Sheltering Dunes (Provincetown Tales Book 7) by Radclyffe

Author:Radclyffe
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781602826090
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2011-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Flynn was drifting, struggling to stay awake as the Percocet kicked in, when someone knocked on the treatment room door and walked in. Hoping Mica had returned, she shifted painfully onto her right side and opened her eyes. “Hi, Reese.”

Reese pulled over a stool and sat down next to the treatment table, putting them on the same level. “Doing okay?”

“Not too bad,” Flynn said. “Any word on the guy?”

“I was just talking to Bri. She and a couple of the other officers have been canvassing the neighbors and patrolling the general area. Nothing so far.”

“He either took off in a car or he’s inside somewhere.”

“More than likely, but we’ll keep looking. Can you give me a description?”

Flashes of those few minutes in the alley ran through Flynn’s mind. Mica’s shout for her to run, the torrent of blows, the helpless frustration. A wellspring of fury clouded her already cloudy mind. “Give me a second.”

“I’m sorry to have to do this now,” Reese said.

“No. It’s okay. It just happened really fast.”

“Take it one thing at a time. Let’s start with what was going on before you reached that alley. Where were you?”

“Walking east along Commercial. On our way to Mica’s.” Flynn smiled at the memory of them rushing down the street, arms around each other, and why they were in such a hurry. She’d been happy and lighthearted, excited to be with Mica, to be connected to her. She’d been thinking about being even closer. “We were half a block from Mica’s when it happened.”

“Do you remember where he came from? What direction?”

Flynn tensed, reliving the shock of the first blow in the middle of her back. “Someone hit me from behind, pushed me down the alley, away from Mica.”

“So he came up behind you? Any indication he might have been following you?”

“I don’t know, maybe. I guess he could’ve been standing in the doorway of one of the buildings when we passed. I remember—” She remembered Mica looking over her shoulder, more than once. As if she was looking for something or someone behind them.

“What?” Reese asked.

“Nothing.”

“Mica didn’t give any indication she was nervous or frightened?”

Flynn’s head began to pound. A cascade of flashing lights shot through her eyes, and a thousand needles pierced her brain. “I’m sorry. I’m not sure. I’m a little fuzzy right now.”

“I understand,” Reese said patiently. “Just give me your impressions. I’ll sort things out from there.”

“I think Mica looked back a couple times. I can’t be sure.”

“Okay. She didn’t say anything? Didn’t warn you in any way?”

“No. We were kind of wrapped up in each other. At least I was. Not paying much attention to anything else.”

“The two of you, you’re involved?”

“I’m not sure.” Flynn flushed. “It was a date. A casual one.”

“Uh-huh, okay. So someone came up behind you, shoved you into the alley. Then what?”

Flynn gripped the side of the stretcher, curling her fingers around the cool steel. Surprise, pain, fear, and anger flooded through her in succession. Mica’s sharp cry of

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