Rx Missing (Decorah Security Series, Book #10): A Paranormal Romantic Suspense Novel by York Rebecca

Author:York, Rebecca [York, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Light Street Press
Published: 2015-04-27T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Two more people crowded into the picture, an older man and a guy who looked like Central Casting had sent him to play the part of a computer nerd.

Mack ignored the others and focused on Lily, seeing the way her eyes still watered. That was almost enough to get to him—but not quite. Not after the way she’d pulled a couple of very slick cons on him. She’d pretended to be one of the gang. Then she’d pretended she cared about him.

The last observation made him feel like he was looking at her through a jagged broken window, and if he reached for her, he was going to slash his skin.

He wasn’t going to make the mistake of trusting her again, but he kept his gaze on her because he needed to see her reaction to what he was about to say.

“After you left, something really weird happened. Your sister came to your room.”

She blinked, probably startled by the abrupt change of subject—and the topic itself.

“What are you talking about?”

“About the little girl who came looking for you. She was eating ice cream, and she said it was the best thing she’d tasted in years.”

“My God. My sister. That’s impossible.”

“She said she was Shelly.”

“What did she look like?” Lily asked in a barely audible voice.

“Cute,” he answered, giving his overall impression first. “Her hair was blond and done up in a couple of ponytails, one on each side of her head, and she was wearing a tee shirt with a kitten on the front. She had kind of scruffy jeans and tennis shoes.”

Lily caught her breath. “That . . . that’s what she was wearing when she was in the auto accident. But how could she be there? She’s in a hospital in Virginia.”

“Your sister?” an older man repeated.

She looked back at him. “Yes. I told you about her. She’s in a nursing facility in Fairfax.”

“Oh—right. But . . . how could she get into our setup?”

“Someone would have to hack her in,” the computer nerd answered.

“How is that possible?” the older man asked.

“I don’t know.”

“Who are you?” Mack interrupted, addressing the older guy.

The man gave him a direct look. “Philip Hamilton. I’m the principal investigator here.”

“Oh, nice to meet you,” Mack said, putting as much sarcasm as he could manage into the greeting. “You mean you’re responsible for this mess?” he added, in case the principal researcher didn’t get his response.

“It’s not a mess. We’re doing good work—for you and the others.”

“Maybe that was your intention, but something else has overtaken you.”

Lily stepped closer to the screen, blocking Mack’s view of Hamilton. “You were saying that my sister is there.”

“She was. She . . . vanished.”

He could see she was fighting disappointment.

“Did she say how she got there?”

“Yes. That’s the important point. She said the Preston in the woods brought her.”

“The Preston—what the hell is that?” Hamilton called out from in back of Lily.

“A man in the woods. She said his head was bald, and he had . .

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