In Safe Hands (Search and Rescue Book 4) by Katie Ruggle

Author:Katie Ruggle [Ruggle, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2016-10-03T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

It was harder than the night she’d left the first chain lock undone. Daisy couldn’t stay still, much less sleep. Every time she paused, even for a second, she was overwhelmed with the knowledge that the inner door was completely unlocked. It didn’t matter that the exterior door was locked, or that she lived in the tiny, mostly crime-free town of Simpson, or that she had a deputy on speed-dial. The unsecured door made her feel as vulnerable as if she were lying naked in the front yard.

She tried to think of something she could bake that didn’t require eggs, but she was too distracted to do more than pull a few ingredients out of the cupboards. When she caught herself staring blankly into the sugar canister, Daisy decided that attempting to prepare edible food when she couldn’t concentrate for more than two seconds at a time was probably a dangerous idea.

After putting away the items and cleaning the kitchen, she wandered into the study. Although the dolls still freaked her out, they were growing on her a little. It might have been because both were doing so well in their online auctions. Apparently, there were a lot of people who didn’t feel that the antique dolls were toys of the devil.

She booted up her laptop. After deleting a few junk emails, she opened up an Internet browser. Only two minutes later, she shut down her computer, unable to sit still.

Checking the clock on the desk, she groaned. It wasn’t even one yet, and it felt like an entire week had gone by since Chris had left to help Lawrence with the missing tire cover. He’d called her after he’d gotten off work, but he’d been distracted, so they’d ended the call shortly after she’d confirmed that she was doing fine.

Daisy wandered into the training room. Friday was officially her rest day, but she figured it could still be considered Thursday night, if she really wanted to lie to herself. She jumped and grabbed the pull-up bar, swinging back and forth like a kid on the monkey bars. When her hands started to sting from the friction, she lifted her legs up and over the bar, releasing the grip of her fingers so she hung upside-down by her knees.

Her spine popped as she dangled from the bar, and she thought of how different the room looked from her inverted position. When her face burned from too much blood flowing into it and her eyes felt like they were about to pop out of her head, she swung back and forth, flipping her legs off of the bar to land on her feet. Unfortunately, she couldn’t stick the landing, and she fell back on her butt with a grunt.

Glad that she didn’t have an audience for that ungraceful maneuver, she scrambled to her feet and headed for the treadmill. If she didn’t do something physical, she was going to lose the battle raging in her head, run to the door, and fasten every single lock, erasing all of her progress.

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