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Chapters (57)
  1. Synopsis
  2. Other Bella Books by Gerri Hill
  3. About the Author
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Three
  7. Chapter Four
  8. Chapter Five
  9. Chapter Six
  10. Chapter Seven
  11. Chapter Eight
  12. Chapter Nine
  13. Chapter Ten
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Chapter Fourteen
  18. Chapter Fifteen
  19. Chapter Sixteen
  20. Chapter Seventeen
  21. Chapter Eighteen
  22. Chapter Nineteen
  23. Chapter Twenty
  24. Chapter Twenty-One
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two
  26. Chapter Twenty-Three
  27. Chapter Twenty-Four
  28. Chapter Twenty-Five
  29. Chapter Twenty-Six
  30. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  31. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  32. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  33. Chapter Thirty
  34. Chapter Thirty-One
  35. Chapter Thirty-Two
  36. Chapter Thirty-Three
  37. Chapter Thirty-Four
  38. Chapter Thirty-Five
  39. Chapter Thirty-Six
  40. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  41. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  42. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  43. Chapter Forty
  44. Chapter Forty-One
  45. Chapter Forty-Two
  46. Chapter Forty-Three
  47. Chapter Forty-Four
  48. Chapter Forty-Five
  49. Chapter Forty-Six
  50. Chapter Forty-Seven
  51. Chapter Forty-Eight
  52. Chapter Forty-Nine
  53. Chapter Fifty
  54. Chapter Fifty-One
  55. Chapter Fifty-Two
  56. Chapter Fifty-Three
  57. Chapter Fifty-Four

“Yeah, that’s what I was told.” He turned to Reid. “You interviewed the victim again. Anything new?”

“Actually, yes. He wore white gloves, but she said she saw a tattoo on his wrist. Partial, anyway, where the glove slid up. It was red. She said it looked like an arrow. Had a feather.”

“Like a bow and arrow? Cowboys and Indians?”

“Yeah, I guess.” Reid shrugged. “Other than that, no, nothing new. But she’s holding up pretty good.”

“She’ll make a good witness then,” Mize said. “Provided we could find him, which looks doubtful.” He turned back to her. “This safe house is out, obviously. I’ve requested another one.”

“So we’re just going to keep moving around, hoping we lose him one of these times?”

“It would help if we knew how he was finding you in the first place. And no, there’s no leak here, Harper. There aren’t enough people in the loop. Even the safe house, no one knew who we were keeping there, not even the patrol officers.”

“It’s no secret that Danielle Stevens is here and is supposed to be shadowing me. I’m fairly certain everyone knows who’s in the safe house with me.”

“It’s rumors, nothing more. Now what? You’re scanning her stuff again, looking for a bug?”

“Yeah. Full body scan.”

“Yeah, I heard. I’m sure you just made their day down there.”

“What if they don’t find anything?” Reid asked. “Then what? Maybe it is a leak.”

“There’s no goddamn leak,” Mize said quickly. “How would he have a contact in the police department anyway? He followed her here from Los Angeles. However the hell he’s finding her, it’s not because of a leak,” he insisted.

While Harper tended to agree with him, she thought they should at least keep the possibility open. Unless, of course, the body scan produced something.

He walked around his desk and sat down. “Now…four more days. That’s all we have to worry about. Surely you can elude this guy for four days, Harper.”

“That’s right. Four more days. Then we send her on her merry way,” she said sarcastically.

“Well, since he seems to keep finding you, maybe you’ll get the opportunity to catch him. Just make sure nothing happens to Ms. Stevens in the process. We want her alive and well when she leaves Dallas. And the sooner, the better.” He handed her a piece of paper. “That’s the address. We’ll put a unit on the street, right out front. You won’t see him tonight.”

“Thanks,” she said dryly, wondering if even that would keep him away.

“What about me?” Reid asked.

“I think you and Hernandez have a serial rapist you’re working on, right?”

Chapter Twenty-One

“So you didn’t tell me how much fun the body scan would be,” Dani teased.

Harper raised her eyebrows. “How so?”