Full Circle by Carol Caiton

Author:Carol Caiton [Caiton, Carol]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-09T22:00:00+00:00

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"We've got a spike."

Jeremiah Case heard the beeping alarm. "Scale?"

"Four point seven. No, make that a four point two."

Low-midrange, he thought. Probably not serious. "Name?"

"Employee. Jessica Breckenridge."

"Location?"

"Urns & Leaves. Inside."

That got his attention.

Spikes weren't uncommon. Stress levels soared for all sorts of reasons at RUSH. But this was the first one to occur inside a restaurant.

He pulled up a visual from one of the security cameras. The wide angle lens showed the entire dining room but everything looked normal. Calm. Half the tables were clean and available and the rest were occupied by no more than one person.

On another monitor he brought up the file on Jessica Breckenridge. Blonde. Hannah's sister. No current links.

He frowned. No current links. So what had spiked her stress levels to the point of sending out an alarm?

Turning to another monitor, he zoomed in on the restaurant's occupants. Some he recognized, others he didn't.

He spotted Simon who, it seemed, was onto something. He sat at a table holding a newspaper as though reading it, but his eyes were trained over the top edge, following the activity around him.

"Who's in the area?" Jeremiah asked the guard beside him. He'd just deployed six of his men to Threshold and another three were standing by over there.

"Cliff Portman's next door at The Deli, and Chuck Kinnerly's just outside Admin.

"Contact Portman and send him over there for the girl. Then put Kinnerly on the door."

"Got it."

Jeremiah zeroed in on Jessica Breckenridge and watched her approach Simon's table. Good. If Simon could keep her there until—

The steadily beeping alarm jumped in tempo.

"Five point six," the guard announced sharply.

Jeremiah stared at the monitor. Simon reached out a hand toward the girl's wrist and she jerked back . . . way out of range. She was afraid of Simon?

What the hell was going on?

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