Eight Days to Live: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller by Johansen Iris

Author:Johansen, Iris [Johansen, Iris]
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2010-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

THE MERRIER INN WAS A MODEST one-story redwood structure, and Caleb had to wake the young desk clerk in the office to check them into the motel.

“Around the corner of the building.” He got back into the driver’s seat. “Two units side by side for Lina and Jane. One end unit that I’ll take, and Jock has one a little farther down.” He drove around the corner. “With any luck, we’ll get a little rest before we have to check out.”

“Is it safe? You had to show the clerk your passport, didn’t you?”

“Yes, but I have a spare in a different name.”

“Of course, you do,” Jane said with irony. “Doesn’t everyone?”

“It would be chaos if they did,” Caleb said. “And I do like to be special.” He handed out the keys. “It’s the middle of the night, and the town seems to be locked up tight. But the clerk said there were kitchenettes in all the units. Gavin, will you call Venable back and see if he has any information we need to know? The team he sent to pick up Weismann must have gotten to the cottage by now.”

Jock nodded as he headed for his end unit. “Suppose we agree to meet in an hour in Jane’s room? That will give us time to clean up and relax a little. I don’t think we can spare more time than that.”

He meant that Millet was still on the hunt, Jane realized. They had probably only evaded him for a brief time before he caught the scent again. She felt the tension tightening the muscles of her neck and lower back as she unlocked the room. It had been a wild, violent night, and she was still reeling from it.

She glanced at Lina, who had just gotten out of the car. Lina’s night had been as devastating as the one Jane had undergone. No, probably more devastating. “I wish I could tell you that you’re safe now, but that wouldn’t be the truth. Millet knows that you probably learned more than he wants you to know while you were translating that ledger. If we can arrange for you to disappear somewhere, we’ll try to do it. But please don’t run away from us.”

“‘Disappear’? I spent years of my life in hiding before I learned how to protect myself.” Lina opened the door of her room. “I won’t do it again.” She slammed the door shut behind her, and Jane heard the slide of the bolt lock.

“She’s not going to run,” Caleb said.

She turned to look at him. “How can you be certain?”

“She’s very intelligent. She’s not pleased with us, but she can see that we’re not the destroyers, Millet is the enemy. She’ll just have to decide how to handle it.”

“The last thing I wanted to do was to hurt her,” she said wearily. “Millet would have killed her, wouldn’t he?”

“Yes. But he didn’t kill her. He destroyed her possessions, not her. Possessions can be replaced.”

She knew that was true. “But I still don’t like being responsible for their loss.

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