Hot Pursuit: A Novel by Suzanne Brockmann

Author:Suzanne Brockmann [Brockmann, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fiction, General, Romance, Suspense, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural
ISBN: 9780345501585
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2011-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

He watched from the closet as two of the SEALs returned, as he knew they would. When they first came down the corridor, he’d thought, with a flash of heat and rage, that the taller one was Starrett—the husband. And even though he knew they must be armed beneath their winter jackets, he almost ruined everything by bursting out at them, just to stab Starrett in the throat.

But it wasn’t him. It was the other one, who was just as tall, but not as ruggedly handsome. He thought about killing him anyway, about the way his blood would spray, hot and thick against the wall and in his face, coating him and staining his clothes. That would make it hard to escape, but first he’d have to kill the other—the one who was fumbling to get the key into the lock.

He could do it. He wanted to do it. He had his Taser with him, which would give him the advantage.

And killing them would confuse the issue and keep Alyssa from realizing, too soon, who he was, because the Dentist had only slaughtered women. True, he’d killed that man in the mall parking lot, and of course his father—but they hadn’t connected those deaths to him. Not yet, anyway. And yes, there was also that one horrible man, years ago, with Amanda, but he’d hidden him well and they hadn’t found him.

Right now though, he wanted to surprise Alyssa, and the bodies of these two—gutted and left in Maria’s office—would help him to do just that.

It was a good idea—of that he was certain.

But he was also just as certain that he couldn’t kill them both and be sure he would survive.

Wait. He needed to wait.

“In this lifetime, Chick,” the tall one said impatiently as the really young shorter one tried a second key.

At last the door opened and the light went on, stabbing into his brain, but he didn’t look away. They wouldn’t be in there long. He’d left nothing for them that would lead back to him. He’d even found the tooth he’d dropped some days ago. It had cut its way free from his pocket, dropping onto the floor from the leg of his pants—a ghost from the past biting him and making this adventure even more lively and nerve jangling, since he couldn’t go searching the floor for it with Jenn sitting at her desk. And he hadn’t had time in the early morning hours when he’d left his gift in the drawer. As it was, he’d almost been seen.

But he’d found it tonight and it was back in his pocket, where it belonged. He’d cleared his listening devices out of Maria and Savannah’s apartments, too— taking a moment to stand there, breathing in Alyssa’s sweet scent. She hadn’t been there long, but it was enough for him to feel her presence.

The tall one came back out into the hallway, looking at his cell phone. “Here we go,” he said. “Now I’ve got bars. Wait—bar, singular.

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