Shadows Over Wongan Creek by Juanita Kees

Author:Juanita Kees
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Escape Publishing

Chapter 10

The twenty-minute drive into Wongan Creek felt like it took forever. Next to her, Kieran stayed silent as he negotiated the bends and overtook road trains. A crew of police detectives and forensics specialists had arrived soon after eight and entered the taped-off, burnt-out block of tangled vines which had morphed into a crime scene investigation. Only because of their presence on site had she felt safe leaving Liam and Liv alone at The Cranky Lizard when Kieran had insisted in coming with her to see Riggs.

Somewhere in this mess there had to be a common denominator, a trigger. A reason Luke had chosen her and the winery to carry out his illegal activities. Perhaps it was the seclusion of the property, the size of the land. She hadn’t been a random pick off a dating site or the girl he’d taken a liking to behind the bar of a winery, she’d been a carefully researched target. Her mind whirled.

The tattoo that looked like Luke’s, the same as the man in the bar and the one who’d shown up at the wedding. She’d Googled it, found out it symbolised murder, and in Luke’s case of a colourless one, attempted murder. She’d slept with a man who’d tried to take a life.

What was it they thought she knew? A memory, a flicker like an old black and white movie on a screen, hovered around the edges of her subconscious. She pushed it away automatically, habitually, the same way she’d done since she was seven, trapped under a table in the dark with screams and shouts and thumps ringing in her ears.

Kieran steered the SUV into a parking spot outside the Wongan Creek Police Station. ‘Ready?’

‘Ready as I’ll ever be.’

He cut the engine and released his seatbelt. ‘You’ve got this, Fen.’ His fingers squeezed hers where they lay in her lap.

She blew out a breath. ‘What if I can’t remember? What if I can’t identify these men? What if doing this escalates the threats? One victim won’t be enough for them, Kieran.’

‘Then we need to stop them. We need to find the key to put them away.’ He leaned across and released her seatbelt from the buckle. ‘We’re going to go in there and Riggs will help us put it all together. One step at a time.’

Unease crawled in her belly, a trickle of fear sparking in her mind. She’d be okay. Kieran was there. The way he’d been in the car from Armadale and in her room when her wrists had bled. ‘I want it to be over.’

‘Then let’s do this.’ He got out of the SUV and closed the door.

She shivered against the chill in her spine and reached for the door handle. Kieran was there, his hand out to take hers, his fingers strong and warm as they closed around her cold ones. Together they walked into the station.

Riggs stood behind the desk, his usual smile drawn down in a grim drag of his mouth. ‘Fenella, Murphy.’ His greeting was short and sharp.

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