a snarl.

“Don’t do that! Don’t lie to me. Of course I hurt you—I was trying to hurt…not you—whoever the hell I thought you were. Damn it, Doyle! What are you doing here? Were you waiting for me? Why didn’t you call me?”

“I tried to.” Her voice felt small and timid. “Check your voice mail.” She stirred at last, turned and leaned her back against the car next to him, unconsciously mimicking his stance.

There was another long string of swear words, some of which Tierney was sure she’d never heard before. Wade grabbed his cell phone from its holster, thumbed some buttons and glared at the screen.

“I had it turned off. I was working on…something,” he said in a calmer voice, transferring the glare to her. “But you could have said something, called out—Jeez, girl, give a guy some warning. I’m in the middle of a murder investigation, there’s a serial killer running loose, and I’ve got God knows who stalking me, maybe. It’s a miracle I didn’t—” He broke off to stare at her. “Hell. Are you crying?”

“No,” she said, and dashed the betraying tear from her cheek. The last thing she needed tonight was for him to put his arms around her again. As far as self-control went, she figured that would just about do hers in completely.

Which evidently he realized, because instead of reaching for her, he folded his arms on his chest as if to keep himself from doing so and frowned at her. “Look, I’m sorry, okay? And you didn’t answer my question. Why are you here? Did something happen—” He straightened, then leaned toward her, suddenly on full alert. “Did you pick up something new on our killer? My stalker?”

She shook her head and sniffed, swiped at another tear, then said in a choked voice, “Nothing like that. I probably shouldn’t have bothered you with it. I didn’t know who else—”

“Damn it, Miss Tee—”

“It’s my grandmother, Wade. She’s gone. I’ve looked all over for her. I can’t find her anywhere, and I don’t know what to do. She’s out there somewhere and—” Her voice caught on a little sob of grief and terror.

What could he do? He’d tried to keep his hands off of her, truly he had. But he was

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