Forget Me Not: A Novel (Crossroads Crisis Center) by Vicki Hinze

Author:Vicki Hinze [Hinze, Vicki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60142-260-6
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Published: 2010-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

“Karen?” Ben stood beside the sofa, not wanting to wake her but having little choice. She had her arm flung up over her head and her mouth opened just a touch. Very pretty. Very vulnerable.

Protect her. The desire rammed into him like a sucker punch to the gut. He stiffened against it. He didn’t want to care about this woman, or any woman. After Susan, he didn’t dare.

But something inside him did want to care, and he resented it. He’d shed too many tears, spent too many sleepless nights reliving every moment of his life with Susan. He carried that burden of guilt at not being able to protect her and their son, and he spent far too many days fighting the demons in his mind that insisted he should have died in their place.

She didn’t awaken.

“Karen?”

Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled. Then she started and sat up straight. “What? What’s wrong?”

“Everything’s okay.”

“Oh, good.” She rubbed her eyes. “What time is it?”

“Almost noon.” He cleared his throat. “I’m sorry to wake you, but I need to talk to you and it shouldn’t wait.”

“Okay.”

“Nora went to the grocery store. While she was there, a man came up to her and told her to check in New Orleans for Richard Massey. To tell me right away.”

Karen touched a hand to her chest. “Was he one of the abductors, the one who paid the teens, or the man who shot—?”

“We don’t know. Mark’s asked, but no one else in the store noticed the guy, and if he was picked up on the security camera, Nora couldn’t identify him from the tape.”

“Her eyes?”

“I’m afraid so. Mark’s picked up lines on several Richard Masseys in the Greater New Orleans area. He’s got a couple dozen photos he needs you to look at. Sorry, but it really can’t wait. We’ve got to get to Richard Massey as soon as possible.”

“Why?” Karen tossed the throw aside, slid into her shoes, then stood.

“Because the man in the store told Nora that Massey was marked for death.”

She gasped. “He must know me or something about me, then. Is that why he’s going to be killed?”

Ben couldn’t miss the regret and upset in her voice. “We don’t know that.”

“This is no time for diplomacy, Ben.”

“We believe it could be, yes.”

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