A Chilling Conundrum (An East Pender Cozy Mystery Book 9)
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“I would never do that, my love. You have to believe me. My heart burns for you. I would move the heavens. I would shake the very Earth to its core!”
He could have gone on but he didn't get the chance because the door opened and Andy was standing there. Edward looked at him in shock.
“Oh, so you did come after all.”
“The woman I love is in trouble. I wasn't going to wait around. You're under arrest for, hell, everything you've done.”
“Ah,” Edward said, a smug gleam in his eye as he looked at each of them in turn. “But did I really do any of it? You have no proof. I'm just a simple man professing my love to my soulmate.”
Andy moved forward to talk to him when Edward pulled out a gun and pointed it at both them, and then made his way to the door.
“I'm so sorry it had to end up like this. I really thought you were smarter than this, Ellen. Perhaps I gave you too much credit, or maybe it was my fault for not giving you enough time to get around to this idea.”
Andy moved around the room to stand in front of Ellen, ready to take a bullet for her. He saw Scampy's body and gave Ellen a worried look. Edward still was standing in the doorway.
“I'll give you one last chance, Ellen. You can break free of this little world and know something greater is waiting for you with me, or you can make the biggest mistake of your life.”
“I'd make this mistake a thousand times over before I'd choose to go with you,” she replied defiantly. Edward's face turned into a scowl.
“So be it. I'll be back, Ellen. Being with you is my destiny and you haven't seen the last of me.”
With that he backed out of the door. Andy immediately called in to the station and got officers in pursuit before he turned to Ellen, who felt drained after the flood of adrenalin dissipated.
“Are you okay?” he asked, holding her tightly. She nodded.
“I have to say, I don't like being called a mistake,” he said with a smirk, pulling her close in a hug.
The two of them went over to Scampy. “I'm glad the little guy is okay, and that you are as well. I'm sorry I didn't get here sooner,” Andy continued.
Ellen nodded and said that it was fine but she was lost in a world by herself. She wanted to believe that Edward would be caught but she couldn't be sure. The threat he made was with such menace that it stayed with her, hanging over her like an ominous, foreboding black cloud.
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