Watching Over Me: A Psychological Thriller (Crime After Crime Book 1) by M K Farrar & M A Comley

Author:M K Farrar & M A Comley [Farrar, M K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: psychological thriller, series, crime thriller, Book One, co-write, best-selling
Publisher: Warwick House Press
Published: 2019-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Her anxiety from the previous evening hadn’t abated during the night. It didn’t help that she was due to call her mother later, and that always set her on edge. That combined with knowing she was also going to have to face Timothy at the office, and that her appointment before lunch was with Edward Swain, only served to rachet up her stress levels. Would his father bring him this time? She hoped so. She planned to ask about the bruises and study Robert Swain’s expression when she did. The conversation with Ros Sampson hadn’t gone far in alleviating her worries.

As she caught the Tube into the city, she went over the memory of the figure she’d seen lurking outside the flat. It had been nothing, she was sure. If it wasn’t for the phone calls and the delivery of the doll, she probably wouldn’t have given it a second thought. But she couldn’t shake the feeling that someone had it in for her. Whoever it was knew her address, so was she being paranoid, or was she just being sensible?

Amy arrived early into work to find Timothy waiting for her. He was sitting, half-propped on Linda’s desk, as though he’d positioned himself there, ready to catch her before she could escape to her office. There were no patients in the waiting room yet, and even Linda hadn’t made it to her desk. Amy hated how vulnerable she felt.

“I hope I didn’t make things difficult between you and your boyfriend yesterday,” he said as she walked in. “You understand that we were only having a conversation, don’t you? I know your boyfriend misread things, but that was all that happened.”

She wanted to tell him to keep his hands to himself in future, but she was frightened about how he’d take it. She wasn’t about to tell him that she and Gary had broken up. It was better that he continued to think she was spoken for.

“Oh, sure. Gary’s the jealous type, you know. He can just be very over-protective of me.”

She hoped he’d take the hint. She really didn’t want to have that awkward conversation. Maybe she needed to say that it was important to keep working and private life separate, but he hadn’t actually asked her out or anything. All the pats and squeezes and strokes could just be put down to him being overly friendly. He might not be interested in her at all. Was she misreading things?

He reached out and squeezed her upper arm, the backs of his knuckles brushing the side of her breast when he released her.

“Good. I’m glad everything’s okay.”

She sucked in a breath and clenched her fists. How long could she go on like this?

“Right, well, I’ve got a busy morning, so please excuse me.”

She vanished into her office and shut the door behind her. He was such a creep. She hoped he didn’t act this way with any of his patients.

Amy was happy to have her patients to distract her for the rest of the morning.

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