One Left Behind: A completely gripping and addictive crime thriller with nail-biting suspense (Detective Gina Harte Book 9) by Carla Kovach

Author:Carla Kovach [Kovach, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781800193956
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2021-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

Thirty-Five

My heart is still hammering from Frank’s return. I contain my body into the corner of the bed against the wall, cowering as I don’t know what he’s going to do to me. That’s what it’s like living with Frank. He can be docile for ages, then he can flip for no reason but at the moment, tension fills the room, which makes our situation rife for him lashing out. My racing heart feels as though it might choke me. I’m hot and prickly, sickly even but I’m also relieved. I thought one of the angry mob had got in. ‘I thought you were one of them. I thought I was going to die.’

‘Bleedin’ hell, Sandy. The sliding doors were locked. They’re not coming in. Besides, it’s gone a bit quieter. Some of them must have got bored and left.’ He peered through the tiniest gap in the curtains. ‘There are just a couple of idiots standing out there with placards; one of them is your lovely so-called friend. Soon, they’ll get bored and go home.’ He unfolded the piece of paper in his hand. He must have picked it up from the doormat. ‘Bloody reporters.’

I don’t know what came over me but I blurt my question out. ‘Where were you in the early hours of Sunday morning and how did you get your scratches? I want the truth.’

‘Not you as well. You sound like the police.’

He sat on the bed, making it dip a little and I can’t help but be forced closer to him. He’s trying to deflect what I asked. I might be scared but I’m not going to drop it. ‘I heard the sliding doors open and then close on Sunday morning, in the early hours and I lied to the police. I hear things you know and I’m not stupid, despite what you might think.’ I flinch as he leans in and his nose touches mine. His breath smells sour like off food. There’s a hint of beer on his breath too.

‘You say anything to the police and I swear I will kill you. You know how easy it would be to slam you off this bed head first into something sharp and say you fell. I could make it look like an accident. Clumsy Sandy, trying to get out of bed without help or her wheelchair in place. She does it a lot. I told her she’d cause herself an injury one day.’

My bottom lip trembles because I know he means it. He has it all worked out. I know he could do it too. There’s a coldness in his eyes. He was never what I’d call ultra-loving. He’d tell me he loved me but it always sounded mechanical. Love never reached his eyes.

‘I didn’t kill her.’ He grins. His voice tells me one thing but all I see in him is a murderer.

Tears stream down my face. He’s just threatened to kill me and I’m supposed to believe what he says. I know he’s lying now.

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