Hold On - Part Three (The Hold On Series Book 3) Read Online Free PDF

shit. I’m in trouble, I know I am.
    I slam the door and rush back into the room frantically looking around for something to defend myself with.
    “Sarah?” The man knocks on the front door.
    He knows my name. Ethan must have told him, but I don’t know why. I don’t answer.
    I grab for my phone and start to dial Lauren’s number.
    “Sarah, Ethan sent me to look after you.”
    “Go away,” I say. “I’m calling the police.”
    I hear him laugh. “Sarah, I am the police.”
     
     
     

Chapter 9
     
    My heart is pounding as I lean back against the front door.
    “You’re the police?” It doesn’t make sense.
    “Yes. My name is Alex Full. I’m a detective working on the Liliana Magaro case.” He’s made no attempt to break down the door and attack me. I consider the possibility that he’s telling the truth.
    “Do you have identification?”
    “Yes, ma’am. If you open the door I can show it to you.”
    It could be a trick. “Where’s Ethan?”
    “He’ll be right along. He’s making sure that Ms. Magaro doesn’t follow him.”
    I turn around and place my hand on the door. It doesn’t have a chain lock, so as soon as I unlock it the person on the other side could push it open and overpower me. I walk over to the window. “Show me your ID through here.”
    He walks over and lifts up his badge and ID to the pane of glass. Detective Alexander Full . It’s real, which means he is telling the truth and he really is a cop.
    I tentatively open the door and let him in, making sure that I keep a good distance between myself and him. I’m still wary.
    “You don’t look like a police officer,” I challenge.
    He places his badge into his back pocket and smiles at me. “Yes ma’am. I’ve heard that a lot. It helps that I don’t when I’m undercover.” He looks around the room. “No lights?”
    I shake my head. “Just whatever light the moon provides through the windows.” I’ve always considered it romantic although there is nothing romantic about this situation right now.
    “Well lucky it’s a full moon, otherwise we’d be in complete darkness.”
    It’s an odd conversation. I don’t know what to make of it. I watch as he walks around the room. It doesn’t take him long because it’s so small. “You said you were working on Lili’s case. What does that mean?”
    He sits down on the small couch. I remain standing near the front door, still wary. “She’s a slippery critter, that’s for sure. I’ve been on her tail for about five months now.”
    “Five months?”
    “Yes ma’am.”
    Five months? That’s a long time to be following someone and not find any evidence. “What did she do?”
    “I can’t tell you that, I’m afraid.”
    I frown as I try and work out what I should do next. “You said Ethan was coming along soon?”
    “He won’t be long. Once he gets here I’ll be leaving again. Just had to come up ahead to make sure you were okay.” He looks me up and down. “You’re okay.”
    I raise a brow and cock my head to the side. “I’m not sure okay is the right word to describe me right now.” That’s the understatement of the year. “It’s been a very confusing evening.”
    He smiles. “Well, my whole life is confusing as all heck, if that’s any help. Everything always works out in the end though. You gotta trust in that.”
    He stretches out his legs and looks out the window. “He wasn’t sure you’d come here tonight.”
    I follow his gaze. “I was always coming here. I needed to believe in him.”
    “You’ve got more courage than most women I know. Most of them would have bailed much earlier than this.”
    “If that’s true, you need to find better women.”
     
     
     

Chapter 10
     
    Detective Alexander Full jolts up suddenly and walks carefully over to the window. My whole body tenses as I watch him. I’m too frightened to ask what he’s doing.
    “Someone’s coming,” he says. He waves his hand to me to get back. I don’t hesitate to do