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Lust and Lies 04 - Pretty Maids in a Row

Lust and Lies 04 - Pretty Maids in a Row

Titel: Lust and Lies 04 - Pretty Maids in a Row Kostenlos Bücher Online Lesen
Autoren: Marilyn Campbell
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mean it was any more the truth than her claim that the two of them and Bobbi had been together when Ziegler was killed. But would Bobbi agree to a lie that would protect Erica?
    Yes, Holly thought instantly, Bobbi would lie if it meant creating an alibi for herself at the same time. Hadn't she briefly considered lying to protect herself just a short time ago?
    Bobbi's visit to her apartment replayed in Holly's memory. Wasn't it possible that she was pretending to hate Erica? She was certainly capable of projecting extremely different personalities in the blink of an eye. Couldn't Bobbi have been hiding her own guilt by pointing a finger at Erica?
    As Holly contemplated one scenario after another, she realized all three were perfectly capable of performing the mutilation that had been done to the two men.
    Then again, perhaps they could provide each other with an alibi for the night Ziegler was killed because they were together... in his hotel room.
    So far, Bobbi and Rachel had both threatened her. Would Erica be next?
    She should go to the police. Yet, what proof did she have? She had no doubt that Rachel would find a way for her story to backfire. It was doubtful that anyone at the lodge in Maryland would swear to seeing her the night O'Day was killed, so without David, she had no solid alibi for that time.
    Even Philip had advised her to do nothing, and that was clearly the safest path to take. But suddenly she was sick to death of the safe path. She was tired of being afraid of everything, including her own feelings.
    She had been a victim once, and she had allowed it to haunt her for twenty-one years.
    No one was going to force her to be a victim again!
    Holly's foot pressed harder on the accelerator. She had to get to David. He had to regain consciousness.
    He was the only one she could think of who could expose the whole ugly truth and find out who the killer was before she found herself hopelessly entrapped.
    It occurred to her that she would have to confess to telling David a few lies in the past, but surely he would understand.

    Chapter 19

    Holly felt as though she had been pushing her way through quicksand for the last six hours. Surely traffic to the Keys after the hurricane had moved faster than that heading for National Airport. And how had the plane stayed up in the air at the slow speed it flew? In spite of a non-English-speaking cabdriver who must have thought she'd enjoy the scenic route through Miami, Holly finally reached the hospital before the sun fully set.
    Her frustration reached a dangerous level when the nurse behind the desk in the intensive care unit told her she couldn't release any information on David Wells and he wasn't permitted any visitors.
    Desperation enabled Holly to improvise. "But I'm his sister. I've been traveling all day to get here."
    The nurse's face lost some of its sternness. "Oh, that's different. What's your name?"
    Holly frantically sifted through the stories David had told her. "Jill. Jill Wells."
    The nurse ran her finger down a list on her desk. "Oh, yes. Here you are. I wasn't told to expect any of his family today. Mr. Wells has been moved to a private room. I don't believe he has regained consciousness, but he is in stable condition. Holly listened to the directions to get to David's room, but her mind was analyzing what the nurse had said. Most important was the fact that he was no longer in intensive care. That had to be a good sign. But why wasn't any family expected to visit? The way David described them, they were extremely close—not at all the types to stay home if their brother was seriously injured.
    The uniformed police officer sitting in front of the closed door to David's room smiled broadly and rose as Holly approached. Hoping the same ploy would get her past another obstacle, she smiled back and said, "I'm Jill Wells, David's sister. Nurse Johnson said that it would be all right for me to see him."
    The officer picked up a clipboard from behind the chair and scanned a sheet of paper similar to the one the nurse had checked. Giving her another smile, he knocked three times on the door.
    "What now?"
    Holly blinked at the strength of the irritated voice. It was David, but he didn't sound like someone who had been at death's door a few hours ago. And he was very definitely not unconscious.
    The officer pushed open the door, but held up a hand to keep Holly from proceeding before he announced her. "There's a woman here to see you. Says she's your

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