Extreme Measures by Rachel Carrington

Author:Rachel Carrington
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: til we meet again, Romantic Suspense, extreme measures, in too deep, burning reflections, murder mystery, rachel carrington, thriller
Published: 2013-01-16T13:00:00+00:00

She didn’t recognize the voice, but her stomach still knotted. Hal didn’t like strangers, and he’d never let one into his mother’s apartment. Her head swam a little, and the cell phone slipped in her grasp. “W-who is this?”

“Just a friend of your brother’s.” The deep nasally drawl iced her skin. “Oh, and of your little pal here. I’ve been getting to know him real well. He was kind enough to give me your phone number. Well, actually, to let me use his cell phone, too. It’s a nice one. They didn’t make ‘em this nice before I went into the joint.”

Spots danced in front of Erin’s eyes. She could only imagine Hal’s fear. He would be defenseless against any kind of atrocities this man chose to inflict, and she was helpless. Her teeth snapped together, and all the panic, the fear that had been building up inside her since Matt arrived exploded in undiluted fury.

“Don’t you hurt him. He isn’t a part of this, whatever in the hell ‘this’ is. It’s me my brother wants, not Hal. Just let him go.”

“Now why would I want to do that? His mom used to be quite the looker. She’s a little long in the tooth, but I’ve been in prison quite a while and learned that you can’t be too picky.”

Erin’s breath stalled in her throat while her stomach churned. She jumped to her feet, her brain already scrambling for her next move. “What do you want?”

She didn’t get a chance to hear the answer before Matt snatched the cell phone out of her hand. “You a friend of Stuart O’Malley’s?”

“Oh, I didn’t know the little lady had company. Well, you just tell her not to worry about her friend, Hal. I’ll take real good care of him…and his momma.”

The man’s voice was loud enough for Erin to hear. Lungs so constricted she could barely breathe, she snatched her purse, made it to the door only seconds before Matt did.

He still held the cell phone in one hand while he smacked the other one against the door to prevent her departure. “You can’t leave, Erin.”

“He has Hal! What am I supposed to do, just sit here and let him torture my friend?”

“What do you think you can do? And I’m sure it’s occurred to you that whoever this guy is wants you to come to him. You don’t even know if Hal is still alive.”

Erin felt the color leeching from her face, and she dropped her hand away from the knob. “Stuart doesn’t just want to kill me, does he? He wants me to suffer.” Her world tilted off its axis as the parts started falling into place.

Stuart hadn’t just gone after Hal to get to her. He’d intended to hurt her just like he thought she’d hurt him. Her friends were going to pay for the imaginary crimes she had committed. “Matt?”

He didn’t answer her. Instead, he turned her around and tried steering her back into the main area of the hotel room.

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