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kill me. I screamed and punched, although my punches did little to hurt him. It was my screams that got the attention of a woman in the parking lot. I was on the first floor and my door faces the lot. She started yelling and he ran off.”
    Mac got up to pace in front of the fireplace. “Your wound looks like it happened maybe two days ago, which means you’ve been on the run for that long.” He stared off into space for a moment. “We’re three hours southwest of Dallas, did you drive straight here?”
    She shook her head. “No, once I gave my statement to the police and left the hospital, I contacted my work to take some time off. I have several weeks saved up so I packed and started driving.”
    “Any other injuries?” Colin asked.
    “No, just my eye. He didn’t have time to hurt me more than he did.”
    She plucked at her t-shirt. “As you saw, I didn’t pack much, just the one suitcase with some jeans, shorts and shirts. I drove around, sort of lost before I hit the interstate and headed south.”
    “Were you going to family or friends?” Mac asked.
    Again she shook her head. “No, I just wanted to get as far away as I could.” She smiled a little. “Your towns name made my decision. Solace, Texas. I was going to eat lunch here and move on.”
    Mac stopped pacing to point a finger at her. “Okay Krista, here’s how it’s going to go. You don’t leave this house without me, or one of my men. You’ll be safe here, no one will get to you.”
    She couldn’t help but point out to him that two men had already gotten past his security.
    “My men have access because their vehicles have all been rigged with a transmitter that allows them in. I trust them with my life,” he said. “And I have my business in another building on this property. Not to go into too much detail, but when you passed through those gates at the end of the driveway, I was notified. You wouldn’t have been allowed access if I hadn’t been leading you in.”
    Mac’s phone chirped and he pulled it out of his pocket and went to the dining room to take the call.
    Krista stood and stared out the living room windows to give him his privacy. With the dining room and kitchen open to the living room, only a long granite bar separated the space.
    She tuned him out as she thought about her problem. Having a company like Mac’s take her on pro bono left her feeling very uncomfortable. This had to be costing him a lot of money.
    “Krista.” Mac’s tone was grim.
    She turned from the window to see him waiting with a chair pulled out from the table, which sat in a nook overlooking the back property.
    His blank face frightened her.
    “What’s happening?” The fear in her voice was clear and unmistakable.
    Once seated, he pulled out a chair for himself and faced her, their knees almost touching.
    “When you told me his name, my first thought was that it’s a very common name. David Johnson. Do you know how many Johnson’s there are in the world? Millions.” Mac raked a hand through his short hair.
    She nodded in agreement.
    “Heath has been doing some digging and he can’t find this guy. No records from your company, and the police record was wiped clean.”
    She gasped, incredulous. “But, I have a copy in my computer bag.”
    Mac squeezed her knees to gain her attention. “Heath has a partial report, the rest are gone. Your company records were wiped too. You’re still on the payroll, but there’s no record of a David Johnson.”
    She couldn’t comprehend what he was telling her. How could David make his records disappear? This didn’t make any sense.
    “Krista, David was not who he said he was. I don’t know what his game is, but this goes a lot deeper than stalking you. We need to figure out what he’s after.” Mac sat back and waited.
    “This is crazy! I don’t know anything. I did the freaking payroll. It’s not like I moved money in and out of some Swiss account.” She was practically yelling at this