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nervous. I’m supposed to lie low. When my captain and the district attorney see this…” She glanced at the paper, the cause of all her trouble. “This anonymous person works for your newspaper. Any idea who it could be?”
    He shook his head. “And whoever knows, nobody’s talking.”
    “Swell.”
    Sara’s telephone rang, interrupting her. She glanced at Coop and picked up the receiver. “Hello?”
    Captain Hodges was on the other end.
    Sara listened, her stomach cramping more with every word he spoke. “No, I understand. Yes, I know, and I’ll let you know what I decide. Thanks for calling.” She hung up and faced Coop. “Know a reporter named Mark Pettit?”
    Coop nodded. “A guy with few scruples. He’d sell his own mother for a story. Why?”
    “He sold me. The Journal just published a story about the lady the Bachelor Blogger mentioned and her link to the notorious Morley murder. The entire city now knows I’m the star witness. And thanks to the Bachelor Blog, it’ll be easy for Morley’s partners or their associates to find me here.”
    She shook her head in frustration, her mind already whirling with possibilities of how easily someone could get to her.
    “Do you really think they’d go after a cop?” Coop asked.
    “They stand to lose everything once I testify.” She held her hands out in front of her, weighing their choices. “Money versus murder. If I disappeared without a trace, who could prove John Morley, who’s in jail, or his partners had anything to do with it?”
    “What are you going to do?” Coop asked.
    Sara paused. “I’m really not sure.” She drummed her fingers on the nearest table.
    “What did your captain say?” Coop gestured to the telephone.
    “He thinks my injury puts me at greater risk.” She rose and paced the small length of her apartment, limping her way across and back, each stepreinforcing his point. “He says with this knee, I’m a sitting duck.”
    Sara normally didn’t panic or overreact. She was a cop. She could handle herself in any situation. Except one in which she couldn’t protect herself. Thanks to her bum knee, she was in a position of weakness, not strength.
    Sara hated feeling weak. “This whole situation pisses me off. The last thing I want to do is let someone run me out of my own apartment.”
    “Pride could get you killed,” Coop said, concern in his voice. “Can they assign someone to watch you? Protection?”
    Sara shook her head. “We’re shorthanded due to budget cuts, and the captain can’t waste men or man-hours babysitting me.” She groaned and rubbed her aching temples, the only alternative becoming clear.
    “You need to get out of town,” Coop said.
    “Maybe.” If the threat became real.
    Although, where could she go? The cops in her family could handle the potential danger, but they were all scattered around the city, which didn’t help her escape from strangers who’d recognize her and report in to the Bachelor Blogger.
    “It’s only until after you testify. Once Morley’s convicted, you can come home.”
    She leaned against the side of the couch so shecould prop her knee on the cushion and rest. “I know, and I’ll think about it.”
    “Seriously consider it?” he pressed.
    She nodded. “I don’t have a death wish.”
    He inclined his head, satisfied. “Good. So. Have you heard from Rafe?” Coop named the one person she hadn’t been able to push from her mind.
    She narrowed her gaze, wary of why he’d bring it up now. “What does Rafe have to do with anything?”
    Coop shrugged. “I’m just curious.”
    Sara didn’t trust his motives. Happy coupled-up people always tried to push others into relationships, too. “Once Rafe was discharged from the hospital, we went our separate ways.”
    More like she’d kept things cool during her last few visits so he’d be sure not to call. She told herself it was better this way. He took his relationships too seriously for her to risk dabbling. No matter