Finding Her Way Home by Linda Goodnight

Author:Linda Goodnight
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2010-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

Shaking all over, Cheyenne dropped the pistol hand to her side and leaned the back of her head against the exterior wall. The siding was slick and hard, the night air cool. She took a deep, shuddering breath, barely able to remain upright now that the danger was over. Adrenaline jacked through her system like rocket fuel.

What had she been thinking to accost this perp single-handedly with no backup? She hadn’t been thinking at all. She’d been dreaming.

The doorknob rattled as if the guests in Unit 5 were coming out. Security lights glowed above each unit, making her far too visible. She edged behind a squat evergreen and crouched low, out of sight, pistol resting on her thigh.

She mustered all her inner determination not to sink to the ground, roll into a ball and let the terror sweep over her in waves the way it had before.

The door opened. She slowed her breathing to match the quiet night.

The man and woman came out. The oversize creep had his arm around Emma. As if he knew Cheyenne was watching, he stopped beneath the light, tilted his wife’s chin and kissed her, long and deep.

Cheyenne nearly gagged. Emma simply submitted.

“You know I love you, baby,” he said.

Emma nodded, then dropped her head and followed her husband to a car. She opened her own door and got inside. And they roared away into the darkness.

If she thought it would do any good, Cheyenne would have said a prayer for the very young woman.

As the engine noise slowly faded and quiet night sounds returned, cold sweat popped out on Cheyenne’s face and neck.

She dragged in more fresh air. Green grass. Cedar. The lingering smell of alcohol.

Stomach roiling, she bent forward, rested her hands on her thighs and threw up.

Ray Madden had reminded her too much of Dwight Hector. Her fingers had itched to shoot his leering face. She’d wanted to.

When the sick spasm ended, she raked a shaky sleeve across her mouth.

What kind of person had she become?

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