Kill for Me by Karen Rose

Author:Karen Rose [Rose, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Published: 2008-02-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Raleigh, North Carolina, Saturday, February 3, 5:45 p.m

Harry Grimes crouched next to a stain on Dr. Cassidy’s garage floor. “It’s blood.”

Steven turned to the elderly neighbor. “What time did his car leave, ma’am?”

“About noon. The doctor always stops and asks me how I am. He didn’t today. I thought he was preoccupied.” She wrung her hands. “I should have called the police.”

Harry stood up. “Did it look like the doctor driving?”

“I don’t know. I don’t see so well these days. I’m so sorry.”

“Thank you, ma’am. You’ve been a big help.” When she was gone, Harry met Steven’s eyes. “Nobody remembers seeing Genie Cassidy on that bus.”

“Steven, Harry.” A crime lab tech motioned to them. “Kent has something.”

Kent Thompson, CSU, was sitting at the doctor’s computer. “The doctor got an e-mail from Genie around eleven this morning, saying she was at the bus station and would he pick her up. He says he will and that he’s got their plane tickets for Toronto.”

“He was going to take her out of the country?” Steven asked.

“That’s what we’re supposed to think. Look at the envelope info on the two e-mails.”

Harry did and immediately saw Kent’s point. “Both e-mails were sent over the same wireless router,” he said. “The router here, in this house.”

“So whoever sent the e-mail was in this house,” Steven said.

“Exactly,” Kent said. “Genie’s message might have been sent from a PDA or a laptop. Either way, Genie was not at the bus station when she sent it.”

Harry nodded. “I’ll get out an Amber alert.”

Atlanta, Saturday, February 3, 6:05 p.m.

“Miss Vartanian, wake up.”

Susannah woke with a start. She’d fallen asleep in the chair next to M. Jane Doe’s bed. She blinked up into the face of Ella, Jane Doe’s night nurse. “What time is it?”

“A little after six. You have a call at the nurses’ station. It’s the GBI office.”

Susannah blinked. “Why are you here if it’s only six? Where’s Jennifer?”

“Jennifer got sick and had to leave, so I came in early. Your caller is waiting.”

Susannah took the phone from a nurse at the desk. “This is Susannah Vartanian.”

“This is Brianna Bromley, one of the GBI stenos. I have a message from Agent Papadopoulos. He wants you to meet him at the entrance of the ER. It’s urgent.”

Her heart began to pound harder. “When?”

“He gave me the message fifteen minutes ago. He should be there any minute.”

“Thank you.” Susannah ran, shivering when the cold air hit her face. She searched for Luke’s car, but instead saw a familiar face. “Jennifer? Ella said you were sick.”

The day nurse’s eyes were red, her face pasty. “I’m waiting for my ride.”

“You don’t look well. Have you been waiting long?”

Jennifer’s jaw tightened. “He’s an hour late.”

“How rude.” Just then a car entered her peripheral vision, headlights momentarily blinding her. She was blinking from the glare when it hit her that the car was black with its dark tinted windows up. As it approached, the passenger side window began to glide down and too late Susannah saw the glint of metal.

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