Wicked Tempest: A Kate Waters Mystery (Kate Waters Mysteries Book 2) by Erin Cole

Author:Erin Cole [Cole, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-10T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

In the early morning hours at the hospital, the hallways were mainly empty. The occasional nurse or doctor in smocks passed by with barely a smile, and it surprised Wells they even managed to surface that much. He hated hospitals and couldn’t wait to get out, away from walls that seemed to be closing in on him.

He checked the new message on his phone, thankful to hear Officer Hanes on the other end. She updated him about a potential arrest on a fellow named Shane Steiner, the boy Julie and her friends had said was the one who had assaulted them. A rush of mixed emotions hit Wells, and he sighed a moment in relief. The anger still stewing inside him would have to work its way out over time.

He rounded the corner of the hallway and steered for the elevator door that had just dinged open, when he almost ran into another person leaving it. His startle warmed into delight upon seeing the person he had nearly run down, Thea. She hadn’t left his thoughts since their last encounter.

Wells put his briefcase on the ground and stepped back, regrettably increasing the distance between them. He moved forward just enough to touch her elbow. “Thea, I’m so sorry.”

“Detective,” she said, smiling.

Her hair was flat and wet, as though she’d been walking in the rain, and dampness wetted her cheeks, made them glow even more. It was raw and sexy, Wells thought, and the touch to his hand she gave him next heightened his pulse.

“Ms. Wright. I was hoping to see you.” Immediately, he wished he could retract his words—how honestly they had sprung forth—but Thea did that to him. She stretched the moment of silence out, as if hanging onto his sentence, savoring every naked truth in it.

“I mean, Kate was asking for you,” he said. She hadn’t, but again, words kept tumbling out of him.

“You were?” Thea said, ignoring the last part.

Wells cleared his throat.

“How’s she doing?” Thea asked.

“Better than expected. She’s one lucky girl, again.”

“Nine lives.” Thea shifted her stance and leaned in to him in order to see around the corner of the hallway. “Is her room down the hall there?”

“Yes. Room 503.” Wells had been holding his breath, forgetting what it was like to stand so close to another woman, one as smooth and attractive as Thea. But he had a job, and keeping the public safe always had to come first. “I need to ask you a few questions.”

“Here?”

“If you don’t mind. It’s about Kate.”

“Of course.”

She hadn’t stepped back since she’d leaned in to him. Wells could see the yellow specks in her green eyes.

Wells picked up his briefcase and walked with her to a window, away from the elevators. Although an indigo blue brightened along the horizon, it was still dark enough to catch their reflections in the window. “Do you know who could have done this to Kate?”

“Unfortunately, no.”

Wells turned to her. Something had crossed her face, as though she withheld information. “Sometimes the smallest clue can turn into the biggest lead.

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