Expert Witness by Rachel Dylan

Author:Rachel Dylan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Love Inspired
Published: 2015-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

NINE

Sydney awoke from an awful nightmare to the bright sun streaming into her room. She gasped when she looked at the clock on the nightstand and saw it was almost noon. She never slept that late. Granted it had been almost 3:00 a.m. before she’d practically willed her body to sleep last night.

She pushed any thoughts about Rick out of her mind and instead focused on the current man in her life—Max. Talk about a major breakthrough. Even through this awful ordeal, God was good. Max’s return to faith gave her a morale boost that she desperately needed, given all the danger that surrounded them.

Max was a good man. A loyal and honest man. The experience with Rick had damaged her for what she assumed would be forever, and she’d reconciled those feelings within herself. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t be friends with Max.

She started to move out of the bed, and her body yelled at her. Her muscles ached, and she looked down and saw the bruises on her arm. A flash of the night before hit her hard, causing her to suck in a quick breath. Once again she felt Rick’s strong hands pressing into her arms. She saw his intent to inflict as much agony on her as possible.

I’m not going back there, she told herself. Yes, she might be sore and bruised, but she wasn’t going to let that stop her from moving forward. Rick Ward no longer held any power over her.

After she went to the bathroom and took a quick shower, she headed downstairs where she heard voices getting louder.

Elena and Max were having what looked to be a heated discussion. Elena stood with her hands on her hips as she spoke to Max.

Sydney walked into the kitchen. “What’s going on, you two?”

Elena immediately stopped talking and turned to her but didn’t say anything.

“Come on.” She was starting to get frustrated at being locked out of the important discussions. “This all involves me. I think I have a right to know. Was there a problem with the FBI or the marshals?”

Elena shook her head. “No. Everything went smoothly. The marshals are enacting special security protocols in case Davies isn’t the only one involved. They’re also looking for Davies. The FBI is assisting.”

“That’s all good news.” Sydney was confused. What was she missing? “If that’s all true, then what’s the problem between the two of you?”

Silence filled the kitchen and Elena avoided making eye contact with her.

“Max?” she asked.

He let out a breath. “It’s the Diaz trial. The court has reset the trial to begin tomorrow.”

As she looked into his green eyes, her pulse quickened. “Wait. That doesn’t make any sense. Why so fast?”

“Let me explain,” Elena said. “After we got done talking to the FBI and marshals first thing this morning, we had a status conference with the judge and the attorneys for both sides. Everyone in that conference agreed that since we now have a much better idea of the threat assessment the trial could proceed.

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