Kill Me Again by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne [Shayne, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Suspense
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2010-07-23T04:00:00+00:00

They bought a tool kit made for repairing eyeglasses at a drugstore in a nearby town, and then she drove while Aaron tinkered with the pocket watch. She was itching to use her cell phone one more time. She’d had the brilliant realization that she could check her messages, and she intended to do so, just as soon as she could get away from him long enough.

And maybe that was being stupid, overly suspicious, even paranoid. Or maybe it was that she wanted to keep believing in him for as long as possible, and if he didn’t want her checking her messages, it was going to be very hard for her to go on trusting him. And maybe, deep down inside, she already knew he wasn’t the man she wanted him to be. He might be Aaron Westhaven or he might not, but either way, he wasn’t the man she’d thought he was. That man wasn’t real. She’d realized that at some point in getting to know him. That man was a creation of her own mind. He didn’t exist.

This man did, and now that she was finally clear on who he wasn’t, she was eager to find out who he was. Eager, and a little bit afraid. And for some reason, every bit as attracted as she’d been before. Maybe even more so.

“I want to sleep in a bed tonight,” she announced as she drove back toward Shadow Falls, certain he planned to spend another night in some other part of the forest.

“I don’t think that’s smart.”

“I don’t care if it’s smart. I’m going to face my deepest fears tonight, and I want to do it from someplace that has indoor plumbing, a hot shower and a bed to come back to if I manage to come back at all. Is that really so much to ask?”

He held her eyes for a long moment, and there was something unexpected there. Some spark, a playfulness and a hint of…was that desire?

“No,” he said. “You’re right, you are risking your life tonight. You ought to have what you want. We’ll drive forty minutes in any direction you want, and we’ll get a motel room for the night. You can have your hot shower and a decent meal before the meeting. We can leave the guns locked in the car and relax. No one’s coming after us today. How’s that sound?”

She smiled widely. “Almost as good as going home would. Thanks, Aaron.”

“You’re wel—” He stopped there, as the back of the watch popped open at last. He’d been prying—way too gently—at the thing for the entire duration of the ride. He turned it over, peering into the opening, and a tiny piece of paper fluttered out and landed in his lap.

“I knew it,” he whispered. Blinking, he looked over at her. “I did, didn’t I?”

“You did,” she said. “You said there was something more about that watch.” She knew he needed reassurance. “You must have remembered that, Aaron. That means it’s all coming back.

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