Something Borrowed, Something Blue by Karen Tintori

Author:Karen Tintori
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: happily ever after, oprah winfrey, women in jeopardy, honeymoon paradise, bride contest, bride ebook, secrets and scandals, brides and grooms, wedding kiss mystery suspense bridesmaid bride, celebrity weddings
Publisher: Karen Tintori

“Christmas is right around the corner. So am I. So wrap yourself in a big red bow. Soon I’ll unwrap you, layer by layer. And then we’ll ring in the New Year all alone, just the two of us, covered in red. I love the color red, Eve. It’s warm and velvety—like blood.”

“And then he signed it the way he always does—Billy Shears.”

Monique took a deep breath and regarded Eve through narrowed eyes. “Sounds to me like one fucking psycho. Eve, I can’t believe you’ve been dealing with this all alone. Are you sure you have enough protection?”

Eve bit her lip. “Champion Security is supposed to be the best... but when you’re dealing with someone like this Billy Shears...”

“Do the police have any kind of a handle on this guy?”

“That’s the scary part. He’s a stalker. The psychological profile—as Maxine puts it—indicates that he’s some kind of misfit who’s getting off on terrorizing me. Some of these guys zero in on celebrities, some on their ex-wives or girlfriends, and some on a poor soul they happen to spot on the freeway.” Eve raked a hand through her hair. “We know he’s probably someone nondescript but intelligent. Someone who is obsessed with me, and fantasizes an intimate relationship with me.” Her glorious eyes met Monique’s, but their usual sparkle was dulled by months of living with intermittent apprehension, weeks of going through each day with one eye or the other constantly cast over her shoulder.

There were brief respites from the relentless uneasiness, times when she nearly forgot, but fear lurked low in the pit of her belly, ready to send tiny reminders of adrenaline pumping through her veins at moments she least expected.

She had lost weight. She could feel the difference in the way her clothes fit, in the hollow of her stomach as she lay in bed, peering into the night-light-illuminated hallway. She had lost sleep. She could see the dark shadows deepening beneath her eyes each morning before she covered them with concealer, and tiny new worry lines feathering around her lips.

She looked through Monique, her eyes hazed over with visions of green envelopes and bodyguards, her ears reverberating with the echoed memory of Maxine Goodman’s carefully chosen words that day the security agency director had phoned her with the results of Champion’s initial investigation.

“Monique, do you remember Bobbie Sue Griffin?” she asked abruptly.

“The country singer? The one they found a couple of years ago sliced up in the backwoods of Georgia?” Monique sat frozen, eyes wide, heart pounding. “No, Eve, don’t tell me this,” she groaned.

“Billy Shears.” Eve tossed her pencil on to the coffee table and leaned back into the sofa cushions. “Bobbie Sue Griffin received letters like this too. So did Lianna Caruthers—the tennis star from the eighties.”

“But the papers said she died of a blow to the head during a scuffle with an intruder,” Monique protested.

“The police always keep certain information close to the vest, holding back crime details from the public, the kinds of things only the killer would know.

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