Three (Count to Ten Book 3) by Jane Blythe

Author:Jane Blythe [Blythe, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bear Spots Publications
Published: 2017-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

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2:33 P.M.

“I can't believe you didn’t call me last night.” Paige glared at him as they climbed back into the car.

Ryan had been wondering when his partner was going to bring that up. So far they had been run off their feet all morning. They were hitting up hospitals, hoping their hypothesis that Isabella was working as a nurse would turn out to be true and one of the hospitals would recognize her. So far they were two for two and heading for the third.

“You were tired,” he told Paige. “You needed the rest.”

She stared at him incredulously as he pulled out into traffic. “You thought me sleeping was more important than Sofia’s stalker breaking into your home while she was there alone and she shot at him?”

He tried not to let his terror over last night consume him. He hadn't been the one to tell Paige about last night; Rose had. Apparently, his brother’s partner had followed his advice and called Paige. Ryan wasn’t sure if Rose and Paige had talked about Paige’s stalker, but they had certainly talked about Sofia and last night’s events. And now his partner was mad at him for not calling her.

“No, not more important.” He tried to make his voice soothing, which apparently had the opposite effect than what he was going for because Paige’s voice went frosty.

“Don’t try and placate me,” she snapped. “You should have called me. Sofia is my friend, not just your girlfriend.”

“I'm sorry. I should have called; I just didn’t want to worry you, given…” He trailed off and shot her a concerned glance.

“Don’t make me regret telling you, Ryan,” Paige was deadly serious now. “That’s why I haven’t before. I don’t want you looking at me differently. What happened with my mom was a long time ago. I'm not going to fall apart again over what’s happening now. If you don’t trust me anymore, then I'm going to ask for a new partner.”

“What?” he asked, alarmed. He did not want a new partner. “You don’t really want a new partner, do you?”

Paige exhaled deeply. “No. But we need to trust that we have each other’s back, and if you don’t, now that you know…”

“I do,” he cut her off. “Paige, I do trust you. And I am sorry that I didn’t call you. I was busy panicking and I didn’t think things through properly.”

Softening, she asked, “How’s Sofia?”

“She’s okay. She’s scared, but she’s tough. The stalker is apparently making threats about taking care of Isabella, and I'm thinking that him taking her out could be a good thing, although Sofia would probably end up blaming herself. It’s just, I don’t see this thing with Isabella ending well.” In fact, Ryan had a feeling in his gut that the whole thing was going to end terribly.

“If we luck out and Isabella is working as a nurse at one of these hospitals, then we could have her in custody by the end of the day.

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