Dark Heart by Margaret Weis;David Baldwin

Author:Margaret Weis;David Baldwin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9780061057915
Publisher: Eos
Published: 1998-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Home at last, Sandra emptied her pockets onto her dresser in the first faint blush of morning. She thought about turning on a lamp but left it off. The darkness was comfortable.

She felt like the weight of the world was on her shoulders. Her stomach was queasy and her head hurt, the alcohol and nicotine chasing each other in a painful relay through her body.

She had gone out seeking clarity. Instead, she’d indulged in a wonderful distraction that was likely to cause her more pain than it was worth.

Frowning, she decided she wouldn’t let it get to her. She had too much at stake to fall apart over a man.

Unbuttoning her blouse, she started digging through her closet for something new to wear. She tossed the ruined blouse on the floor.

Think of the case, she told herself. She’d been so close to catching that snitch last night…damn it!

If he wasn’t bullshitting her, maybe he knew the man who had killed Carlton Wheeler, and possibly killed Madrone, too. At the very least, he could’ve provided new leads.

But Red was crazy skittish, even though he’d gone out of his way to talk to her. The moment that Omar guy had stepped outside the bar, Red had bolted like he’d seen a ghost.

As she finished stripping off her clothes, Sandra drew in a deep breath. Justin’s scent clung to her, mingled with her own, making it hard for her to concentrate on anything else. She should take a shower, but she was exhausted, and she had to go to work in a few hours. She’d rather spend the time sleeping, if she could.

She really should go to bed, but her mind was restless, unsettled. Resting her fingertips lightly on the window, she leaned in, put her forehead against the glass, looked down. It was a trick she and her girlfriends had learned in high school, when they’d gone to the Sears Tower. Lean over the rail, put your head to the glass, and look out. It seemed like you were going to fall, all that way. It made you dizzy.

Now only the alcohol was dizzying, and the feeling was hardly the pleasant glow she’d felt in high school. The view from an eighth-floor condo was nothing compared to the sights seen from the vast height of the Sears building.

She thought of the killer, out there somewhere in Chicago’s mean streets. Was that the source of her weird paranoia, that feeling of being stalked she just couldn’t seem to shake? Madrone had been a cop, and she was a cop. And Madrone was connected to Baxter, and to Wheeler. And she was connected to Madrone now.

Somebody had killed one cop. Why not another?

Why not me? Am I jumping at shadows?

Jesus…

Hopefully something would turn up in this dead-end case. She’d find the redhead and squeeze him. She still had the dime bag she’d taken from him yesterday. In the shape he’d been in, if she could find him before he scored again, he’d probably trade anything he had for a taste.

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