Obsessed (The Lizzy Gardner Series) (30 page)

He willed his legs to move, wanted to take the shooter out, but all he could do was stand there and watch.

The shooter was focused on the frenzy in front of her, making it easy for Hayley to strike her from behind and knock the weapon from her hand. As Hayley grabbed the gun from the floor, the woman reached into the pocket of her lab coat and pulled out another weapon, aiming it at him.

Jared realized then that he was the shooter’s target, the one she’d come for. But why?

Before the nurse could fire, Hayley thrust the barrel of the revolver to the shooter’s temple and pulled the trigger.

Blood sprayed across the neatly lined bouquets of fresh white roses.

The continuous sound of gunfire was replaced with cries for help, moaning and sobbing. That’s all Jared heard as he slunk to the ground.

Silence enveloped him. Unable to keep his eyes open, the only thing he saw in his mind’s eye was Lizzy.

She looked beautiful.

He’d waited so long for this day and it was finally here.

He was by far the luckiest man in the world.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I want to thank my editor, Alan Turkus, for his enthusiasm; David Downing for his ability to help make a scene come alive; Cathy Katz for always being there to brainstorm or read my manuscript one more time; Brittany Ragan for keeping my characters real; and last but never least, I want to thank my husband, Joe, for his constant support and encouragement and for making me laugh every single day.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Photo © 2012 Morgan Ragan

Theresa Ragan is the bestselling author of the Lizzy Gardner series. Since publishing in 2011, she has sold nearly one million books and has been mentioned in the
Wall
Street Journal
, the
Los Angeles Times
,
PC Magazine
,
Huffington Post
, and
Publishers Weekly
. She and her husband, Joe, have four children and live in Sacramento, California.

Learn more about Theresa at
www.theresaragan.com
.