My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

“Clark! Wake up!

“Clark, don’t fall asleep!”

Esther felt a rush of fear, her heart pounding. He worried that Clark might not make it.

Gabriel gritted his teeth through the pain and approached the cement truck.

“Get out of the car,” he commanded.

The cement truck’s door creaked open, and a man smelling of alcohol stumbled out. As he stepped out, a card fell from the truck.

Gabriel leaned down to pick up the card, too distracted to keep an eye on the drunk driver.

The card featured a bright poppy flower on the front and had a simple message on the back.

[A small token of appreciation].

signed

straight and scanned his surroundings, an unsettling feeling creeping over him. These were the same drug

at Esther, who was with Clark and Felix some distance away, and felt a

cement truck driver, grabbed him by the collar, and demanded, “Tell me!

bewildered. “What are you

to the card. “This card! Where

asked, “What

waited for the ambulance and

wouldn’t escape

troubling question was: where were those drug dealers hiding? Were they watching him

blaring sirens echoed as they

critical, thanks to Agatha. Felix had merely fainted from

and Felix underwent thorough medical

left the card in his bag. He informed Esther that he needed to leave to investigate why the card was in the cement

hurried to