Hard Ever After by Kaye Laura

Author:Kaye, Laura [Kaye, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Avon Impulse
Published: 2016-02-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“NICK,” CHEN SAID when he called on Wednesday morning. “I’ve got bad news.”

“Shit, what is it?” Nick asked. When a guy like Chen said he had bad news, you knew it was bad.

From the driver’s seat of his truck, Shane frowned, his expression full of questions. He parked the truck in front of the dry cleaner. They’d dropped Becca off at work a half hour before and were picking up their uniforms for the wedding.

“Woodson’s in Baltimore. Has been for at least a week, maybe longer.”

Nick’s gut dropped to the floor, his mind racing. A week? That meant he’d been in town long enough to be responsible for the stuffed animal, for Becca’s feeling of being watched at the mall, and maybe even for some of her sightings that they’d thought were impossible and chalked up to her PTSD. “Goddamnit. Are you sure? How do you know?”

“I put a guy on the ground in South Carolina. He learned from some locals that Woodson had left town and traded vehicles with his uncle. I managed to track the uncle’s truck to a rest stop near Richmond, where another car had been reported stolen. That car was found abandoned in Baltimore County last week, which we just put together. Otherwise, the guy’s been way off the grid. No credit cards. No known vehicles. I have two undercover agents in the city looking for him from within the gang scene. As soon as we locate him, we’ll grab him.”

“Fuck,” Nick said, the weight of this new development crushing in on him. “Thanks for letting me know. Keep me posted.” They hung up. “Head back to the hospital. Now,” Nick said.

Shane had the truck in reverse and barreling out of the parking lot immediately. “Talk to me.”

“Woodson’s in town. Has been for over a week. We got fucking outfoxed.” Nick dialed Becca. It went to voice mail. “Please call me as soon as you get this, Becca.” Ice sloshed into his gut as Nick filled Shane in.

“No one stays off the grid like that unless they fear they’re being hunted. Or they don’t want to be noticed,” Shane said, running the tail end of a yellow light.

Nick appreciated the hell out of his friend’s aggressive driving. He really did. “Given the situation in the city, it’s probably some of both in this case. But I’m a helluva lot more worried about the latter.”

“Roger that,” Shane said, darting around other cars as much as he could.

Nick tried Becca’s cell again. Voice mail. Damnit. He was about ready to crawl out of his skin. Flipping through the contacts on his phone, he found the number for Barry Coleman at the hospital.

“Mr. Coleman, this is Nick Rixey, Becca Merritt’s fiancé,” Nick said, his knee bouncing as he scanned his gaze over the street as it flew by.

“Nick, what can I do for you?”

“I need you to find Becca and keep an eye on her until I get there. She’s not answering her cell, but I know she might be with a patient.

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