In a Killer's Sights by Sandra Robbins

Author:Sandra Robbins
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Christian, Clean & Wholesome, Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Thrillers
ISBN: 9780373447541
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-07-01T09:46:13.628000+00:00

NINE

Gwen checked her suitcase one last time to make sure she had everything packed. She hadn’t been at the ranch long enough to have scattered her belongings, but she wanted to make sure she was in her rental car in the morning and ready to be on her way to Knoxville as soon as she finished the conversation with Dean she couldn’t put off any longer.

Looking back on the decision she’d made not to tell him about his daughter, she now wished she had handled the situation differently. Maybe knowing that he had someone to love would have made his recovery easier. At the time, however, all she had thought about was protecting herself and her child from the man he’d become.

Now that Gwen had seen how his life had turned out, she knew she had to tell him about Maggie. He would hate her when he found out, but that was the punishment she’d have to endure for the choice she’d made. At least he could have someone to love, and Maggie could have all her questions about the father she’d never known answered.

Gwen glanced around the room again to see if she’d forgotten to pack anything and to make sure she’d laid out the clothes she intended to wear tomorrow. There wouldn’t be time to do any last-minute packing. When she confessed to Dean, she needed to be ready to leave. It might be a good idea to have her suitcases in the car even before she talked to him.

She started to pick up the bags to take them out there when a loud, piercing sound seemed to shake the house. She dropped the suitcases and ran to the door. A couple staying two rooms down from her opened their door and hurried into the hall.

The woman clutched the front of her robe closed. Her husband stared at Gwen with wide eyes. “What’s that sound?” he asked.

“I don’t know, but I’ll find out.”

She ran to the staircase and grabbed the banister as she rushed down the stairs. The sound grew more intense the lower she went. When she reached the ground floor, she realized the blaring siren was coming from the direction of the office.

Suddenly she knew she was hearing the fire alarm from the barn being broadcast over the intercom, and her stomach churned. Princess, Midnight and Cocoa, as well as half a dozen other horses, would be in their stalls. There was no time to waste.

She grabbed the desk phone and punched in 911. An operator answered immediately.

“This is 911. What is your emergency?”

“There’s a fire at Little Pigeon Ranch,” she screamed into the phone. “We need help.”

“That fire’s already been reported, ma’am, and the trucks are on the way. They should be there any minute now.”

“Thanks!” Gwen cried and slammed the phone back in its cradle.

Then she turned and ran out of the house and toward the barn. She could see a faint glow coming from inside it, and her breath hitched in her throat as she got closer.

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