What Sarah Saw by Margaret Daley

Author:Margaret Daley
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2008-11-04T11:43:13+00:00

EIGHT

Sam’s sudden appearance filled Jocelyn with relief, then dread. She couldn’t take much more of this emotional roller-coaster ride.

Sam clamped a hand on her arm and hauled her against him. “Why were you running away?”

She shook her head as if that would rid her thoughts of images of Bobby in New Orleans and Sarah blending together to mock her inability to save those she cared about. “I just can’t do this anymore. You don’t need me on this case. You don’t need—”

He laid a finger against her lips to still her words. “You don’t know what I need.”

Plunging his hands into her hair, he cupped her head and brought his lips down on hers. The hard pressure of his mouth on hers quickly evolved into a soft enticement that held the memories at bay for a few precious moments. She clung to him, relishing the feeling of safety.

When he pulled away slightly, Jocelyn cradled his strong jaw in her palm. “What do you need?”

“I need—your help. We’re getting closer. I can feel it. You know this town. You know the players in this game.”

“I’m finding I don’t know anything. Even though I lived

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here for a while as a teenager, I was gone for a long time. So much has changed. I didn’t fit in then and I don’t fit in now.”

“What made you come back here then?”

“This was where my dad and I were the happiest after my mother’s death. I thought I could capture that feeling again.”

“And you haven’t?”

“They say you can’t go home again, and they are right.”

“Probably. Nothing stays the same for long.” He grabbed her hand. “C’mon. I’m taking you to your place.”

She waved her hand toward her coupe sitting beneath the security light. “But I have my car.”

“I’ve always wanted to drive one of those.” Grinning, he held out his flat palm for the keys.

“I can—”

“Please, Jo.”

Those two words—said as though he needed it more than she—made her hesitate. “But how are you going to get back here?” She dropped her keys into his grasp.

“I’ll walk. It’ll do me some good. I can use the time to think about what Finch told us.”

“We still don’t know who hired him.”

“No.” Sam opened the passenger door for Jocelyn, then rounded the front and slipped behind the wheel. “But we’ve got some good information to work with. We’ll find out who this Tony Smith is and then we’ll find this woman.” After pulling onto Main Street, he continued, “I have to say this because you’ll hear it. The woman could be Leah.”

“No!” Jocelyn gripped the handle. “It isn’t. She wouldn’t—”

“Hold it, Jo. I didn’t say I believed it was Leah, but I know that Sheriff Reed will want to believe it. I just wanted to prepare you.”

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Relief trembled through her. “Good. Then I’ve accomplished something if you don’t believe Leah would try to kidnap her daughter.”

“To tell you the truth, I wish it was Leah behind it.”

“Why?” She practically shouted the word at Sam.

Sam turned onto Jocelyn’s street.

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