Sworn to Protect by Shirlee McCoy
Author:Shirlee McCoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-08-07T12:40:51+00:00
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Tony had never been part of something like this, and the miracle of the tiny life he was holding filled him with awe. He had heard from friends who had children that newborns were incredibly beautiful, but he had figured blind love had skewed their perspectives. He’d seen photos of their babies. The red faces, misshapen heads and squished noses had not been his definition of beauty, but he had oohed and aahed anyway.
Jordyn Rose, though... She was about as perfect as a human being could be. Tiny little fingers and toes. Cute little nose and chubby cheeks, she had stolen his heart the second the doctor had placed her on Katie’s chest. He had been holding Katie’s hand, her fingernails digging into his palm, his face so close to hers, he could see the blond tips on her brown eyelashes. He had not expected the baby to be plopped down, naked and pink and still speckled with blood, but that’s exactly what had happened. One minute, Katie was red-faced with effort, and in what seemed like the next, a baby was lying on her chest.
“You’re something else, sweetheart,” he whispered, not sure if he was talking to the baby or to Katie. Both, in his admittedly exhausted opinion, were amazing.
Katie’s cell phone rang, and he grabbed it from the table, answering before it could wake her. “Hello?” he said quietly, holding the phone with his shoulder so that he could keep two hands on Jordyn.
“Who is this? Why do you have Katie’s phone?” a man said, his familiar voice sending a jolt of fury through Tony.
“Martin?”
“I asked who this is,” Martin spat, hatred seething beneath the words.
“Tony Knight.”
“I told her to tell you to go home. I know she doesn’t want you around, so I suggest you do it.”
“Here is what I suggest—go to the nearest police station and turn yourself in. That will make things a lot easier for you.”
“For you, you mean?” He laughed, and the sound sent chills down Tony’s spine.
“I’m not concerned about what is easy for me. I’m concerned about making sure you pay for what you did to Chief Jameson.”
“Be careful, Knight. If you’re not, your police buddies might wind up trying to make me pay for what I do to you.” He disconnected, and Tony dropped the phone on the table again, frustrated by the helpless rage that filled him.
Martin should never have been able to escape the high-security mental institution where he had been held after his arrest, but he had knocked the guard over the head and made a run for it. If he had been a typical criminal, he would have kept going until he had put plenty of distance between himself and the law. Martin was anything but typical; he was unhinged and so obsessed with Katie, he had returned to Queens and begun stalking her.
So far, the NYC K-9 Command Unit had not been able to stop him. Public transportation made it too easy for Martin to move from location to location.
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