She let the curtain fall back into place and went to the door. She opened it as far as the chain would allow. She wouldn’t have been shocked to find a doll leaning against the door, but there was nothing. She grabbed a sweatshirt off the chair, slipped it on then went outside. It was definitely colder than it had been last night. She was about to go over to Reid’s room when something in the parking lot caught her eye. There, on the windshield of one of the cars was a doll. It was the tangled mess of red hair that made her gasp—a Raggedy Ann doll.

She hurried back to their room, slammed the door quickly and locked it, then took three or four steps away. Her heart was pounding loudly and she sucked in several deep breaths. It was a coincidence, of course. He probably had to buy a doll and this was all he could come up with.

She ran her fingers through her hair nervously. Right? A coincidence?

“Yes, surely,” she whispered to herself. Jan’s killer was still out there somewhere, but she had no illusions that she’d stumbled upon him. The Raggedy Ann Killer didn’t stalk, he didn’t play cat and mouse games. The Raggedy Ann Killer forced his way into bedrooms, then raped and tortured his victims before killing them.

“Harper?”

She turned toward Dani, seeing the frown on her face.

“You’re as white as a ghost. What is it?”

Harper cleared her throat. “There’s a…there’s a doll out there, on one of the cars.”

Dani’s shoulders sank. “Oh, no. So he did find us.” She came closer and touched her arm. “Something else is wrong. What is it?”

Damn, but Dani could read her. She pointed to the door. “The doll…well, it’s different. It’s a…it’s a damn Raggedy Ann doll.”

“Oh, my God.” Then Dani’s eyes widened. “Oh, no. You don’t think—”

“No, no. It’s a coincidence only. It’s got to be. It just freaked me out there for a minute.” She held her hand up. “And don’t say you’re sorry.”

“Okay. So now what?”

She picked up her phone. “Call Reid. Then check with the desk guy, see who came in last night. Check security tapes.” She took a deep breath. “Damn.”

* * *

“You didn’t see anything?”

“No. One guy came in about ten thirty for a room. Older guy in a truck. He’s on his way to Lubbock. He left already this morning.”

Harper nodded. “Yeah, I saw him.” She stared at him, narrowing her eyes. “So if no one came in, how the hell did a goddamn doll get on one of our cars?”

“I don’t know. I swear, I was…I was alert all night.”

“There was some kind of a noise, it was after midnight,” Reid said and Harper nodded.