Prologue
CLAIRE
There were no finger prints. Even the attached note had been wiped clean. The message was clear. you’re a rat! The note made it quite clear: And soon you’ll be a dead one!
Claire had crossed a lot of people during her investigative career. And now it was payback time. And this was added: I lost everything! So will you!
And all she could think of was: thank God we don’t have kids!
DEREK
Derek’s career as a homicide detective with Seattle’s finest was going great, but now Claire, his wife, was being stalked. In their own home, no less! Plus her brother Mikey couldn’t decide which side of the law he wanted to operate on. And that was just the tip of the iceberg!
MIKEY
He loved Janice. But he’d walked away. He didn’t want the woman he loved to suffer because of him. And now he knew who had attacked him and where they lived. But first he’d have to resign from the church. Pastor Rick refused to accept his resignation. But here’s what he’d do. “I’ll give you three months of unpaid leave. Then we need to talk! Don’t do anything stupid!”
JANICE AND JOLINE
These two were tight. But it was time to have that mother, daughter talk. Joline saw it differently. It was time to have a woman to woman talk. “Remember Mom, I’m not a child anymore.”
