Page 83 of Dark Obsession

“Then let’s get to work.”

They decided to make breakfast because of the supplies Daniel had in his house.

After the dishes were cleared, the three sat around the kitchen table.Conner set a tablet of paper in front of him and picked up a pen.

He looked up at Keira.“Did you have any other bad dreams last night?”

Keira shook her head.Her body was tense.She knew what was coming.She would have to talk about the attack and stalking.The food in her stomach rolled, threatening to come back up.

Daniel slid his hand over to her and grasped her hands, which were gripped tightly together on top of the table.“At any time you want to stop, just tell us.”

Keira nodded slowly before she turned back to Conner.“Go ahead.I’ll do the best I can.”

Conner looked at her critically for a moment before he started.“When did you notice your things started to go missing?”

Keira tensed, then made herself relax.“They didn’t go missing at the beginning.I first noticed that things I knew I had in a certain area were put somewhere else.Places I know I wouldn’t put them.At first, I thought I was just tired, overly stressed, or getting forgetful.”

“Can you describe some of the things?”

“I found my perfume on the windowsill above my kitchen sink.I knew I just got back from dry-cleaning a shirt, which was found in the hamper.Crackers on my nightstand, and I never eat in the bedroom.”

Conner nodded as he wrote as fast as he could.“Then what happened?”

“My stuff went missing.”She glanced sideways at Daniel as a blush crossed her face.“My favorite bra was gone.”

Conner and Daniel shared a quick smile at Keira’s shyness.

“My coffee can was empty when I had just opened it the day before.The book I was reading the night before which I had set on my nightstand was gone.”

Conner looked up when Keira stopped talking.“What happened next, Keira?”

“I started to feel like I was being watched.A shiver would run up my back at different times of the day.Then ...I received the note.”

Conner’s compassionate gaze flew to hers.

Keira gritted her teeth and looked away from Conner toward Daniel.“It was inside my locked car on the dashboard.One of the worst things I found was evidence that he was m-masturbating with my underwear.”

Daniel and Conner both jerked to attention and glanced at each other.“We didn’t know about that, Keira.”

Her gaze lifted and pinned both in a single glance before she lowered it.“It was embarrassing, and I had it in my head you both didn’t believe me.”

Conner cursed under his breath, and Daniel’s grip tightened on her hands.

“At no time did I not believe you, Sweetheart.”Daniel’s tone was urgent.

Conner bent down to see her face.“I believed you, too, Keira.I know I seemed like an asshole the first time we talked at the station, but I knew when you left you were telling the truth.”

Keira shrugged and kept her tear-filled eyes downcast.

Daniel shook his head at Conner.Keira was glad they were going to get off that topic.

Conner cleared his throat.“What happened after the letter?”

Keira’s gaze flew to Conner’s and then went away.“I came home from work the night before I was a-attacked and all my underwear was cut to shreds, and everything in my bathroom was shattered.”

A look crossed Daniel’s face, which was hard to read.“So, the night I followed you home, you went into your house, found the mess, and then what?”

A tear slid down Keira’s cheek.“You followed me home?Why?”

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