In a Heartbeat by Rita Herron

Author:Rita Herron [Herron, Rita]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781459296541
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2006-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

TERROR MOMENTARILY immobilized Lisa, but in the split second the emotion hit her, she fought back. She refused to let panic trap her.

Last time she’d done that, she’d almost died.

She was stronger this time.

She reached for the phone on the nightstand, praying she could dial 911 before the man attacked. The shadow shifted suddenly; the sound of clothing rustled in the quiet. She closed her fingers around the receiver, rolled sideways and dropped to the floor. But instead of lunging for her, he bolted into the den. The front door screeched open, then slapped shut.

Gasping for air, she searched the shadows as she punched in numbers. Not 911, but Brad’s cell phone. She had to hear his voice.

One ring. Two. She closed her eyes, one ear listening for sounds that the man had returned. A frog croaked in the distance. The dog howled. The wind swished the curtain against the windowsill. The rumbling of a motor sounded somewhere from the road.

Another ring.

“Booker here.” A pause. “Lisa?”

“Brad,” Lisa whispered, “there…there was someone in the cabin.”

“What?” His breath rushed out. “Are you all right? Is he still there?”

“I’m not sure. He ran into the den and I think he went outside.”

Brad cursed. “Lock the bedroom door. I’ll be right there.”

* * *

ANXIETY SQUEEZED the oxygen from Brad’s lungs. He had left Lisa at his place, alone. How had the copycat killer known?

The reality of what could happen to her hit him in the gut as he glanced at the crime scene photos spread on the conference table.

“What’s wrong?” Ethan asked.

“An intruder was just at my place, in the bedroom where Lisa was sleeping.” Brad dialed the Buford cops and ordered a patrol car sent to his cabin, then snapped his phone shut. “I have to go.”

“You think he made a move?” Rosberg asked.

“I don’t know, but get a CSI unit there immediately to dust for fingerprints. If the son of a bitch was in my place, I want to know who he was and how he found Lisa.”

“Maybe he’s been tailing you,” Agent Slater suggested.

Brad jerked his gaze to her, the realization that she might be right leaving an acrid taste in his mouth.

Worse, if someone had tailed him, he hadn’t even noticed.

What kind of agent did that make him? A washed-up failure….

“This could be our break,” Captain Rosberg said.

“Another mistake,” Ethan commented.

Excitement zinged through the room, although Brad’s nerves were too close to the edge to think about the total ramifications. All he knew was that Lisa was in danger, and he had to get to her fast.

Ethan raced behind him as Brad sprinted for the door. Seconds later, he tore through the streets of Atlanta, honking his horn and yelling at everyone in sight to move out of the way. A fender-bender on I-85 sent him into fits, and when he barreled around that, siren wailing, and saw the traffic backed up for miles on Peachtree Parkway, he thought he’d lose his mind.

“Call her back. See if she answers,” Brad barked.

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