Keeper of the Bride by Tess Gerritsen

Author:Tess Gerritsen [Gerritsen, Tess]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Suspense
ISBN: 9780778315322
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2012-11-13T03:50:50+00:00

Eight

“Man, oh man,” said Gillis. “You sure did bring down the house.”

They were standing outside, behind the yellow police line, waiting for the rest of the search team to assemble. The apartment house—what was left of it—had been cleared of any second devices, and now it was Ernie Takeda’s show. Takeda was, at that moment, diagramming the search grid, handing out evidence bags and assigning his lab crew to their individual tasks.

Sam already knew what they’d find. Residue of Dupont label dynamite. Scraps of green two-inch-wide electrical tape. And Prima detonating cord. The same three components as the church bomb and the warehouse bomb.

And every other bomb put together by the late Vincent Spectre.

Who’s your heir apparent, Spectre? Sam wondered. To whom did you bequeath your tricks of the trade? And why is Nina Cormier the target?

Just trying to reason it through made his head pound. He was still covered in dust, his cheek was bruised and swollen, and he could barely hear out of his left ear. But he had nothing to complain about. He was alive.

Nina would not have been so fortunate.

“I’ve got to find her,” he said. “Before he does.”

“We’ve checked with the family again,” said Gillis. “Father, mother, sister. She hasn’t turned up anywhere.”

“Where the hell could she have gone?” Sam began to pace along the police line, his worry turning to agitation. “She walks out of headquarters, maybe she catches a cab or a bus. Then what? What would she do?”

“Whenever my wife gets mad, she goes shopping,” Gillis offered helpfully.

“I’m going to call the family again.” Sam turned to his car. “Maybe she’s finally shown up somewhere.”

He was about to reach inside the Taurus for the car phone when he froze, his gaze focused on the edge of the crowd. A small, dark-haired figure stood at the far end of the street. Even from that distance, Sam could read the fear, the shock, in her pale face.

“Nina,” he murmured. At once he began to move toward her, began to push, then shove his way through the crowd. “Nina!”

She caught sight of him, struggling to reach her. Now she was moving as well, frantically plunging into the gathering of onlookers. They found each other, fell into each other’s embrace. And at that moment, there was no one else in the world for Sam, no one but the woman he was holding. She felt so very precious in his arms, so easily taken from him.

With a sudden start, he became acutely aware of the crowd. All these people, pressing in on them. “I’m getting you out of here,” he said. Hugging her close to his side, he guided her toward his car. The whole time, he was scanning faces, watching for any sudden movements.

Only when he’d bundled her safely into the Taurus did he allow himself a deep breath of relief.

“Gillis!” he called. “You’re in charge here!”

“Where you going?”

“I’m taking her somewhere safe.”

“But—”

Sam didn’t finish the conversation. He steered the car out of the crowd and they drove away.

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