Holiday Amnesia by Lynette Eason

Author:Lynette Eason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-09T21:03:19+00:00

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Robin told herself she needed to keep her distance from Toby. A man she trusted but couldn’t remember—and yet had kissed at some point in her murky past. So, when he asked if she wanted to walk across the street to grab a bite to eat, her mind said no, even while her lips said, “That sounds great.”

With Lance and Trent on bodyguard duty, she’d be glad to get out of the house and do something normal. Forget her troubles. Or, if not forget, at least put them aside for a short hour.

Once settled in a booth in the back near the restrooms, Robin took note of Lance and Trent seated just inside the door. Clay stepped inside, caught Toby’s eye and headed for their table.

“All right if I join you two?”

“Of course,” Toby said. “Thought you’d be at the hospital. What’s up?”

“Sabrina’s grandmother is doing much better, so Sabrina was fine with me coming back here. I saw you all walk in the diner and wanted to let you know that I just heard from Nashville. The guy we had in custody, Holloway, died.”

Robin gasped.

Toby stared. “What? How?”

“From complications with the bullet wound. Apparently, he developed a blood clot that went to his heart and killed him.”

Toby shook his head. “Great.”

“Yep. So...we’ll get nothing from him.”

“And the other guy in the Jeep escaped,” Toby said.

“Yes. Same type of rap sheet as his partner. There’s a BOLO out on him.”

The waitress interrupted, took their order and hustled off with the promise to be right back with drinks.

Toby nodded at Robin. “She’s been studying the paper found at the scene of the explosion,” he told Clay, “but so far hasn’t been able to come up with what it could be related to.”

“It’s definitely a virus,” Robin said, pulling the paper from her pocket. She’d copied it from the picture on Toby’s phone. “But I think there’s part of the structure missing.”

“Like what?”

She shrugged. “I don’t have any idea. I can think of several ways to complete it, but none of them have anything to do with what we were all working on.”

“Which was what?”

“Cures for cancer. Vaccinations against viruses and super viruses. That sort of thing.” Her eyes widened. “Wait a minute, this would create a virus, not prevent one.”

“So, create it,” Toby said softly.

“What?”

“Create it. That might be exactly what they were arguing about in the lab,” Toby said. “You said they were talking about a virus and having it ready. We’ve already speculated they could have been working on something in secret, creating a virus that could be used as a bioweapon. Can you do that with what you have there?”

Robin shuddered. “How awful.” She glanced at the structure again. “But yes, they could have.”

“If there was a buyer for it, that could explain what you overheard about having it soon,” Toby said.

“Then whoever torched the lab and tried to kill me might have the ability to make the virus and be planning to sell it,” she said.

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