Incubus by Jones Janet Elizabeth

Author:Jones, Janet Elizabeth [Jones, Janet Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Fiction
ISBN: 9781426879616
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“Thank you for giving me some of your time today, Mr. and Mrs. Feinstein.”

“What did you say your name was?” asked Mr. Feinstein, holding the door open for him.

He smiled at the couple as he entered their apartment. “Burke. I’m very grateful for your help in locating my old friend Caroline.”

Mrs. Feinstein led the way to a living room, and Burke took the armchair she offered him. The couple sat down on a sofa across from him. They regarded him with caution because this situation involved their child. People were always careful about their children.

The Feinsteins’s little darling had brought them some momentary fame in the local news a couple of days ago, when they told how she’d gotten lost during their family vacation and was then rescued by a psychic.

For effect, Burke took a memo pad out of his coat pocket. “I don’t suppose you have the lady’s address, do you?”

Feinstein shook his head. “It was dark and we were pretty upset about Megan. We didn’t notice. It was just a cabin out in the woods. No house number. But a local doctor seemed to be a friend of hers, and the sheriff certainly knew her. You could contact one of them.”

Burke made a note of it. “The reporter you talked to didn’t seem to know the actual name of the town she lives in.”

“We didn’t want that information released. The young lady doesn’t want anyone to know where she is.”

He ignored Mr. Feinstein and met Mrs. Feinstein’s gaze with a hopeful smile. “If I show you a photograph of her, could you tell me if she’s the lady who found Megan?”

He didn’t wait for Mrs. Feinstein to agree. He took his wallet from his back pocket and slipped Caroline’s picture out of it. “I’m afraid this is an old photograph. It’s all I have.”

That much was true. He’d located the picture in a student newsletter that spotlighted the contributions of psychology grad students attending UTEP. With a little legwork, he’d tracked down the student who’d taken the picture.

Burke looked at the picture every day. He liked to paper clip it to his visor in the car while he drove from one stop to the next along Caroline’s trail. She was always a step ahead of him, and this time, she’d managed to elude him completely.

None of his prey had ever done that before. She was very special. He’d make her death swift and painless, out of deference to her ingenuity.

The Feinsteins leaned forward and looked at the photograph. Burke waited patiently.

“Like I said, it was nighttime,” said Mr. Feinstein. “I’m not sure this is the same girl. The cabin was dark inside. She wouldn’t let anyone turn on a light. And her hair wasn’t the same. It was short and curly and a different color.”

Caroline had changed her hair color three times since she’d been running from him. Burke resisted the urge to ask them what color her hair was now. He hoped it was red. She would look gorgeous with red hair.

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