Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense March 2020--Box Set 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Goddard

Author:Elizabeth Goddard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Those eyes! Like the killer’s. But his voice? She wasn’t sure.

The man watched her, waiting for an answer, yet she could not produce a single word.

“Sorry to rush you, but we need to be on our way,” Sutter said, and all but forced the man back to his car.

“Oh, alright. I sure do appreciate the help,” Atkins told him as he climbed inside. After he closed the door, he rolled the window down, and his voice carried back to Catherine. “You and your lady friend take care. There’s a killer on the loose. Being out here on this lonely road isn’t safe. Especially for her. She looks like the other victims. It’d be a shame if anything were to happen to her.”

Before Sutter managed to utter a word, Atkins fired the car’s engine and waved. “See you.” With that chilling threat hanging in the air, the older man yanked the car onto the road and headed in the direction they’d been going.

Sutter didn’t wait for the vehicle to get out of sight. He ran to the truck and put it in Drive, then whipped around the opposite way.

Lily had begun to sob and Catherine leaned over the seat and clasped the little girl’s tiny hand. “You’re okay, sweetie. The man is gone now. Everything’s okay.” The child hiccupped a couple of breaths before slowly quieting.

Catherine turned back to Sutter. “We saw his face,” she said in amazement and couldn’t believe what had just happened.

Sutter kept checking the rearview mirror. “And he had a gun on him.” He shot her a look. “He smelled like wood smoke, too.”

His answer chilled her blood. “Why would he show us his face?”

“He not only did that, he gave me his name. Definitely not within the killer’s MO. Still, he could be playing with us.” But Sutter sounded doubtful. He didn’t say as much, but she understood. It didn’t add up.

As they headed back to town, Sutter called the sheriff and gave him as much information as possible without mentioning the blood. He didn’t want to upset Lily further.

“What happens next?” She was too stunned to think clearly.

“Sheriff Collins is going to see if he can get a warrant to search Atkin’s car.”

Catherine clutched his arm. “What if he has her at his house?” she whispered. “If he thinks we’re onto him he might…” She couldn’t finish. The thought of Lily losing her mother to this monster was unthinkable.

“If this is our guy, we’ve got him.” Sutter didn’t appear convinced, either.

The town came into view, and then the sheriff’s station. Sutter pulled around back to where Sheriff Collins waited for them. With Lily safe in Catherine’s arms, they hurried inside and locked the door.

“I have a cot I can set up in my office for you and Lily. The sofa’s comfortable, but not very roomy,” Sheriff Collins said in a kind voice.

“Denki,” she managed to answer, while trying to keep her troubling thoughts to herself for Lily’s sake.

Janine met them before they reached the office.

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