Hunting Eve (Eve Duncan) by Iris Johansen

Author:Iris Johansen
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
ISBN: 1250019990
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013-07-16T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

10

Rio Grande Forest

Colorado

“GO ON,” ZANDER SAID. “Why did you stop?”

“Because I’m tired of talking,” Eve said. “I’ve been answering your questions for over an hour. You can’t want to know anything more. I’m not that interesting. I’m an ordinary woman with a few people I love and a career I tend to obsess over.”

“On the contrary, I find you very interesting.” He rested his head on his hand as he gazed at her over the fire. “Of course, it might be that I’m trying to find some fascination in you because we have a connection. There’s a theory that people tend to develop passions for others because they subliminally remind them of themselves. In other words, they tend to love only themselves.”

“That’s bullshit, and cynical beyond belief.”

He laughed. “I didn’t think you’d go along with that philosophy.”

“Do you?”

“Sometimes.”

“And we have no connection.”

“Oh, but we do. Even if you’ll not admit to a paternal connection, this time together has definitely caused a bond to form. Don’t you feel it?” He chuckled as he saw her expression. “I didn’t say affection, I wouldn’t presume. But I may know more about you now than your lover does. I’m sure you never discussed the details of your childhood or commonplace events that made up your life. Most people assume that those are too ordinary to be of interest to anyone else.”

“Then why did you ask about them?”

“I’ve always found that if you want to learn about someone you have to take the tiniest details and put them together to form the big picture.”

“And you believe you have the big picture?”

“No, but I’m on my way.” He paused. “When you tell me about Bonnie.”

She was silent. “I’ve told you about Bonnie.”

“Very sketchy. If I were a man of sentiment, I’d be considerate and either ignore or walk gingerly about your loss. But we’ve established the fact that I’m not a man of sentiment.”

“Yes, that’s carved in stone.”

“You see? We do know each other,” he said. “But I’ll know you even better after you tell me why you speak of Bonnie in the present tense.”

He had gone full circle, Eve thought. She had thought he might forget it in the multitude of information he had pulled out of her, but everything had led back to this point.

“You don’t want to talk about her.”

“Because I won’t have you—” She shrugged. “What do you want to know?”

“I’ve already told you. Answer the question.”

“Present tense? I can’t think of her any other way. She’s always with me.” She looked him in the eye. “She always will be.”

“And yet I don’t sense … sorrow.”

“I’ve been through that and come out on the other side. She doesn’t want me to be sad.” She smiled faintly. “So I won’t be.”

“How do you know that she doesn’t want you to be sad?”

Her smile faded. “You won’t give up, will you?” She didn’t speak for a moment. “Because she told me.”

“Go on.”

“You want all the details that constitute my particular form of insanity?” She lifted her shoulders.

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