With the Material Witness in the Safehouse by Carla Cassidy

Author:Carla Cassidy [Cassidy, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Contemporary, Fiction, Man-Woman Relationships, Suspense, Undercover Operations, Amnesia, Romantic Suspense Fiction, Witnesses, United States - Officials and Employees, Maine, Amnesia - Patients
ISBN: 9780373693290
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-05-12T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Ryan knocked one last time on the door, then stepped back in frustration. He believed Ingram Jackson, or whatever his name was, was inside, but he had a feeling nothing was going to compel him to open the door to a couple of strangers.

The man obviously didn’t want to be seen, and although that made him a person of interest in Ryan’s mind, there wasn’t much he could do about it at the moment.

“He’s not going to answer,” he said, and turned around, surprised not to find Britta standing right behind him. He saw her in the distance, walking slowly across the beach.

“Britta?” he called to her, but she didn’t seem to hear him. He frowned as he watched her. She wasn’t walking with her usual sensual grace, but rather like the marionette of a demented puppeteer. Her jerky, uncharacteristic gait filled him with sudden alarm.

“Britta,” he yelled again as he jumped off the porch and hurried after her. She was nearly to the water’s edge and didn’t appear to be slowing down. What in the hell was she doing?

He raced across the sand, horror surging inside him as she reached the water but didn’t stop walking. She was knee deep in the surf when he finally caught up to her.

He grabbed her by the shoulders from behind, shouting her name as she struggled to get away from him, to wade deeper into the sea. “Let me go,” she said in a dreamy voice. “Let me go to the sea.”

“No, Britta!” He finally scooped her up in his arms, and for a long moment she stared at him with a blank gaze. He saw recognition strike as her features crumpled and she hid her face against his shirt and began to cry. What in the hell was happening? he thought.

He carried her to the car and placed her in the passenger seat, then hurried around to the driver’s side and got in. “Are you all right?” he asked, even though he knew it was a stupid question.

Of course she wasn’t all right. Something had happened to her, something that terrified him. If he hadn’t been there, would she have continued to sink deeper into the water until she’d drowned?

“I don’t know what just happened,” she said through her tears. She began to shiver uncontrollably, and Ryan didn’t know if it was because she was wet and cold or if it was because she was afraid.

“Let’s get you home,” he said. He started the car and turned on the heater. She cried for just a few more minutes, then stopped and closed her eyes. She continued to shiver even though Ryan had the car heater blowing at full blast.

When they got to the cottage, Ryan led her into the bedroom. She appeared to be in a mild state of shock. She didn’t fight him as he helped her out of her wet jeans, nor did she protest when he pulled her blouse off and tucked her in beneath the sheets clad only in her panties and bra.

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