Vows of Silence by Webb Debra

Author:Webb, Debra [Webb, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2006-08-29T05:00:00+00:00

It was past midnight when the telephone rang.

Cassidy was still awake, so she answered after the first ring. Melinda had finally fallen asleep and she didn’t want anything to wake her. She was a real mess. Falling apart a little more each day.

Considering how Lacy was behaving, that was not a good thing. The last thing she needed was both of them going off the deep end on her.

“Hello.” Cassidy rubbed her eyes with her thumb and forefinger and hoped it wasn’t bad news related to the kids. She didn’t want anything else tipping Melinda closer to that edge both she and Lacy teetered on.

“Cassidy Collins?”

Cassidy felt her brow draw into a pucker. “Who is this?” The voice sounded strange, gravelly and distorted. She glanced at the caller ID: Blocked Call. Realization dawned at the same instant that the voice came across the line again.

“I’m the one who knows the truth. You’re all going to regret what you did.”

Cassidy smiled. This son of a bitch thought he could scare her? He was out of his mind. “I don’t know who the hell you are, but this is harassment. Fair warning, as soon as I hang up I’m calling the telephone company and requesting that this number be monitored, so maybe you’d better not call again.”

The silence that radiated across the line for the next three or four seconds had just about convinced her that she’d gotten through to the jerk, then he or she said, “I’ve been watching all of you. I know where you are every minute of every day. I know the truth.”

The words reverberated through Cassidy as if one of those California earthquakes she hated had just rocked Ashland, Alabama. She bit back the first response that rushed to the tip of her tongue. She knew what this person was up to. She also knew, he, she, whoever the hell, wouldn’t stop until he’d gotten what he wanted. She needed to know exactly what that was.

“I know you’re dying to learn my identity,” the distorted voice taunted. “You don’t have to say it. I’ll be at Sydney’s for another hour. You come in person and I’ll tell you what I want…and don’t worry, you’ll know who I am the moment you lay eyes on me.”

The click echoed in Cassidy’s ears, made her jump. Her own reaction bothered her big time. She stared at the receiver until the recorded warning that the phone had been off the hook too long snapped her out of the trance of disbelief. She pushed the disconnect button and dropped the receiver back into its cradle.

Whoever this caller was, he or she appeared to know something. But that was impossible. No one could possibly know. Lacy’s ridiculous suggestion that someone had been in the house besides them all those years ago flitted through Cassidy’s mind but she dismissed it. Anyone who’d actually known anything would have come forward years ago. The senator had offered a huge reward. This didn’t make sense.

She got up from the sofa and glanced down at herself.

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