Peekaboo Baby

Author:Delores Fossen [Fossen, Delores]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-12-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Her cell phone rang, and Delaney cringed.

Her entire body seemed to be in some heightened state of anxiety. And that anxiety wasn’t likely to go away anytime soon.

Especially considering the call was probably from the lab.

Ryan had had a courier pick up the test within a half hour of their nighttime chat. Well over twelve hours ago. In other words, plenty of time.

That meant Patrick’s DNA results were perhaps already back.

Drawing in a deep breath, Delaney reached into her purse, took out her phone and stared down at the number on her caller ID.

“The lab?” Ryan asked. Obviously, he was experiencing some high anxiety, too.

“Probably. It’s a local number.”

Ryan didn’t ask anything else. Instead, he chose to stare out the window of his limo, not that there was much to see. They were still minutes away from the New Hope clinic, and since his driver was the one taking them, staring out the window was probably the best defense Ryan could muster.

Trying to muster some defenses of her own, Delaney forced herself to answer the phone.

“Ms. Nash, it’s Dr. Keyes,” the caller said.

Okay. Not the call she’d dreaded but instead one she’d desperately wanted. Because she was certain that Keyes knew a lot more than he’d told her that rainy day in the parking lot.

“It’s Keyes,” she mouthed to Ryan.

He immediately moved closer. So close that their shoulders were touching. He put his ear next to the phone.

“Dr. Keyes,” Delaney said, attempting to remain cordial. “A lot of people, including the police, have been trying to get in touch with you.”

“It hasn’t been a good time for me to talk to anyone.”

I’ll bet. But Delaney kept that remark to herself.

“My secretary said that Ryan McCall has an appointment with Dr. Montgomery.” Keyes tossed that out as if he were testing the waters.

Delaney decided to test some waters of her own. “We’re headed there now, to ask him some questions about what you and I discussed.”

“That wouldn’t be wise.” No water testing that time. The words were brusquely delivered, and they sounded very much like a threat.

She glanced at Ryan, and his suddenly tight jaw confirmed that he thought it might be an attempt at intimidation. “Why wouldn’t it be wise?” she asked.

“Because I think Emmett Montgomery might be behind everything that’s happened. The cloning, the cover-up. Even Dr. Spears’s missing records. Ms. Nash, has it occurred to you that you could be in danger?”

She almost laughed. “Yes, it’s occurred to me.” Still, it was an attention getter to hear it spelled out by the very man who might be the perpetrator.

Well, maybe.

There was still that whole angle with her father. Perhaps the fire and the car incident had nothing to do with the New Hope clinic. Maybe it was just a continuation of the bad blood between her father and Ryan. If so, this visit to Dr. Montgomery could be a waste of time.

But Delaney didn’t believe that.

Even if Dr. Montgomery was innocent of the scare tactics—and she wasn’t

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