Click.
Tyler looked at the phone and frowned. He described the woman to Bonnie. “Do you recognize her?”
She shook her head. “Can’t say. I mean, I can probably list a dozen pretty women under forty who have light brown hair and blue eyes.”
“What about one who would have been in a magazine?”
“I don’t know. What kind of magazine? A ranch magazine? A vacation brochure?”
“Do you think you can go by the library and see what you can find?”
“Sure. They’re closed because of the storm, but I’m sure Sally will open it up for me. I might not get in until tomorrow.”
“Just as soon as you can, thanks. I can’t do anything if I don’t know who these killers are after. If they are here. If they made it before the storm.” A lot of “ifs” and Tyler had far more important things to handle right now. Still…
“Find out where that call came from.”
He left the command center and went to his office. Of course he’d heard about the San Quentin earthquake—who hadn’t?—but he was a thousand miles away and didn’t figure any of those prison escapees would have made it up here.
But the names sounded familiar.
He sorted through his memos and pulled one from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. There had been twelve escaped prisoners all told. All but three had been killed or apprehended….
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herry grabbed her purse and went out to the garage. Her hand automatically went to the garage door opener and pressed it.
“Hello, Sherry.” In the dim light, Theodore smiled.
Her face froze, then her bottom lip trembled. Eyes wide, terrified, Sherry’s scream came out too high-pitched to be heard by anyone outside the garage. She stepped toward the kitchen door. Before she could even reach the doorknob, he grabbed her from behind. She kicked and bit at his hand. Feisty bitch. Too little, too late. He’d always been stronger, and prison made him more so.
Sherry had betrayed him in the worst way. Shared their private games with the world. Told everyone he was
sick.
He’d pay her back for turning against him.
He whispered in her ear, “You thought you were going to get away with talking? Sis, I told you I’d kill you. Now you’re dead.”
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