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is Keira. She’s my sister.”
     
    **
     
    Liam pulled his chair closer. Andrea James looked like she was about to lose what little control she was holding onto. “Tell me about your sister.”
    Caisey strode into the room, her mouth open about to say something. She stopped and swallowed whatever it was. His partner’s entire manner changed as she stepped quietly around Andrea, set the cup down in front of her and took her seat.
    Andrea clenched her fingers together in her lap. “She stays with me, sometimes, like I said. Our parents disowned her. They threw away every picture of her. They won’t say her name or even acknowledge her existence.”
    Caisey got out a notepad and started scribbling.
    Liam kept his focus on Andrea. “Is it possible she was the one at your apartment?”
    “I’d say it’s very possible she was who you saw being abducted. If the guy who just answered the phone isn’t out of it, then she’s not at the place she usually stays, not that that’s abnormal. But if she isn’t there and she’s not at my apartment, there aren’t many places she’ll be for long and nowhere else she would sleep. She’s paranoid about where she sleeps.”
    “How old is Keira?”
    “Twenty-nine.”
    Liam had seen Andrea’s date of birth, but he still said, “Older or younger than you?” She needed the space to focus on ordinary details while it sank in.
    “Two years younger.”
    Liam held Andrea’s dark gaze with his. “How long has she been an addict?”
    Surprise flared and she said, “A long time. Nearly six years, maybe. Since Brad died and she lost the baby. She was always wild, but not like this.”
    Liam squeezed her hand. “We need to talk about the Chloroform Killer now.” When she nodded, he continued. “Have you had any reason to think you were being watched or followed recently?”
    There was a slim chance the sister was the target and the crime had taken place at Andrea’s because that was where Keira James went. But given the surveillance photo he’d found in Andrea’s mail, he was leaning more to the idea that she was the target. That meant the killer had made a mistake and grabbed the wrong sister.
    How closely did they favor each other, if it truly was a case of mistaken identity? Otherwise it was a crazy thing, given how closely Andrea had escaped. If her sister really was the victim, there would be a whole lot of survivor’s guilt to work through.
    Andrea stood, shifting fast enough she looked antsy as she backed up, her eyes wide. “You think he was after me, not Keira?”
    “We have to look at all the possibilities.”
    She walked to the window and turned back to Liam and Caisey. “There have been some weird things. Emails with a picture of me doing something, like someone was following me and watching me.”
    “And in your regular mail?”
    “Not that I’m aware of. Was there?”
    Liam nodded. “One.”
    “This is unreal.” She ran a hand down her face, her shoulders slumped. “Was it really the Chloroform Killer? The police officer said that, but I thought he might just be guessing.”
    “The evidence certainly points to it being him, yes.” The square of material with chloroform left on each of the victim’s pillows wasn’t something that had been made public. “Did you tell anyone about the emails, or file a report with the police?”
    “I just thought they were a nuisance. I told the IT guy at work and then I deleted them and didn’t think about it. I’ve been really busy at work. There wasn’t time to deal with some weirdo stalker.”
    “You didn’t think it was worth your safety?”
    “It would have been worth Keira’s, but I didn’t know she was going to be abducted, did I?”
    Liam sucked in a breath. She was always so staid; the rush of energy in her anger was like a sign of life. “We’re not blaming you, and this isn’t your fault. I don’t really get why you didn’t want to make an issue of it, but I need as much information as I can