Queen of Spades_A Queen of Spades Thriller 1 by Kristi Belcamino

Author:Kristi Belcamino [Belcamino, Kristi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, crime
ISBN: 9781386900702
Google: qKKNDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Kristi Belcamino
Published: 2019-05-23T17:36:30+00:00

Nineteen

1990s

Los Angeles

Nearly a week later, she knew she’d survive. She’d gone through three days of fevers, which she was sure stemmed from infected wounds. Feverish and nearly delirious, on the second day of the fever, she’d managed to make her way to the master bath medicine cabinet and found some antibiotics. They had expired two months before, but they seemed to do the trick because on the fourth day she’d woken up clearheaded again.

She’d found a case of bottled water under the sink in the master bath and had dragged them back into the guest room with her, putting them beside her in bed. She knew that she could do without food, but water was another issue.

Ravenous, she’d scarfed down peaches and sardines, but now that her fever had broken, she knew she’d never eat either food again.

The first day she woke without a fever, she got out of bed and gingerly did some stretching and mild strength training. She couldn’t afford to lose the strength she’d built up over the years. At first, it involved curls with canned peaches, but before long she was able to do some very, very gentle crunches and push-ups. She was careful not to open her wounds, but even so, one day she had to super glue a larger cut that had opened up during her stretching.

Each day, she worked out, considering it physical therapy. Each workout left her exhausted and sweating and dizzy, but she pushed herself a little more each day.

On the sixth day, she remembered the maid was scheduled to come so she woke early, scrubbed the bathroom, cleaned up her mess, and made the bed in the guest room. Then she spent the entire day hidden in a basement storage room that she barricaded from the inside. The maid didn’t show up until noon. As she heard the sounds of vacuuming and banging around above her, Eva remained in the dank, dark space until she heard the maid leave.

She sank into the guest bed with relief, knowing she had the house to herself for another week. The next week, she hid from the maid again. After the maid left, Eva stepped into the garage with a wad of keys she’d seen hanging on a hook in the entryway. She left the Hummer and stepped into the Volvo station wagon. She knew the car wouldn’t be reported stolen for at least another week when the maid returned.

Back at her new house, she threw open the windows to let in fresh air and unearthed one of her burner phones. She dialed Detective Collins.

“You’re alive.” He spoke before she did. “With the amount of blood we found at your house, I thought maybe you were a goner.”

She grunted in reply, wondering how he knew it was her on the other end of the line.

“I don’t give this number out to just anyone,” he said, reading her mind.

“Only the girls you really care about?”

“Exactly,” he said. He actually sounded happy she’d called.

“I haven’t watched the news.

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