Deadly Getaway by Laura Bradford

Author:Laura Bradford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher: Beyond the Page Publishing
Published: 2012-07-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

5:30 p.m.

Elise could sense the tension the second she opened the door. It hung in the air like a thick heavy storm cloud.

“I was just getting ready to head down to the paper to check on you.” Mitch covered the distance between Brad’s desk and the door in seconds, pulled her in for a hug. “I missed you.”

“I missed you too.”

“Um, guys? Do you want me to leave?”

Elise looked over Mitch’s shoulder at Brad, his boyish grin a contrast to the worry in his eyes. There was no doubt about it. Something was up.

She kissed Mitch’s mouth gently, then pulled back to look into his golden brown eyes. “What happened? Did you meet R.J.?”

Mitch ran his hand across his eyes and through his hair, exhaled slowly through puffed cheeks.

“We never made it to the livery.”

Elise looked from Mitch to Brad and back again. “Why not? Did you have trouble with the skiing?”

“No. Mitch took to skiing like he does everything else.” Brad pulled his desk chair out, sat down, and leaned back against the wall. “He was actually faster than me on the way back here.”

Elise waited for something that would explain the tension in Mitch’s body, the worry in Brad’s eyes.

“We decided to check out the rental place on the way out to the livery. To see who rented skis Thursday morning.”

“And?”

“No one did. But the killer’s been there. Just as he’s been here.”

She stared at Mitch for a long moment, her mind reeling with a million questions at once.

“Here?”

Mitch nodded, his eyes fixed on hers. “Brad and the hotel clerk, Tom, didn’t just run out of gas in their snowmobiles. It was drained.”

“Drained? How do you know that?”

“Because every one of the fifteen snowmobiles in the rental shop barn were empty despite having been filled up Thursday morning. And they haven’t been used since then.”

She gasped. The killer was circling, waiting.

Mitch’s warm arms pulled her close once again, his lips pressed against her forehead, her temple. “It’s okay, ’Lise. We’re gonna be okay.”

She waited for his words to stop the familiar fear in her heart, but they didn’t. This guy, whoever he was, was toying with them. Simply because he could.

Pulling her lower lip inward, Elise willed herself to find strength in Mitch’s arms. She had to. It was the only thing she could draw on right now. That, and the possibility that she might find something at Merlin’s that could give them the upper hand.

When she finally spoke, her voice was soft yet determined. “We can’t let this guy beat us.”

She felt Mitch’s warm breath against her ear. “That’s my girl.”

“Hey, how’d it go with Webber?” Brad asked.

Elise pulled away from Mitch and leaned against the half wall that separated the tiny waiting area from the rest of the station.

“It went well. I filled him in on what we’re dealing with and asked him about the wire service.” Elise unzipped her coat and slipped her arms out. “He’s got one and has actually kept all of the stories from the past year.

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