same way about you, right?” she said.
“I was hoping that was the case.”
They leaned toward each other so that their mouths could meet. Aware of where they were, the kiss was gentle and slow before they parted.
“Did you call Skylar this morning?” Hunter asked.
“Yep, I did. She’s probably already at the office now. You know, I really do like her.”
“I know you do,” Hunter laughed. “I just wish I had as much confidence in her as you do.”
“Oh, come on!” Eve cried. “How could you not have confidence in her after everything she did yesterday in just a few hours?”
“I’m just saying that I haven’t made up my mind about her yet. That’s all,” Hunter said with a grin on his face.
“Whatever,” Eve retorted.
“Hey, is that Chad pulling up now?”
“Yeah, I think so,” Eve replied.
They waited until he got out of the car in order to make sure it was Chad before they exited their car.
“Hunter!” Chad extended his hand and Hunter took it. “Glad to see you join us this morning!”
“You seem so surprised, Chad,” Hunter said.
“No, not at all,” Chad tried to backpedal a little. “I knew you would be here. Hey, Evie.”
Giving her a hug, he whispered in her ear, “I told you.”
She smiled and rubbed her hand across his back.
“So, did Eve catch you up on everything?”
“Yeah, she told me about the dreams.”
“Dreams? As in more than one?” Chad asked.
“I haven’t had a chance to tell you about the one from last night,” Eve said.
For the next few minutes, Eve told Chad about her latest dream of Sara coming to her and talking about a secret admirer and another victim having been chosen. They talked about the part where Sara said the next victim had already received her first gift and that Eve should look into her past. Chad wanted to keep talking about the dreams, but Eve had to get inside of Sara’s house.
“Look, Chad, I’ll be happy to talk about this later but, right now, I really need to go into the house. I feel that something important is going to turn up once we get in there.”
“Oh, okay, sure, Evie,” Chad said. “We’ll go in and see what you can pick up. I’ve got the key.”
Chad went ahead of them and unlocked the door. He held the door back so they could enter.
The first thing Eve noticed was that the house was very neatly kept and clean. Sara had always been kind of a clean freak. In fact, she would probably be horrified if she could see the mess left by her unexpected death dance. Apparently, the police had left things just as they found them except for evidence that the forensics team had left behind. Eve walked through the open concept family room and kitchen slowly. Then she pointed.
“That’s where she was found,” she said.
“That’s right,” Chad concurred.
She put her hand down on the bar and was instantly transported to the past. Looking down, she knew immediately that she was seeing through Sara’s eyes. A pair of hands was setting a package wrapped in black paper and a silver ribbon. Sara didn’t like this package. Her feeling of unease was very clear to Eve in the vision. The package was left on the bar while Sara went to the refrigerator and poured a glass of wine.
Returning to the bar, Sara sipped her wine while she anxiously studied the package. Finally, she set the glass down and slowly unwrapped the package, being careful to untie the ribbon so that it didn’t rip. Eve felt herself being drawn into Sara’s actions. It was if she was part Sara and part Eve.
The box was finally free of the wrapping paper and still Sara studied it. As if suddenly making up her mind, she slipped a fingernail under the tape that held the lid down on the box. Then she lifted the lid.
There was black tissue paper inside the box; quite a lot of it. Eve wanted to keep Sara from putting her hand into that tissue paper, but she understood that it wasn’t going to happen. All she could do was try to distance herself from
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