She Who Watches by Patricia H. Rushford

Author:Patricia H. Rushford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

NINETEEN

Claire watched the detectives leave and then put Chloe in her high chair, absent-mindedly filling her cup with milk and setting it on the tray.Whoever had taken Sara had taken the beaded bag and the rock. Why? What significance did Sara’s heritage play in her murder? The detectives had asked her who knew about the collection. Who knew about the key?

It wasn’t a secret. She’d previously considered Sara’s abduction a random act. Now she wasn’t so sure. A burglar might have thought the pouch and stone were valuable, but wouldn’t he have broken the glass? This person knew where the key was. But that didn’t make sense. No one among their family or friends had reason to kill Sara. Did they? On the other hand, how well did she know the relatives on Sara’s mother’s side? They didn’t seem that close to Sara, but she’d never heard about any problems.

Could Sara have been involved with someone? Or Scott? She moved her head from side to side. It wasn’t possible. Claire forced herself to leave her suspicions behind and focus on Chloe.

The child’s dark eyes followed her every movement. She still missed her mother and would often start crying for no apparent reason. What would happen now? Claire would have to leave soon, and Sara wasn’t coming home. Chloe would lose her now too. Had coming here to stay been a mistake? At the time, she’d only thought about how Chloe and Scott needed someone to take care of them. She hadn’t thought this far ahead.

A lump clogged her throat. “Oh, baby doll. What are we going to do?”

Detective Bennett didn’t believe her when she told them she and Scott were not a couple. She’d been honest in saying they weren’t sleeping together but not so honest about her feelings. The truth was that she was falling in love with Scott Watson.

She hadn’t meant to, and he probably didn’t feel the same way.

But there it was. Claire set an animal cracker on the tray in front of Chloe. “Don’t worry, sweetie. Auntie Claire isn’t going anywhere— at least not yet. I can’t leave until we find out what happened, can I?”

Chloe chewed on the cookie and then held it out for Claire to take a bite. She pretended to nibble on it, and Chloe giggled and pulled it back.

Allysa bounced in, her arms full of school things. Claire shoved aside her concerns and went back to being the mother both girls needed. She’d have to ask Scott about Sara’s collection tonight. He’d know better than she did who had access to the key.

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