Enigma by Dee Davis

Author:Dee Davis [Dee Davis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2008-07-27T22:00:00+00:00

“Make sure Gabe sends a full technical team. I want this room gone over with a fine-toothed comb. If there’s something here to identify this guy, I want to find it.”

“Sam?” Payton had stopped in the middle of the room, bending to pick something up. “You recognize this?”

She glanced down at the thing in his palm, her heart stuttering to a stop. It was roughly the size of a golf ball, its painted face still intact, its little hat frayed and crooked. “Oh my God.” She took a step away from it, waving her hand as if she could make it disappear. “It’s Jack. My Jack.”

The little clown had been her best friend for three quarters of her life. The sound of the music and his jaunty pop always making her laugh, no matter how bleak her life might have seemed. He’d seen her through the ups and downs of childhood, the angst of adolescence, the insecurities of young adulthood, and then he’d gone—just like her father.

“It isn’t your Jack, Sam.” Payton reached out to steady her, his touch bringing her sharply back to the present.

“I know.” She closed her eyes and blew out a breath, fighting for a calm she didn’t feel. She opened her eyes again, her gaze meeting his. “It’s just that it looks so much like mine.”

“The guy’s playing mind games.” He framed her face with his hands, searching her eyes. “You can’t let him get to you.”

“I won’t.” She pulled away, shaking her head. “I just had a weird moment. Sorry.”

“It’s understandable. I don’t like the idea that the prick was in your suite any more than you do.”

“It’s par for the course, I guess. I just let it spook me.” She squared her shoulders, forcing a smile in an attempt to erase the worry creasing his face. “We already established that he wasn’t trying to hurt me. Just jerk me around a bit. And tell me something.”

“So how do we figure it out?”

“The tech team will be a start, and from there I’ll try and reconfigure both bombs. He’s left marks before. Maybe there’s something embedded in a fragment that he wants me to see. Or something that will tell us where the box came from.”

“You think it’s the one that was stolen from your apartment?”

“I know it’s not likely. But I can’t rule it out. At least not until I’ve thoroughly examined what’s left of it.”

“All right. I’ll make the call.” He laid the little head back where it had landed, and walked into his suite.

Sam stared down at the little clown, his sad eyes staring up at her, trying to tell her something—something only she could know. The bomber obviously had done his homework. Knew enough about her life to send a personal message. Problem was, she hadn’t a clue what the hell he was trying to say.

“I WANT ROUND-THE-CLOCK protection, damn it.” Payton slammed his hand down on Cullen’s desk, satisfied when the other man jumped.

“She’s got you, Payton. I don’t think it gets much better than that.

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