Black Jack: A nail biting, hair-raising thriller (Jack Ryder Book 4) Read Free

seen anything this stunning. All those things in the windows and especially all those books.
    The girl laughed and looked at the blue sky above. It was so spectacular it was almost overwhelming. How can the roof be this high? So many years she had wondered what it would be like to look at it, being outside looking up and not staring at it through the window glass until the Doctor yelled at her to get away from the window .
    The girl made a grimace, then shivered by the thought of the Doctor pulling her arm harshly while scolding her for risk being seen .
    While remembering the Doctor’s words, the girl sped up. She knew the Doctor would be looking for her soon, wanting to drag her back…inside.
    As she turned one more corner, she drew in a sigh of relief. There it was. Right in front of her. As blue as the sky above.

Chapter 2
    M ay 2016
    “I was thinking this would be a good place.”
    Pastor Daniel looked at us with his arms stretched out. He had taken us to one of small parks in the middle of town, or squares as they were called. Savannah was filled with them. Twenty-four in total I had been told. The town was sort of built around them. They were all beautiful, but this one in particular.
    “I was thinking we could do the ceremony right here, he said and walked to a small pavilion in the middle of the square. “You – Jack - would stand here, with your ring-bearer, Austin, at your side and wait for the bride. Then you – Shannon - you come walking from down there, from behind the tree so no one sees you prematurely, while the music plays you walk up here with Angela and Abigail as your flower girls spreading roses out on the grass for you to walk on. How does that sound?”
    Tyler burst into a loud scream as soon as Pastor Daniel looked at me with that big smile of his. I looked down at the baby and tried to bounce up and down a little to calm him down. Shannon reacted to his cry immediately, giving me a tired look. She had strapped him around my stomach in the sling to give her a break for once. Tyler was now almost three months old and so far he hadn’t slept one full night.
    “So what do you think?”
    “I love it Pastor Daniel,” Abigail exclaimed. “I think it is perfect.”
    “And the bride and groom to be?” he said looking at Shannon and me.
    Shannon smiled exhausted. “It looks great, Pastor.”
    It was her idea that we had the wedding in Savannah. It was her favorite city and she simply loved the old houses and the atmosphere here, she had said when I tried to argue for an ocean wedding on surfboards. “It’s the most romantic city in the entire country,” she had said and how could I argue against that? The ocean was my choice, but I had to give her that it wouldn’t be as beautiful and the water would destroy her dress and hair. Austin had been on my side and I have a feeling so was Tyler, but the girls had finally won. They wanted the romantic stuff and so they’d get it.
    Savannah had another advantage. No one knew or suspected that Shannon King, the famous country superstar would get married in some small park in the middle of town, so with a little luck we could avoid paparazzi’s and other unwelcomed subjects. It was only going to be us, our kids, my parents and Shannon mother and sister, Kristi with her husband. Shannon hadn’t invited her second sister who lived in New York. I didn’t know why and Shannon made it clear I shouldn’t ask.
    It was supposed to be a small and private wedding. Just after my book. We hadn’t told anyone, not even my best friends or colleagues at the Sherriff’s office. Not even Sherriff Ron or even my partner Beth. They were going to get the surprise once we got back. All I said was we were going on a vacation for a week to Bahamas. Just in case any snoopy reporters called and asked for me, suspecting anything. Sending them off to Bahamas would make sure they wouldn’t make it here, once they found out.
    “Don’t you think, Jack?” Shannon smiled