The picture of a young man flashed up on the screen. “No!” Cassidy shouted, jumping to her feet, spilling her coffee across her breakfast.
“What’s wrong?” Quinn asked, attacking her spilled coffee with a paper towel and hurrying around the counter to view the screen.
“I know him,” she stammered, her eyes glued to the image of a face she recognized. “From the rally. He gave Izzy a ride, I just talked to him, like . . . yesterday!” Her stomach flipped inside out. Had Lars really been alive just a day ago?
Cassidy gripped the edge of the counter as the rest of the broadcast filled her ears. “ . . . high speeds and lost control . . . still investigating . . . ”
Quinn was watching her shrewdly, hands on his hips.
“How could this . . . ” she began but stopped. A new picture had just flashed on the screen, this one showing the crash scene, including two ambulances, a fire truck, and a deputy waving cars through the one open lane. The camera angle swiveled and Cassidy felt her lungs spasm shut.
“Cass?” he asked, his eyes wide with fear. “What’s wrong?”
She pointed at the screen, where two sets of skid marks intersected. “It’s the same,” she said, her voice sounding far away.
“What’s the same?” he asked.
But Cassidy was miles away, back in Saxon’s office. “It’s my fault,” she said, her voice ringing high. “I told him Lars had tipped me off.” What had he said to her in the warehouse? This isn’t over. She began to shake.
“You’re freaking me out, Cass,” her brother said. “What the hell is going on?”
“Pete,” she gasped as everything cascaded into her thoughts at once. “His crash . . . and this,” she said. “They’re the same.”
Slowly, Quinn turned back to the screen, and in his eyes, Cassidy saw the same pieces fall into place. “Dear God,” he said.
Cassidy began to tremble. “Pete’s been murdered.”
THE END
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Other books by Amy Waeschle
Cassidy Kincaid Series:
Rescuing Reeve
Meet Me on the Mountain
Finding Izzy Ford
Standalone Novels:
Going Over the Falls
Feeding the Fire
Memoir:
Chasing Waves, a Surfer’s Tale of Obsessive Wandering
Short Stories:
Swimming Lessons
The Call of the Canyon Wren
Father of the Bride
Acknowledgments
I’m grateful to my family for their unwavering support. To my husband who brings me coffee every morning, listens to me work out plot problems while we mountain bike our local trails, and is a superdad to our daughters, thank you. Thank you to my daughters, who celebrate with me when I finish the first draft all the way to when the first copy arrives in the mail, you are the best cheering squad a writer could hope for. To my mom, who reads everything I write, thank you for sharing your love of literature. To my dad, thank you for encouraging me to follow my passion. A big thanks to my brother for being my friend and for making me laugh like no one else.
I’m also indebted to many helpers for bringing this story to life. My friend Craig Isenberg, M.A., LMFT., has given me incredible insight into Cassidy’s mind and motivations. Thank you for your time and for answering my endless questions. To Michael Barker for instruction on driving a motorcycle and finally, to my friend Chris Zeus, for giving me a peek into the world of biker rallies, runs, and general motorcycle culture that helped color many of the scenes in this book. I would not have been able to write this story without your help.
Thank you to my readers and especially to my amazing beta group! Stories are meant to be shared, and having your support means the world to me.
About the Author
AMY WAESCHLE is the author of the #1 Amazon Bestselling suspense novel Rescuing Reeve, the prequel Meet Me on the Mountain, the standalone novels Feeding the Fire and Going Over the Falls, and the surf travel memoir, Chasing Waves, A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering. She earned a B.S. in Geology from the University of Washington and worked as a field instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School in British Columbia, the Southwest, and Wyoming before becoming a writer. A challenging surf experience in Fiji inspired her first book, and she’s been dreaming up stories ever since.
Amy likes to surf, run mountain trails, and spend time with her family. She loves to travel and has lived in Sicily, Sun Valley, the Alaskan bush, and in the back of her 1996 Isuzu Trooper. Currently, Amy and her husband live in Poulsbo, Washington with their two daughters. You can contact her at amywaeschle.com.
