We continue our Valentine mystery round robin with Part 6 of Her Fatal Valentine by Elise Warner
Lauren stared
at the man she once loved. The eyes that had enveloped her in love were now
pinpoints of hate. She couldn’t believe he was the same man—gentle, kind—he had
transformed into a vehicle for vengeance. How could she have loved him? A
single tear escaped and she hoped he hadn’t noticed.
She needed to
see Kyle’s body once more. There was something about the way he had been
positioned on the floor, something familiar about the table setting. She had to
get back into the house. She would use tears or pretend to faint. Something.
Anything.
Lauren moved
toward the door, her shoe caught in a floorboard, she stumbled and fell. Carter
reached her side, grabbed her arm and yanked her to her feet. A cry of pain
escaped her mouth and she let the tears fall.
“My ankle,” she
said. “I twisted my ankle.”
He half-dragged her inside the living room and pushed her down on a hard chair.
Lauren took a
fleeting look at Kyle’s body and the hole in his shirt—a replica of the shot
that had killed Caroline. A casual glance was enough to know that the table
mirrored her own on the night Caroline was murdered and Mike—what had happened
to Mike? Flowers and candles were on the table and the mantel, she was sure
there was champagne on ice and two filets waiting to be chilled. The room she
had decorated for a Valentine’s celebration with Mike had been replicated.
“You did this.
It was you,” she screamed at Carter. “You murdered Caroline. You—no one else
was so familiar with the house I shared with my sister, no one knew me the way
you did. You set it up. Kyle’s murder is a copycat murder.”
Carter raised
his arm about to strike. “You’re crazy. Out of your mind,” he said.
Lauren buried
her face in her hands.
The door burst
open. “We’re here, Carter,” a deep, burly voice said.
Is Carter the murderer? Has
Lauren lost her mind? And what happened to Mike? Join us on Monday, February 18
for part 7 by Julie Moffett.
8 comments:
This just keeps getting better and better. I'm just sorry it only has 2 more scenes to go. Can't wait to see how these talented authors tie it all up.
Copy cat murder indeed!
You rocked it, Elise!! Only 2 more to go! Who did it? :)
Wow! It's going to be a challenge to wrap up all these delicious details. :) And where's Mike??
I find myself wandering around the house saying "Mike! Where's Mike?" How sad am I? And still the mystery deepens ... :)
Now how is this going to end? I see three trails here.
I think we all want to know more about the mysterious Mike.
What if there is no Mike? Then what?
AhHah, Jean...the plot thickens.
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