Terrified by Kevin O'Brien

Author:Kevin O'Brien [O'Brien, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Thriller
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2012-02-23T05:00:00+00:00

“When I sent that last email, I figured I didn’t stand a snowball’s chance in hell of hearing from you again. Anyway, I’m really glad you’re free tonight... .”

With the cordless phone to her ear, Megan listened to him. She frowned at her reflection in the front hallway mirror. She looked tired and sickly. She’d peeled off the Band-Aid along her jaw, revealing an ugly purplish slash. But she really didn’t give a damn how she looked for this arranged date.

Why was it so important she spend the evening with Dan Lahart?

She’d left a voice mail for him before heading home from work. That had been about a half hour ago. He hadn’t wasted any time getting back to her. And as Josh’s abductor had predicted earlier, Dan said yes to her last-minute dinner invitation.

“I have some restaurants in mind,” he continued. “Are you in the mood for anything in particular tonight?”

Megan sighed. “I thought I told you in my message, I’d like us to have dinner here. I really don’t want to go out.”

“Well, that’s great. I’ll bring some wine. Am I going to meet your son?”

“What do you mean?”

“You talked about him on our first date. His name is Josh, right? Will he be home tonight?”

Megan didn’t say anything for a moment. “You tell me.”

“Beg your pardon?”

She cleared her throat. “He’s spending the night somewhere else. I thought you might have known that already.”

“No, I didn’t,” he replied. “Megan, are you sure you really feel like getting together? You sound—well, you sound kind of tired.”

“I don’t think you know me well enough to determine from the sound of my voice whether or not I’m tired.”

He let out an uncomfortable laugh. “Well, okay, that—that’s probably true. Fair enough. What time would you like me to come by?”

“You tell me,” she said again.

“Is seven okay?”

“That’s fine,” she said. “I’ll see you then.” She clicked off, then wandered into the kitchen and set the cordless on the counter. What a creep—acting so coy and asking whether or not Josh would be home. He knew damn well where Josh was. Dan—if that was even his name—was in on this whole thing. And to think she’d been so attracted to him on their first date. What the hell was wrong with her and men?

The phone rang, and she snatched it up. She assumed it was Dan again, probably with some last-minute instructions he was supposed to pass on to her. “Yes?” she said impatiently.

On the other end of the line was a faint squeaking noise, and then a click. She glanced at the caller ID. It was her cell phone number. She realized the sounds she heard were the mechanisms of that old tape recorder. She heard a muffled cry on the scratchy tape—then Josh’s voice. He sounded so far away. “Who are you?” he screamed. “Why are you doing this?”

It tore her apart to hear him sounding so scared. She could tell he was trying to keep from crying. As much as

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