Nine-Month Protector by Julie Miller

Author:Julie Miller [Miller, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, General, Contemporary, Police, Murderers, Kansas City (Mo.), Witnesses, Pregnant Women
ISBN: 9780373692828
Google: SMYPszzWrVAC
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-09-10T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“You’re sure it was Shaw McDonough?”

Sarah gripped the door handle and hung on, rocking back and forth as Coop peeled around another corner and sped away from the traffic congesting the streets surrounding the school and church.

That was the fifth time he had asked her that question, and for the fifth time, with her stomach rolling, Sarah looked across the cab of his truck and answered, “Yes!”

But certainty was hard to hold on to when everything normal and reliable in her world was speeding away in the rearview mirror.

It had all happened so fast. If it was Shaw McDonough, he’d had some sort of plastic surgery to alter the shape of his face. He’d dyed his hair and let it grow down to his collar to make him look younger. He’d worn blue contacts, or at least one. That’s probably what was giving him fits behind the wheel. His right contact was irritating his eye so he’d taken it out, or he’d lost it and was searching for it.

Identifying a man by the look in one eye was crazy. But that was all she needed to see to feel that same horror. That same chill. That terrifying knowledge that the man did not give one damn about anyone in this world.

That ice-cold contempt had reached clear across the street and stabbed Sarah in the heart.

She’d had that feeling only once before in her life. Trapped in a closet, doomed to watch while a man blew a young woman’s brains out and carted her off with the trash.

Sarah sank back into the velour upholstery, feeling suddenly, utterly exhausted. “Yeah. I’m sure it was him.”

Her voice faded in volume, sounding weary and small, even to her own ears.

Coop finally slowed when he met with traffic, but his determination to reach whatever destination he had in mind never lessened. As they waited at a light, he reached across the seat and took hold of her shaking hand.

“Brrr.” He turned his head and opened his mouth to speak but hesitated, as if he didn’t trust himself to say anything more. The light changed and he turned his attention back to traffic. But he never let go.

Sarah didn’t realize just how cold she was until she felt his warmth. She didn’t realize just how exposed and vulnerable she felt until the strength of his big hand seeped into hers. Seizing the offered gift like a lifeline back to sanity, she turned her palm into his and held on with both hands.

Residential homes gave way to businesses. They traveled south toward I-70, pulled onto the interstate, then got off a few exits later.

“Where exactly are we going?”

“Away.”

What kind of answer was that? “Could you be more specific?”

“I need some distance between you and him.” The him he didn’t have to explain. “I need time to think. Someplace where I don’t have to watch your back for a few minutes.”

“Shouldn’t we be trying to track down the black sedan?”

“Oh, no—you are not going anywhere near that man again.

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