Love Inspired Suspense July 2015 #1

Love Inspired Suspense July 2015 #1 by Valerie Hansen, Sandra Orchard, Carol J. Post Read Free Book Online

Book: Love Inspired Suspense July 2015 #1 by Valerie Hansen, Sandra Orchard, Carol J. Post Read Free Book Online
Authors: Valerie Hansen, Sandra Orchard, Carol J. Post
Tags: Love Inspired Suspense
I know he’s here. He has to be.”
    â€œUnless someone let him out while they were trying to break in.” Isaac saw little chance of that but persisted. “Why don’t you leave dishes of food and water in the usual place in here, then put others in the hallway, just in case? I’ll either stop by to check or have members of my team do it. Puddy will show up as soon as he gets hungry enough. The problem is, you can’t stay here and wait for that to happen.”
    She stared at him, her hands trembling.
    He approached her slowly, hoping to keep her as calm as possible when he delivered the bad news. Stopping an arm’s length from her, he looked deeply into her eyes, willing her to continue to trust him, at least enough to heed his sage advice.
    Her eyes widened. “What are you not telling me?”
    â€œThat call I just made? It was to our tech support. Terence Fagan has been out of prison for several years.”
    â€œThat’s impossible!”
    Isaac lightly cupped her elbow to steady her. “I’m sorry. It’s true. His appeal was granted on a technicality.”
    She swayed as if dizzy, so he continued to hold her arm, just in case. “No. Your information must be wrong.”
    â€œSorry. Our Fiona Fargo is the best computer tech in the business. If she says your father has been released, he has been.”
    â€œWhy wasn’t I told?”
    â€œI don’t know. When you get in touch with the marshals’ office to arrange to be moved, you can ask them. It was probably an oversight.”
    â€œOversight? This is my
life
we’re talking about.”
    Isaac nodded soberly. “I’m glad you realize that.” He let go and opened her cupboards to locate usable dishes. “Will these do for your cat?”
    She barely nodded.
    â€œOkay. I’ll fill one with water and you put dry food in the other so we can be on our way.”
    This time she not only didn’t argue, she moved to comply as if in a stupor. That state of mind wasn’t any better for her than her earlier panic, although it did make his current task easier.
    Until they could coordinate with the US Marshals office in DC, his best option would be to take her home with him, as he’d already been planning.
    There was more than one good reason for that choice, too. His injured leg was starting to really throb and the sooner he was free to take his prescribed medication the better he’d feel.
    Reasoning that a nurse would be sympathetic and therefore more compliant, he decided to tell her. “Listen, I hate to mention this but I’m starting to feel awfully sore. I couldn’t chance taking my morning meds and getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle so I haven’t had any painkillers since what you gave me last night.”
    That snapped her out of her doldrums enough to frown and caution, “You should have kept up with them. It’s not just for comfort, you know. Controlling pain will help you heal faster. Plus, one of those scripts was for oral antibiotics.”
    â€œAfraid I didn’t stop to look,” Isaac admitted. “When my captain called me, I didn’t question his reasons.”
    â€œWhat was he
thinking
? You’re injured.”
    Isaac chanced a slight smile. “Actually, it was my decision. He told me he was worried because there was no record of your past and wanted to confer with me.”
    â€œThat’s a lame excuse if I’ve ever heard one,” Daniella said. Hoisting a bulging tote bag, she sighed as she started for the door. “I won’t be responsible if you develop an infection. Let’s go.”
    Following her out the apartment door and waiting while she carefully relocked it, Isaac couldn’t help feeling relieved and more than a little glad. She was finally thinking more clearly. That was a definite plus.
    Now all he had to do was take a small enough dose of painkiller to allow his own

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