Page 91 of Watch Me
“You know … kidnapped,” she said with a smallshrug.
My gaze met Ethan’s again, and he nodded. I turned back to Maddison. “You were kidnapped?”
“Yeah …”
I pulled her in for another hug. “I’m never letting you out of my sight again.”
“Until I go back to Michigan on Sunday.”
My heart dropped, and I pulled back again to look into her green eyes. “Are you sure?”
“Can we talk about this after I get some sleep?”
“Right.” I finally stepped away. “It’s been a long night. We should all get some sleep.”
“I actually need to head back to the station,” Ethanadvised.
“Really?”
He walked the few steps to me and kissed me softly. “Thanks to you, we caught the woman, Buttercup.”
“You did?”
“I’ll fill you in after I get home, but both of you should get some sleep. The two of you had a long night.”
“Wait,” I said when I realized what Ethan had actually said. “You were taken by a woman? A woman who was the killer?”
Maddie nodded. “Yeah.”
“No,” I breathed and closed my eyes as a tear slid down my cheek. It was all my fault.Everythingwas my fault. And now Maddie had been put in danger because ofme.
Ethan wrapped his arms around me. “Everything’s over now. Maddison’s safe. You’re safe. The killer’s behind bars. It’s over.”
“It’s really over?” I asked, making sure I’d heard himcorrectly.
“It’s really over. Now, get some sleep, and in the morning we can talk it all out.”
“It is morning,” I stated. The sun would be up in a fewhours.
Ethan smiled slightly. “I know. We’ve all had a long night, but I need a few more hours to process everything that went down tonight.”
“Okay.” I looked at Pablo. “I guess we don’t need your services anymore.”
“Actually,” Ethan cut in, “I’d like to keep your security until we’re sure we caught the only killer.”
“There could be more than one?” Maddieasked.
“You just said it was over,” Iretorted.
“While I’m almost certain we were only dealing with one killer, and itisover, I just want to make sure before I let Pablo and Evan go.”
Ethan was right. I didn’t know all the details about the case, but until this person—this woman—was convicted, it was probably a good idea to keep my security. With my luck, there was another person, and he or she would be out forrevenge.
“Do you know why I was a target?” Iasked.
“Not yet, but I’m going to find out.”
Maddie yawned. “I’m going to head to bed.”
