Obsessed by Angela Ford Page A

The FBI is going through Lisa’s apartment as we speak. They’ve put out a nationwide alert for her and the baby.” He said nothing more to Jess and Mark when he heard Nikki’s voice come over the phone.
    “Nikki, it’s so good to hear your voice.”
    Mike walked away to have a private conversation. He made it a quick. He wanted to apologize for thinking she’d been behind all of this after he briefly mentioned the messages from her phone. Nikki reassured him that she would have suspected the same. She told him she’d already been briefed by the agents who found her and was okay to help.
    “We’ll talk about it later.” He ended the call and informed Jess and Mark that Nikki was fine and ready to help find the baby. “Jess, she also said to send her love and to let you know we will find Thomas.” He kissed Jess on the cheek. “Why don’t you try to rest? I will keep you updated with everything we find.”
    The look she gave him told him exactly what he already knew about Jess and her work ethic. Now that her own child was involved, she was ready to work.
    Mike said no more and pulled up a chair beside Mark. Jess sat next to him on the sofa. He needed to know as much about Lisa as they could find and quickly too. Time was of the essence.

Chapter Ten

    “Tom, they believe Lisa may have been connected to Trevor Marshall!” Jess cried, shaken, as she ran into his arms.
    Tom held her tightly. His arms had always been her comfort zone.
    She remembered the night she’d tracked Trevor Marshall to the potential fourth victim’s house. Jess and the team had been working to solve three murders of teenage girls in Presario Heights. Her gut instinct and the fact that she never followed protocol took her to the potential victim’s house. She’d taken the law into her own hands that night and threw herself into the hands of a serial killer who knew her and called her by name. His identity and his obsession with Jess revealed itself as the case unraveled. She barely escaped a close call with death. Tom had been her boss back then. She had strong feelings for him, but hadn’t admitted them to him, let alone herself. Jess sensed Tom had feelings for her too yet he remained as quiet as her. Tom ordered her to go to her safe point, which only the two of them knew was her beach house. She went to the beach house only to discover hidden secrets of the past and finally deal with her parents’ murders ten years before. Everything led to Trevor Marshall, the man responsible for the death of three teenage girls, his first wife who could have passed as Jess’s twin, and the murders of her parents. Jess also discovered he’d been her stalker the summer her parents were killed. A stalker she hadn’t known existed.
    “How the hell is she connected to Marshall? We did a more than thorough check on her.” Tom looked at Mike. .
    “This is my first clue.” Mike held a postcard, “I found this in Lisa’s backpack.
    “Mike, this is the same postcard dropped at the house the other night, but it’s blank.”
    Tom flipped the card back and forth.
    Mike nodded.
    “Look at the pictures on the card, Tom. It says memories of San Francisco. One is the old Mercy hospital. Marshall dropped you there after he stabbed you. One picture is of the waterfront warehouses where Jess and Tiffany were held hostage. Another picture is of the private school the three murdered teens attended. The other is what we’re searching now. It’s the old orphanage downtown. I thought perhaps it had something to do with leaving Jess and Tiff as orphans, but now we’re wondering if it has something to do with Lisa.”
    “It does,” Mark interrupted, “I found Lisa’s name in the orphanage records.”
    Jess watched Mike pick up the vile and spray. He turned and apologized, “I’m sorry Jess but Lisa must have used this in attempt to induce your labor. Mark told me he heard of the studies of its relationship to help newborns and mothers bond. I think