No Hero by Mallory Kane

Author:Mallory Kane
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9781622669394
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Published: 2012-06-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Unfortunately, that wasn’t to be.

Reghan winced when Dev wrenched open the passenger door with a screech of metal.

“Geez, Gautier. Can’t you afford a real car?” Benoit said behind him.

“Benny, go question the rest of the security guards,” Givens muttered.

Ignoring them, Dev rested his forearm on the top of the car door and bent his head. “Connor, you met Detective Givens this morning. He’s going to ask you a few questions.” Dev’s grim expression lightened a bit as he studied her. “Okay?” he asked gently.

She nodded, hoping he’d stay while the other detective questioned her. But he moved away.

Givens moved into her line of vision. “Ms. Connor? This won’t take long. Can you tell me what you were doing out here alone this time of night?”

“Working late,” she said, noticing that her voice quavered. She swallowed. “I had a lot of rescheduling to do because of—because I missed my show this morning. And I needed to prepare for tomorrow’s segment.”

“Were you by yourself inside?”

“I think so. I didn’t notice anyone else in the office. Naturally, there’s always a security guard here.”

Givens made a vague gesture. “Yeah, Benoit went to talk to them. So was there anything different about tonight?” he asked.

“Different? Like how?”

“Like anything. Lights out, people hanging around the building. Anything.”

She shook her head. “Nothing, except that I was attacked.”

“Okay. Why don’t you go through everything that happened. Start with when you left your office.”

“It was after eight,” she told him. “I took the elevator down to the lobby. Mr. Daniels was at the security desk.” She pointed toward the security guard.

“Right. What happened next?”

“He walked me to my car, like Dev—Detective Gautier arranged. I opened the passenger door to put my things on the seat and he turned to go back inside. Somebody knocked him down. When I turned—” She stopped. She hadn’t even thought about what she’d seen. Everything had seemed to happen at once. But now, thinking back, she realized she’d actually noticed the attacker. “When I turned, I got a glimpse of someone in a dark hoodie and jeans. I think they had on sneakers.” She closed her eyes, remembering.

“I was about to run over to Mr. Daniels to see if he was all right, but someone hit me from behind. It must have been the person I saw. He grabbed me around the neck and whispered something like, ‘You wouldn’t listen, would you.’ Then, ‘All your fault, Reghan Connor.’”

“Are those his exact words?” Givens broke in.

“I think so.”

Givens made a face. “He said your name.”

“Yes. He definitely knew who I was.” Her skin tightened at that thought.

“Okay, go ahead.”

“By that time he was choking me. I couldn’t breathe. I felt something on my neck, then on my hand. At first I didn’t notice that it hurt. It felt kind of cold.” She pressed her lips together, thinking of the cold-hot pressure of what must have been the blade. She shivered. “I thought I was going to suffocate, but just then a car turned in. Its headlights shone straight on us.

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