Serial Threat by Valerie Hansen

Author:Valerie Hansen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-07-14T19:37:18+00:00

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The arrival of an ambulance ended their conversation as medics shouldered through the group hovering around Noah. He caught Emily’s eye. “If you aren’t coming with me, I’m not going anywhere.”

“Don’t be silly. I’ll check in with the chief and be along as soon as he’s briefed me on the latest female victim.”

“We’re going to need a long list to keep everybody straight,” Noah quipped cynically.

“Two lists, the way I see it,” Emily said. “One for the blonde women and another one for you.”

Rather than disagree, he chose to change the subject while one of the medics took his blood pressure. “Well, there is one good thing about what just happened.”

She made a sour face. “I can hardly wait for you to tell me.”

Noah gave a soft chuckle, realized it hurt and stopped. “My back has completely taken my mind off my arm. I don’t even feel the stitches anymore.”

With an exaggerated roll of her eyes and a loud “Aargh!” she turned and left him to the ministrations of the paramedics.

One of them appeared at his elbow with a clipboard. “If you won’t let us transport, you’ll need to sign this release.”

“What would they do if I went to the hospital? Same things you just did, right?”

The medic grinned. “Yup. Maybe an X-ray, too. And ice packs. You’re gonna be plenty sore.”

Noah grabbed the pen and signed. “Thanks guys. Appreciate it.”

The medic stripped off a blue surgical glove and offered his hand to Noah. “Hang in there, man.”

Shaking hands, Noah read his name on his shirt and noticed that his gaze had followed Emily across the room so he asked, “You know her, too..., Mark?”

“As much as she’ll let me,” Mark said.

A jolt of jealousy that hit him out of nowhere. He cleared his throat. “Emily and I go way back.”

“Maybe that’s your secret. I don’t know.”

“Maybe she already has a man in her life.”

“Hah! She seems friendly enough until you try to get close to her.”

Lowering his voice to speak aside, Noah said, “I heard she lost her fiancé.”

“She did. I was one of the medics who worked on him. But that was years ago.”

“Years?” It surprised Noah to hear that so much time had passed. “How many?”

Mark shrugged. “I don’t know. Maybe five.” He sighed. “It’s been a while.”

“I see. Not that there’s a time limit on grief.”

Agreeing, the medic nodded. “I think she’d have done better if she hadn’t tried to do CPR on him before we got there. She was a basket case when we pronounced him.”

Adding to her misplaced sense of responsibility, Noah thought. That figured. So did her transference of blame. Whether she realized it or not, she was probably angry at God, too. There were stages of grief, he knew, and it was possible to get stuck and struggle to move on. Everybody was different.

Could he help her come to grips with the loss that had apparently shaped her life for the past five years? Was he the right person to

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