The Three Beths by Jeff Abbott

Author:Jeff Abbott [Abbott, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thriller, Mystery
ISBN: 9781538728697
Amazon: B0776RR7H5
Barnesnoble: B0776RR7H5
Goodreads: 36471280
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2018-07-17T05:00:00+00:00

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G​RASS, COOL AGAINST her face.

A hand on her shoulder.

“Are you all right?” A man’s voice.

“Yes,” she said, by default, but her voice sounded thick. She opened her eyes. Colors, coming into focus. “Where…where am I?”

“You’re in my backyard. I’m calling for an ambulance.”

“Am I hurt?” she said.

“I don’t see any blood,” he said. His face swam into focus. Jake Curtis. “What happened?”

“I was looking at your view…I heard a voice…then nothing. I don’t remember. I don’t want a doctor. Just…please…help me sit up.”

He did. Details became clearer. His face, concerned but also a little wary.

“Are you drunk?” he asked.

“No. I guess I forgot to eat. I…I don’t know what happened. Did I faint? Where’s my phone?” She patted her jeans pocket.

“Here,” he said, and went and picked up her phone, lying a short distance away on the grass.

“I don’t…I don’t remember if I put it back in my pocket after we talked. I walked around.” Did someone take her phone from her and search it? Why? For her texts, her emails, her internet searches. All of it synced to her main computer. If they wanted it, why not steal it? Because a phone could be tracked.

“Here. It’s here.” He handed it back to her and she slipped it in her pocket. She could have dropped it, then staggered, blacked out. She couldn’t remember.

Did someone attack me? She heard a voice. Someone following me, she thought. She let her gaze scan the hills again, and the dizziness came back in a rush.

“I am so sorry,” she said. “Could I get a glass of water? The view is making me dizzy.”

“Of course. I think you ought to get checked out.”

She studied the grass. Maybe, if she had an arm flung out as she fell, the phone could have landed there. If not…someone had left it there.

Jake? He looked concerned, not guilty.

“Let’s go inside,” he said.

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