Merkaba, a supernatural suspense series (Walk the Right Road, Book 3)
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Patrick listened to static until the bigger cop walked outside, and he couldn’t hear the response. “You guys are unbelievable. You park your car right out front so he can see. I’d swear it’s as if you’re giving him the opportunity to slip away.”
The blond cop stepped closer to Patrick. “That’s about enough out of you.”
The other cop stepped back in. “It’s just a domestic disturbance complaint is all.”
“Complaint? Jesus, in all my years, I have never heard such crap. You get your asses up there, and you arrest that bastard.” Patrick jabbed his finger in the air and stepped toward the blond cop, which was a mistake, as the cop’s hand shot out, clamping down on his chest and shoving him back.
“Do you want me to cuff you?” the cop shouted.
Patrick held up his hands. A blue SUV had sped in and parked beside the squad car, and Diane hurried in. When the big cop made a move to block her way at the door, she flashed her badge.
“I’m from the Sequim detachment. I got a message that Brian McCormack is staying here at this motel. I have a warrant for his arrest.”
“Can we speak with you outside?” the bigger cop said.
Diane followed them outside. It appeared as if the two male cops were trying to overpower her, but she shook her head and firmed her lips, and she seemed to Patrick like a woman steeped in anger.
The blond cop yanked open the door and asked in an irritated, clipped tone, “What room is Brian McCormack in?”
The clerk typed something in the computer and said, “Room 101, third from the end.” She grabbed the extra key and tossed it to the cop.
The cop grabbed it with one hand, then jabbed his finger at Patrick when he stepped toward the door. “Stay put.”
Patrick watched through the square, commercial front window as Diane, with the two burly cops, strode to room 101. He watched them knock on the door and then knock harder, but the door slid open as if it hadn’t been closed all the way. Hands on their guns, one on each side of the door, one went in as the other covered, and then Diane followed. A few seconds passed before Diane hurried out of the room with her cell phone pressed to her ear, speaking frantically.
“Something’s wrong,” Patrick said to the manager, who was standing beside him, watching. He pushed open the door and hurried to where Diane paced in front of the open door. She shouted the address of the motel into her phone.
“What’s wrong?” Patrick called.
She shook her head. “He’s been beaten pretty bad. Someone took a baseball bat to him.”
Sirens sounded in the distance, approaching fast. Diane stared at Patrick and then glanced away. “You’d better go,” she warned, and then she turned and walked back inside the motel room.
Patrick crossed the street and started walking. He didn’t know how far he had gotten before a car pulled up beside him and slowed. Patrick glanced at the light blue sedan with darkened windows as it stopped at the curb; he opened the passenger door and climbed in.
“What happened to you?” Patrick glanced at Dan as he shoulder-checked and pulled out into traffic, driving the speed limit, calm and in control. When he slammed on the brakes at a red light, something thudded in the trunk. “What was that?”
Dan glanced at him, and Patrick realized that he was shirtless. “I play baseball sometimes,” he said, before the light turned green.
Chapter 21
Patrick closed the door of the motel room and followed Harriet and Alecia down the stairs to the Jeep. Diane, dressed in her uniform, waited at the bottom and watched them climb down.
“Thought you’d like to know that Brian was flown to the Seattle trauma center. Someone took a baseball bat to his head. He’s in a coma, and they suspect brain damage. They aren’t sure if he’ll come out of it. If he does, by some miracle, they don’t expect he’ll be the same again.”
Patrick pressed his hand to the small of his daughter’s back and urged her past Diane, to her Jeep. “Sounds to me as if Brian saw justice.”
“I remember hearing that you once took a baseball bat to him to chase him from Boston.” Diane chewed a piece of gum and watched Patrick with a look that gave nothing away. He respected that in her.
Harriet leaned in. “Isn’t it funny how popular baseball is? Guess it’s a good thing my husband was being jerked around by the local cops and couldn’t have done it.”
Alecia grabbed her dad’s arm. “Diane, are you going to cause my dad trouble?”
Diane met her gaze, and something passed between them. “No. I can’t see much effort or interest being put into finding someone who did the state a favor and saved us the cost of a trial for someone who most likely would’ve gotten just a slap on the wrist.” Diane glanced away. “When are you leaving for Boston?”
“We have something to finish this morning, and then we’re flying out tonight,” Alecia said. This time, she had left off her ball cap, and her long hair was loose. The bruising on her face had turned a purplish yellow.
Diane reached into her shirt pocket, took out a card, and handed it to Alecia. “If you ever remember who that guy was who saved you, I’d be interested in hearing about him.”
Patrick took the card and stuck it in his back pocket. “It was nice meeting you, Diane,” he said, and he ushered Harriet and Alecia into the Jeep.
***
“What’s going to happen to the wheel when we leave? I mean, I didn’t finish it.” Alecia sat crossed legged in the meadow in front of the medicine wheel. Her mother had finished building four Manitou outside the wheel in the four directions.
Harriet pressed her hands to her hips and looked at Alicia with her stern, motherly gaze. “Alecia Moran, you don’t understand. You did what you needed to do. The healing has begun. This wheel is part of the sacred geometry, and its purpose, the intent you put into it, will continue without us here. You’ve started it—now let it work. It’s time for you to leave. When you’re ready, you’ll come back. But someone else has work to do first.”
This time, Harriet looked up as Dan strode through the meadow without hesitation, coming straight toward them. She gestured to him. “He who comes, it’s his time to care for the wheel.”
Alecia jumped up just as Dan reached her. She glanced at her mother. “The shaman he crossed paths with… He was one of your elders, wasn’t he?”
Harriet nodded, and this time, she smiled at Dan.
Afterword
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Other Works by Lorhainne Eckhart
The Forgotten Child, The Friessen Legacy Series, Book 1
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How do you tell a man there is something wrong with his child?
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Overview:
Emily Nelson, a courageous young mother, ends a loveless, bitter marriage and strikes out on her own. She answers an ad as a cook and live-in caregiver to a three-year-old boy on a local ranch. Ranch owner Brad Friessen hires and moves in Emily and her daughter. But Emily soon discovers something’s seriously wrong with the boy, and the reclusive, difficult man who hired her can’t see the behavior and how delayed his son is. So Emily researches until she stumbles across what she suspects are the soft signs of autism. Now she must tell him, give him hope, and help him come to terms with this neurological disorder—to take the necessary steps to get his child the help he needs.
As their lives become intertwined, their attraction is unavoidable—a connection sparks between them. But just as they’re getting close, Brad’s estranged wife, Crystal, returns after abandoning the family two years earlier. Among the shock and confusion is one disturbing question Brad can’t shake: How does Crystal know so much of his personal business, the inner working of the ranch, and Emily’s relationship with his son?
Crystal must’ve had a plan, as she somehow gains the upper hand, driving a wedge in the emotional bond forged between Brad, Emily, and the children. The primary focus for care and therapy of three-year-old Trevor is diverted. The lengths to which Crystal will go, the lies, the greed, just to keep what’s hers, are nothing short of cold and calculating. Emily’s forced out of the house. Brad fights to save his boy, to protect what’s his, and struggles over his greatest sacrifice—Emily, and the haunting question: Has he lost her forever?
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A Baby And A Wedding, A Friessen Legacy Short Story
The Forgotten Child continues with a very special day.
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Fallen Hero, The Friessen Legacy Series
She returned for justice. What she didn’t expect was to find love.
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The Search, The Friessen Legacy Short Story
When her husband goes missing she’s forced to call the one man she shouldn’t.
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The Awakening, A Friessen Legacy Christmas Story
Can a sexy rancher restore a young woman’s hope?
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The Gift
A devastating plane crash and a fathers only hope are the dreams connecting him with his son.
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A Father’s Love
Two children struggle to survive when trapped by an angry mother bear.
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The Choice, Walk the Right Road Series, Book 1
Mystery, romance, and age-old evil collide in this spellbinding thriller, THE CHOICE
One Woman…
Marcie is crazy in love with Dan, who has been using her and promising his love in return. And she’ll do anything for him, though their relationship is fast becoming a one-way ticket to trouble. However, in a freak accident, she loses her memory, landing in the path of sexy DEA agent Sam Carre.
Two Men…
When an attractive stranger lands in the path of DEA agent Sam Carre, he just can’t resist helping her, even though he’s haunted by a past that gives him no peace. But as the sparks fly, so do questions of what she’s really involved in.
And a choice that could kill her…
This complex case pushes them both to explain the unexplainable bringing them face to face with generations-old evil and a haunting question. Sam’s forced to make a choice: Walk away from the attraction connecting them, or risk losing everything.
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Lost and Found, Walk the Right Road Series, Book 2
A Hit and Run—A Deserted Country Road—A Parent’s Worst Nightmare.
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On a warm fall morning in Gardiner, Washington, Richard and Maggie celebrate happy couple Sam and Marcie’s return. What happens next changes their lives forever: After a hit and run on a deserted country road, Richard and Maggie suffer a parent’s worst nightmare.
Now a year later, Maggie McCafferty struggles to put her life back together … hiding her pain with outrageous behavior and a secret she’s unwilling to share until her friends step in and her strong-willed husband sets out to bring Maggie home—the only way he knows. Just as Maggie begins to trust again, Dan McKenzie calls after disappearing for over a year. But now he’s back, and instead of coming clean with the truth of their involvement, Richard digs himself in deeper, with mounting debts, a partner who refuses to buy him out—secrets shared only with Dan. However, one night a mysterious 911 caller witnesses a fight and sees Richard shooting Dan. When the police arrive at the deserted construction site, the only evidence of a crime are a pool of blood and a surveillance video.
Under mounting pressure from the police, Richard is arrested and interrogated—but fiery, secretive Richard is adamant he was home all night. In a bizarre twist of fate, Sam, Marcie, and Diane work against the clock and wonder how well they really know their evasive friend. With Maggie by his side, Richard stands by his innocence. The trouble is, if Richard didn’t do it, where is Dan? And who is the mysterious 911 caller?
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Merkaba
Book 3 in the Walk the Right Road Series
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I MATTER TO HIM—A prequel to LOST AND FOUND
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About the Author
Lorhainne Eckhart began her writing career in 2008, when she published her first novel, The Captain’s Lady, a contemporary military romance, through The Wild Rose Press. When Lorhainne’s not working on her next novel, you can find her on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and contributing posts to her two blogs, The Choice of Giving and Illusions.
Lorhainne is a mother of three children, one a special needs child. They live on a small Gulf Island, where Lorhainne advocates for the environment and the rights of special needs children.
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Other Works by Lorhainne Eckhart
The Friessen Legacy Series
The Forgotten Child – How do you tell a man there is something wrong with his child?
A Baby and A Wedding – Getting married and having a baby … for Emily and Brad everything was perfect, or so they thought until an unexpected surprise threatens to derail their happy day.
Fallen Hero - A young lawyer returns for justice, but finds love instead.
The Search (Short Story) – When her husband goes missing she’s forced to call the one man she shouldn’t.
The Awakening – Can a sexy rancher give a young woman hope?