Luck of the Draw by B.J. Daniels

Author:B.J. Daniels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2019-03-29T14:50:47+00:00

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SID SAT BACK after making a disbelieving sound. “You can’t be serious.”

“It’s very rare, usually brought on by some form of trauma.”

“What trauma brought hers on?”

He could see Alistair reining in his impatience. “Monica saw her father and stepmother murdered when she was five. Anyone would have been traumatized by something so horrific. She didn’t speak at all for weeks after that and still claims to have no memory of the event. But unfortunately, she had begun to show symptoms of DID.”

“How long ago was that?” Sid asked.

“Two years ago.”

About the time Garrett met her.

“Like this time, she had taken off without a word. I hired a private investigator to find her. She was convinced her life was in danger and demanded help, calling the FBI without my knowledge. She believed that the man behind bars for her father’s and stepmother’s murders all those years ago had sent someone to kill her. She was the only eyewitness to their murders, but she couldn’t testify at the trial because she had no memory of the crime.”

Sid frowned. “So how was she able to get into the witness protection program?”

“I had to pull a few strings but since she was the only witness...”

He could just imagine what kind of strings the man had to pull.

“She believes that the man the police arrested, the man who claims to be innocent, isn’t the real killer but that he holds her responsible for his being in prison because she is the only one who can clear him, if that makes any sense.” Vanderlin shook his head.

“The feds must have believed her for them to allow her to go into the program even if you had to pull a few strings.”

The man nodded. “You can see why I was upset to hear that she’d left it the way she had—and had immediately ended up in the hospital after an...incident.”

“Wait. So you didn’t even know where she was before this?” Sid asked.

“No. I didn’t know if she was alive or dead, quite frankly. It wasn’t until a US Marshal contacted me. He hadn’t even known where she was until her DNA came through the system. Then I got a call from Seattle law enforcement. You sent her photo over the wire. They recognized her since there have been numerous stories about her and the murder over the years. That’s how I found out she was in the hospital here.” He shook his head as if the young woman had been a trial for years and that this was just more of the same.

Sid didn’t know what to believe. “This memory loss—”

“A symptom of her dissociative identity disorder. The problem is that it seems to be getting worse. At this point, I fear for her safety. That’s why I requested the judge’s order to take her back for treatment. She will be safe there and available for future inquiries from you should this...incident go to trial.”

Sid asked the question that had been nagging at him. “Did

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