Dreaming of Home by Caitlyn O'Leary

Author:Caitlyn O'Leary [O’Leary, Caitlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Passionately Kind Publishing

14

I parked the ATV in the hardware store parking lot. It was as close to the animal hospital as I could get. Bernie was close behind me. I ran up to the door, but before I could open it, I stopped, because I saw Marlowe’s Jeep. The backend was beat to shit. So was the passenger side.

What the fuck?

Bernie came up behind me.

“Does this 4Runner belong to Marlowe?” he asked.

“Yep. And it wasn’t looking like this two days ago. Looks like someone rear-ended her. More than once. Sideswiped her, too.”

Furious, I turned and went into the animal hospital. As soon as I opened the door, I saw Nash Rivers, Lettie, Alice Draper, and some guy I didn’t know. Nash and the guy were hovering over Marlowe who was seated. I could tell she’d been crying. As soon as she saw me, she leaped up. I pushed my way between the two men and pulled her into my arms.

“Any news?”

“She’s been in surgery for over an hour,” she whispered into my shoulder. “Kizzie said it was bad when she examined her. Kai, I’m afraid she’s going to die.”

She started to cry.

I looked over my shoulder at Nash.

“Marlowe said someone was trying to run her off the road. Amber Road. Up near the Slurry slope.”

I squeezed her harder. I couldn’t help it. If they had succeeded, she would have gone over the steep side of the mountain.

I turned us around, so I was facing Nash and the other guy. “Any idea who did it?”

“All I could tell them was it was a big, black truck with two men in it,” Marlowe whispered into my chest.

“I have one of my deputies up there looking around,” Nash told me. “We’ll also be taking paint samples from the back of Marlowe’s Jeep.”

“Can you explain to us again who you think tried to run you off the road?” Nash asked. For the first time I noticed he had a notepad in his hands.

“It seems farfetched, but I’m suing my old principal for wrongful termination. I can’t imagine that she would be so upset that she would want me dead. That’s the only person I can think of who would want me dead.”

“Any old boyfriends?”

Marlowe pulled out of my arms. I didn’t like it, but I had to deal with it. “The last man I had in my life didn’t take it well when I left. But it was four years ago.”

“What do you mean, he didn’t take it well?” Nash asked the question I wanted answered.

“He sent me notes and followed me around. Stuff like that.”

“When did he stop doing that?”

Marlowe didn’t answer for a long time. “After I got a restraining order,” she finally admitted. I could hear the quaver in her voice.

I pulled Marlowe back into my arms.

“Marlowe, you didn’t file an order of protection with me when you came into town. That is one of the first things you should have done when you arrived.”

“It’s been four years,” Marlowe protested.

“Did you let the restraining order lapse while you were in West Virginia?” Nash continued.

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