Eye of the Beholder by Kathy Herman

Author:Kathy Herman [Herman, Kathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Christian Fiction
Published: 2012-04-18T07:00:00+00:00

22

Guy Jones pulled into a parking space at Holbrook Park. He turned off the motor and watched the children romping on the playground. What he wouldn’t give to feel safe and secure! Lord, give me wisdom.

How long should he wait before going to the police? It seemed smarter to confront Kinsey first and find out whether or not Duncan was right. Going to the police too soon could get her killed.

The thug’s words kept replaying in his head. Think you’re pretty clever, don’t you? It’s going to cost you. You tell your girlfriend the price just doubled. She’s got twenty-four hours, then I’m going to cut her into little pieces. What would make the man think Kinsey was his girlfriend?

Guy couldn’t help but find the irony in all this. If he’d hired a bodyguard, the thug would never have gotten close enough to hold a knife to his throat and tell him that the price had doubled—and Guy would still believe the fifteen thousand dollars sitting in his trunk was going to save Kinsey’s neck.

His phone rang and he jumped. He took a slow, deep breath. Please be Kinsey. “Hello?”

“It’s me,” Ellen said. “Did you get moved in to the new apartment?”

Guy glanced at his watch: 4:20. “Uh, the rental company should be delivering furniture about now. The manager said I didn’t have to be there for that.”

“Where are you? I called the office and the girl from the temp agency said you were gone for the afternoon.”

“Yeah, I had some business-related things I needed to take care of. It’s not something I wanted to delegate to Marsha.”

“Did you hire a bodyguard?”

“Ellen, I haven’t had a minute to myself.”

“You’re not going to do it, are you? You’re just humoring me.”

“Honey, I’m really not. I’m just having trouble staying on top of the workload with Kinsey gone.”

“You’ve waited so long now you’ll have to go through the weekend without any protection. I can’t believe you’d even think of doing that.”

After my conversation with Duncan, neither can I. “You’re right. I’m going over there right now and do it.”

“Promise?”

“Yeah. I’ll call you later.”

Guy disconnected the call, backed out of the parking space, and headed for downtown. The bodyguard-for-hire place he had seen listed in the phone book was across from Winkler’s cafeteria.

Guy’s phone rang again and his heart raced. “Hello.”

“Hi, it’s Kinsey.”

“Where have you been?”

“Did you get the money?”

“All fifteen thousand. Where do you want me to meet you?”

“That little corner café on Elm Street we’ve wanted to try. Come alone. I’ll find you.”

“Now?”

“Yes, now. You didn’t tell anyone, did you?”

“No. I’ll be there in about twenty minutes. Might take longer—the traffic’s getting heavy.”

“All right, hurry. I’m so scared someone might have followed me.”

Guy went up the steps to the Elm Street Café and pushed open the glass door. The place was bigger than it looked from outside, and quainter—gingham curtains on the windows, hanging plants, hardwood floors. The aroma of something delicious drew him in.

“Dinner for one?” the waitress said.

“I’m meeting a friend.

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