Missing You by Pauline Baird Jones

Author:Pauline Baird Jones
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, thriller, humor, series, clean read, amnesia romance, detective hero, denver co, mile high city
Publisher: Pauline Baird Jones

Despite the lateness of the hour, Luke couldn’t go home without checking the address Amelia had given him. To his surprise and relief, it was there. What did it mean? It sure wasn’t the address listed on her employment records. He could postulate that the PDA belonged to a friend, but how had she gotten the keys? It made his head hurt to think about it. He looked at his watch. It was after two in the morning. If she was in there, she’d be asleep. If she was in there, he needed to know she was all right. He needed to look at her with the Prudence photograph in mind. He sighed. He just needed to see her again. Oh boy.

Finally, he tapped lightly on the door. When there was no answer, he tried a couple of the keys. One released the lock, letting him push the door open.

“Amelia?” Nothing. He didn’t want to blind her with a light, so he pulled out a pen flashlight, but the precaution wasn’t necessary.

She wasn’t there.

There were, however, signs she’d been here. The clothes she’d been wearing were in a small heap on the bathroom floor. The towel was still damp. The smell of soap and lotion still hung in the air, teasing his nostrils with memories of what it had been like to be close to her. It didn’t take him long to look around her apartment and conclude it wasn’t a place where someone lived their life. The pictures on the wall were an odd combination of Amelia and Prudence. Amelia, in a Clark Kent/Superman motif, didn’t wear glasses. The bank statements and driver’s license said Amelia Hart, but he knew, didn’t he, that Amelia was Prudence Knight? So why the apparent double-life?

The license put her age at thirty-four, which made his heart do a little jump. Not as young as he’d first thought. A thought he shouldn’t be having right now. Face it, man, if she had been planning to kill her father and steal Shield, establishing another identity was the logical first step. While his cop side argued against her, his heart sided for the defense. This place didn’t really look like a hideout. It looked like a retreat. A place she’d come to read, listen to music, maybe to be alone?

The next question was, where had she gone? She must have known he’d come here as soon as he was free. So why wasn’t she here? Unless he hadn’t been too good at keeping this secret? Or whoever had been after her had caught up with her again? There was no sign of a struggle, but they could have taken her as she left. Where else would she go? She didn’t know where he lived. Hadn’t made it to Dewey’s apartment to know where that was.

He sank down on her couch, sinking back into the comforting softness and releasing another cloud of her scent into the air around him. He was tired. And afraid he’d never see her again.

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