Fractured Sanctuary by Elodie Crowe
Author:Elodie Crowe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Women's Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Suspense, Murder Mystery, Ghosts Fiction
Publisher: Elodie Crowe
Published: 2024-02-22T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Thirteen
Disclosure
âWHAT DO YOU MEAN, NATURAL?â Looking up into his face, I wished everyone would stop talking in riddles. âFog occurs when cool air mixes with warm moist air over water. Whatâs more natural than that?â
âIâm saying thatâs not what caused this fog.â A line emerged on his brow as he crouched before me.
âEwan.â Maryâs tone was clipped, as though she was chastising him. âDonât.â
âWhat?â Answering for him, my attention snapped to Mary. âWhy wonât you let him speak?â
âItâs time she knew.â Ewanâs gaze also slid to Mary.
âShe?â Were they talking about me? My heart hammered as the conclusion played out mockingly in my head. Theyâre talking about me.
âThat wasnât the plan, and you know it.â Perched on the other end of the sofa, Mary seemed to have taken on a completely new persona. No longer the caring nurse who hovered on the edge of hysterics at the prospect of being trapped in the waiting room, she appeared to have morphed into someone new. Someone harder, who wasnât used to not getting her way.
âIâm changing the plan.â Ewan sounded equally as determined as he stared Mary down.
âYou donât have operational authority to do that.â Maryâs gaze narrowed. âIâll call it in and get you removed from the case.â
âOkay, enough!â Rising to my feet, I looked around the room. âWhat is going on here? Either someoneâs going to tell me, or youâre all leaving.â Iâd heard enough.
âI told you this wouldnât work.â Sallyâs voice trembled, her statement apparently directed at Ewan and Mary.
âSo, youâre in on this too?â Whatever this is. I didnât know why I was so surprised. Sally and I were hardly best friends. Iâd intimated so myself only a few minutes before. Why would I believe she wasnât involved in whatever was going on? I wasnât still that gullible, was I?
âWeâre all in on it.â There was a smugness to Cillaâs tone that tightened the knot of unease in my belly. âEvery single one of us.â
She signaled around the room, and as my gaze followed her fingers, it was drawn inexplicably to the open doorway. Beams of sunlight were reaching for the room, offering a warmth the fog had shielded us from, but somehow, the weather had never seemed colder.
âSomebody needs to tell me whatâs happening!â Sparks of anger infused with my growing fear, commanding me to disregard everything Iâd learned since Sam and revert back to the petrified woman whose only concern was survival. Frustration furled as I saw the responses playing out in real time. Iâd worked so damn hard to untangle myself from the tethers of doubt and insecurity. How dare these people come into my lifeâinto my homeâand ignite them again. âAnd they need to tell me now.â
That same fury was taking control as I surveyed the assembled group. Whoever they were and whatever this was about, I had the distinct sense that at least a few of their number seemed to be enjoying my reaction. My gaze slid to Cilla before burning into Maureen.
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