Deadly Memories by Mary Alford

Author:Mary Alford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

He stumbled away from her, the world around him spinning. The walls were closing in and he couldn’t catch his breath. Ella had dropped a bombshell and he needed to be alone to process it.

He blindly headed for the door.

“Where are you going?” she implored. She didn’t understand the heartbreaking pain tearing at his gut.

“Stay here. I’ll only be a moment.” He didn’t wait for her answer.

The rejection he saw on her face was hard to take. But he couldn’t bear to explain his actions right now.

He somehow managed to put one foot in front of the other until he reached the edge of the woods near the house. Kyle collapsed to his knees and buried his face in his hands.

The woman she called Lena had been pregnant. He couldn’t believe it.

Despair brought tears to his eyes. Impossible, surely? It had to be a mistake. It wasn’t his Lena, because there was no way she had been pregnant when she left on that mission. She would have told him. Even though he couldn’t accept that the woman Ella spoke of might be his wife, the child she’d given birth to was still out there somewhere in the hands of the enemy.

Rage rose from the dark recess where he’d buried it years ago. He had no doubt that Alhasan was responsible for his wife’s death. Ella was living proof of the cruelty the man was capable of.

He closed his eyes and prayed with all his heart that God would take away the anger and keep him clearheaded. He needed God to guide his hands. There was still a chance to save the boy. He had to stay resolute.

Kyle glanced around at the idyllic setting and a sense of peace settled around him. As he went over the things Ella had told him about the woman, too many things about her answers didn’t add up for him to believe she was his wife.

When Lena went missing, she hadn’t believed in God. When had that changed? Ella’s disappearance had happened a year before Lena’s. How could his wife have been at the compound before Ella?

Was Ella simply jumbling up memories or repeating lies Alhasan had told her? Was the whole accusation about the Fox being an American simply Alhasan planting doubts? Whatever the answer, it didn’t change the truth in his mind. He’d buried his wife.

The noise of approaching vehicles drew his attention to the front of the house. He saw Henry’s patrol car pulling up the drive, followed by the car Tracy had lent Kyle.

He went over to the patrol car.

“Thought you might need your transportation,” Henry said through the open window.

Kyle smiled at the man’s thoughtfulness. “Thanks. I appreciate it.”

The driver of the car got out. It was a woman close to Henry’s age. Her gray hair cut short, she was dressed in jeans and a loose-fitting shirt.

She came over to the patrol car and Henry introduced her as his wife. “Agent Jennings, this is Molly.”

The woman smiled up at Kyle.

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