Disappear by Mary Martinez

Author:Mary Martinez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: NYPD, Police procedures, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Similar to Sandra Brown, Federal Agent, Mary Martinez, The Beckett Series
Publisher: Mary Martinez
Published: 2013-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“Ew, this popcorn is stale.” Keira wrinkled her nose.

She’d found a package of it shoved behind some of the dishes. Thought it would be fun to watch television with some popcorn. A little bit of normalcy.

Tyler picked a kernel out of the bowl and popped it in his mouth. “Yuck, you’re right.”

Keira watched the shows flash by as he flipped through channels. “Doesn’t your brother have cable?”

“I don’t think the town has cable.”

She turned to stare at him. “Even my town had cable and we were out in the middle of nowhere.”

Tyler just shrugged and continued. “I think we’ve been through all the channels twice. Nothing on.”

“Wait, the one you just passed, it had the Golden Gate Bridge, maybe it was an old rerun of that Karl Malden detective show, you know the one with Michael Douglas?”

“Sure, you just want to watch Michael Douglas, women love him, why is that? I don’t find him that attractive.”

“I would hope not. No you probably drool over Michelle Phieffer.”

“Well, hello? Who wouldn’t?”

Keira laughed and grabbed the changer from his hand and flipped it until she found the movie. Only it wasn’t a movie.

She let out a gasp as she watched a guy with long black hair climb up on the railing and then just let himself fall backwards. “Did I just see what I thought?”

“If you’re asking if that stupid guy just committed suicide, the answer is yes.”

They both watched in fascinated horror as the narrator talked about the troubles of the people who came to jump. There were interviews of family members, and most saying they knew their loved ones were contemplating suicide, but hadn’t known what to do.

A young man of about twenty-two was interviewed, and then his father. Apparently, he had bipolar disorder.

“I can’t believe he survived.” Tyler sounded shocked.

“I know. But he realized he didn’t want to die as he jumped.” Keira just shook her head.

The young man was good looking and sounded like he had a wonderful supportive family. What desperate feeling had made him think to take his own life? Had it been his mental disorder? Or was it something else?

“I’ve never understood suicide.”

“They’re desperate people, Keira. I don’t think they feel they have any options.”

“There’s always options. No one knows what opportunities will open up on the morrow.” Keira took another handful of the awful popcorn.

Tyler scooted a little sideways, so his leg came up to rest on the couch between them. “What would it take to make you so desperate that you would contemplate taking your own life?”

“You mean more desperate than having a madman after me?”

“You don’t look too suicidal to me.” Tyler pulled her over his leg to sit in front of him so his legs straddled her from behind. “Think what would it take.”

“Nothing could make me commit suicide. I want to live too much. I can’t think of one thing that would motivate me to jump from that bridge. Apart from believing suicide is a mortal sin, it would just be too damn scary to jump to the cold water.

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