Total pages in book: 156
Estimated words: 160192 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 801(@200wpm)___ 641(@250wpm)___ 534(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 160192 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 801(@200wpm)___ 641(@250wpm)___ 534(@300wpm)
Jared waved that away. “That’s not what we’re discussing.”
“Are you sure you’re all right, Angie?” Keira asked.
“I’m fine. Um, a few things have happened that I haven’t told you about, though. Things that maybe I should have.”
“Like what?” Zander asked.
Miles stared at Angie worriedly. “Angie, are you sure you’re okay? You’re pale and you look like you’ve lost weight you couldn’t afford to lose.”
“You guys are supposed to be taking care of her,” Zander snarled. “What the fuck is going on? I want to know. Now.”
Angie knew she had to calm things down. Quickly.
“I’m fine, guys. We just had a misunderstanding the other day. And I tried to run and I hurt myself. That’s all.”
“How were you hurt? “Keira asked.
“Just punched a hole in my side. Nothing terrible,” Angie said cheerfully.
“You should have told me.”
She winced at the look on Keira’s face. “I’m sorry, Kiki.”
“Angie has been recovering,” Jared said firmly. “But we should have told you.”
“Damn fucking right you should have. Angie, you sure you want to stay with these two?” Zander asked.
“I do. I love them.”
“You love them?” Keira asked with a gasp. “Oh, Angie.”
“I know. They might be crazy and possessive and way too protective. Oh, and they think they’re always right and can tell me what to do constantly. But they’re also . . . mine.”
“Aww, that’s so fucking beautiful,” Honey said, sniffling. “Gorgeous words. They could be wedding vows.”
Jared gaped at her.
“I’m so glad everything is working out for you guys,” Keira told her. “You deserve happiness.”
“Me too. Um.” She looked at Jared, then North. “There’s something else you need to know. And it relates to these bodies.”
Zander frowned. “All right. Tell us.”
Angie let Jared explain everything. About Rex and Antony and how they’d thought this was all about him. But that Beltran was now dead and it seemed that maybe the threat hadn’t been about him at all.
But aimed at her.
“God, what does this mean?” Keira asked. “Why would anyone want to hurt Angie?”
It was a good question. Everyone was silent. Why weren’t they talking?
“Oh, is it my turn to talk?” she asked. “I don’t know.”
“Just think for a moment, Angie,” Miles said. “This is a strange crime. It seems that you are possibly the link between all of these murders. These missing women all looked like you. Was this person taking them to try and replace you in some way or because you angered them?” Miles asked.
“Is there anyone you’ve made mad recently?” Zander demanded.
“I can’t think of anyone,” she said. “And I’ve barely spoken to anyone here.”
“It would likely be someone back here, I think,” Miles said. “The women were taken before the beheadings there.”
“But I barely interacted with anyone back in Stugley. I don’t understand what I did.”
“None of this is your fault,” Jared told her. “This person is obviously unhinged.”
She still felt awful. Those poor women. Rex.
“Or is this a crime of passion?” Honey asked. “I mean, think about it, did he take these other women to replace Angie but they were no good, so off with their heads.”
“Honey,” Keira said. “These poor women are dead.”
“Yeah, I know. So they don’t care how I talk about them. And then when those women weren’t good enough he followed Angie to Chicago. Got mad because he couldn’t get to her because she was tucked safely away against Bartolli’s bosom.”
“I don’t believe I have a bosom,” Jared said.
“You have a chest, though,” Honey said. “So this person gets mad and kills people he can get to in anger.”
“There’s just one problem with that theory,” North said.
“Yeah, who would do that?” Angie said.
“No, I meant how would he know that Angie was here? The only people that knew are all of us. And now a couple of my guards and the Fox.”
“The Fox?” Zander asked.
Angie explained how the Fox visited her. “But it wouldn’t be him. He’d never kill those women and he would have just taken me from the hospital if he wanted me.”
“How did the Fox find you?” Zander asked.
“He said he has his ways,” she said. “But that he wasn’t informed that I was here until recently.”
“Does that mean there’s a leak somewhere?” Zander asked.
“You need to look into that,” Jared said.
“I’m well aware,” Zander replied darkly.
“The point is that it’s not the Fox doing this. So who is it?” Angie said, wanting to distract them both.
“And how did they find you?” Miles said. “Because the Fox having an informant is different from some murderer following you.”
“Somehow, he’s tracked her,” Miles said.
“I put trackers in her shoes,” North said. “Perhaps they did something similar. But I only brought her handbag and the clothes she was wearing with me. And I checked everything.”
God, she hated this.
Who would have done this?
“Maybe make a list of everyone you interacted with,” Keira suggested. “That might help.”