Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense July 2017, Box Set 1 of 2 by Lynette Eason

Author:Lynette Eason
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488019357
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

TEN

Talia paced the freshly waxed floor of the emergency room. As soon as they’d arrived by ambulance, news of a gunshot victim had sent the staff running. Joe had been given a priority code number that had put him in the front of the line and immediately in to see a surgeon. She glanced at her phone for the hundredth time. It was already after noon. Well over three hours since they’d arrived. And over an hour since anyone had given her an update, which had her stress level soaring.

But Joe’s situation wasn’t the only reason she was so upset.

As far as she knew, whoever had shot Joe was still out there.

A roomful of people sat on hard, plastic chairs. A television played the news. A baby cried in the background. She glanced at the doors leading outside. She’d given her statement to the police shortly after their arrival, which had let to more questions, most of them still unanswered as far as she was concerned. But she had no idea if they’d found the gunman. Or the woman on the train. Which had her jumping every time the doors opened.

Because how hard would it be to track them down to this hospital? Whoever had shot Joe would try again. But surely not here, right? It was a possibility, though. The person behind this was making some twisted decisions, so Talia wasn’t sure what might happen next.

She looked down at her hands and rubbed her fingers together. She’d scrubbed them in the restroom, trying to wash away Joe’s blood. Wishing she could as easily wash away the memories of the past few days. Asking herself how her life had managed to spiral out of control so quickly. And now if something happened to Joe, if he didn’t make it… She gulped in a lungful of air. She’d known that getting the bleeding to stop—along with getting him to the hospital—increased his chances of survival, but while he’d been lucid when they’d taken him away, she knew there could be no guarantees at this point.

She took a sip of the bottled water she’d bought a few minutes earlier, then thought back once again to that moment on the bridge when she’d been convinced he was going to kiss her. And despite all her hard work to guard her heart she felt that same undeniable attraction. But she couldn’t let that guard down now. Not when she was only caught up in a wave of emotions. That’s all this draw toward him was. She was vulnerable, scared, and he’d been the one who’d come to her rescue.

Like Thomas had always done until he’d decided to risk everything they had together and lost.

No. She wasn’t ever going through that again.

I know there’s nothing I can do, God, beyond leaving this situation to You, but this is all still so hard.

Even finding the strength to trust wasn’t easy. Not God. Not Joe…and certainly not her heart.

She started pacing again, hating the feeling of being out of control.

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