บททั้งหมดของ Enemy Outside (Unseen Enemy 2): บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

“Because I never trusted them to take care of her. They seemed… unprofessional and lazy. Uninterested. I’d send them information and never get confirmation that it had even been received. I’d tell them about some texts or pictures she’d been sent, and Greg never seemed all that worried.”“Were you worried?”“Of course!” Nigel exclaimed. “And I know you were, too. Liv told me about your talk at the hospital. That was the first moment I thought that maybe I wasn’t crazy – that maybe I was right to be as freaked out as I was. You were the first person who reacted in what I thought was an appropriate way.”Dallas smiled. “You must know that you were originally our strongest suspect as her stalker.”Nigel sighed. “Yes. I can see that.”“Where were you on Friday night after the party?”“I went home.”“Alone?”“Yes. I was exhausted and Liv told me to go. She walked me out, and I assume she set the door code. I went straight out to my car and went home. I showered and fell into bed.”“Did you

“So,” Sully said. “The first rule is this: you do whatever we say. Even if it makes no sense, or you don’t understand why we’re telling you to do something, you do it. No questions asked. We’ll always explain later, but at the time, you just do what we tell you. Us, Dallas, Griff and Selena… anyone on your detail. OK?”“OK.”They both blinked at that. Most clients objected right off the bat, arguing that they needed information before agreeing to being bossed around, and describing scenarios where they wouldn’t be willing to blindly obey an order from an almost-stranger. But not Olivia, and they both warmed to her even more.Sully continued. “When faced with a stressful and frightening situation, most people freeze up. I know on TV and movies, it shows people screaming for help and freaking out, but really, most people just go totally silent and still, and they have no idea what to do. What we’ve been trained to do is to react in situations. We can think clearly, and stay in total con

Dallas sighed. “It’s been pretty obvious from the first time we all met up in that hospital waiting room that Jenny was hurt badly in some way. By a man, clearly. We all know this.”“You and the guys?”“Yeah. We saw lots of assaulted women overseas, and we can recognize the signs pretty fucking fast. She seems best with Chris, so the rest of us have just kept our distance. We let Jenny set the boundaries, and we totally respect them.” He drank some more tea. “I don’t want to dig into what happened to her, baby, but I do need to know a few things about her attack.”“Why?”“Because I need to be completely certain that there’s no connection between the man who hurt Jenny and the person stalking you.”Olivia looked at him, thinking. Finally, she said, “OK. I’ll tell you a bit. Enough for you to make that decision. Not one word more.”“Alright. First, how long ago was she hurt?”“Just over six years ago.”He blinked, surprised that it had been so long. He’d assumed that whatever had happen

Three days later, Liv was standing in the kitchen, drinking her coffee. She was staring out the window at the SUV parked right outside her house; she saw Selena and Griff inside, talking. She knew they’d be in soon for a coffee and some breakfast after Mark and Sully arrived, so she had the croissants heating up in the oven, and the bacon frying on the stove.She heard a noise behind her, and she turned to see Dallas standing there, fully clothed. He was looking at her, taking in her long hair tumbling down her back, her clear brown eyes, warm and sparkling in the morning light.“How you doing, darlin’?” he said.“Good.” She smiled at him, thinking how much she liked seeing him first thing every morning. “Coffee’s ready.”He poured a large mug and took a grateful sip. “God, I love this stuff. I truly cannot function without it.”She laughed. “You’re preaching to the converted, baby.”They shared a grin.“Dallas?”“Yeah?”“I have somewhere I want to go tonight… but it’s kind of complic

Dallas pulled up in front of the large house, checking behind him for about the hundredth time. Nobody there. He exchanged glances with Griff, and the other man nodded.He turned around to look at Olivia sitting in the back seat of the SUV. She had been quiet the whole ride over, and appeared nervous. She wasn’t worried for herself, he was sure: he’d lay money that she was fretting that the shelter would somehow be discovered because of her. Leave it to Olivia to worry about someone else when she’s got some fucking sicko hunting her.“You OK?” he asked her.“Yeah.” She tried to smile. “I just don’t want to tip anyone off about this place.”“We weren’t followed, baby.” He checked the rear view mirror again, and saw Mark’s vehicle now. “There’s Mark and Selena. They were keeping an eye out for us, and them being behind us now means that all’s clear. You can go on in.”“OK.”She walked up to the house and Dallas watched her knock on the door. It opened a crack, swung wide. The woman hug