Fatal Disclosure by Sandra Robbins

Author:Sandra Robbins [Robbins, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2012-06-27T05:00:00+00:00

TEN

Betsy didn’t know if she would ever be warm again. Even four hours after the attack in her studio, her body still shivered at what she had experienced. A hand squeezed her shoulder, and she glanced up from where she sat at Treasury’s kitchen table into the face of her brother. He poured her another cup of coffee and eased into a chair across from her. Mark and Brock sat on either side of her.

She picked up the coffee and tried to bring the cup to her mouth, but her hand trembled so she had to set it down again. Tears filled her eyes, and she bit down on her lip. Brock covered her hand with his. “I talked to Kate. She’s beside herself because she can’t be here, but the baby and Emma are both asleep. She wants me to bring you to our house.”

“That’s a good idea, Betsy,” Mark said. “Your studio is a crime scene now, and you can’t go back in. I can take you to Kate’s house if you want me to.”

“Maybe later.” She clasped her hands in her lap and rocked back and forth. She could almost feel those cold fingers still around her neck. “I didn’t see him in the dark. Why didn’t the light come on?”

“He’d unscrewed the lightbulbs,” Mark said. “He wanted to take you by surprise.”

“I was so scared.” She stared at Mark and remembered how it had felt to be in his arms. A tear slipped from her eye. “I killed a man, Mark.”

He sprang from his chair, knelt beside her and grabbed her by the shoulders. His fingers tightened their hold, and Betsy almost gasped at the blazing rage in his eyes. “The fall from the window killed him, Betsy. Not the gunshot wound in his shoulder, and not you. But he came here to murder you, and you had every right to protect yourself. I won’t have you feeling guilty for something that wasn’t your fault. Do you understand?”

“Mark’s right, Betsy. You can’t blame yourself for what happened,” Brock said.

She glanced across the table to Scott, and he nodded. “They’re right. When you have time to think about this, you’ll realize what we’re saying is true.”

Betsy heard the comforting words coming from her brother and her brother-in-law, but it was the burning concern she saw in Mark’s eyes that made her want to believe them. She tried to smile at him. “This is three times you’ve come to my rescue. How can I ever repay you?”

He released her and moved back into his chair. “By helping us catch these guys. Brock and Scott are going to question Luke in the morning to see what connection he has to the dead man, but there’s some reason they keep coming after you. They are convinced John said something or gave you something before he died. Are you sure you haven’t forgotten something?”

She shook her head and clasped her hands in front of her on the table. “I’ve already told you everything he said.

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