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should see a doctor,” the nurse urged him, looking
at the scratches on Michael’s face and arms and his bloodstained clothes.
    “I’m fine.” Michael moved on, not giving the nurse a
chance to say another word.
    Jackie had him very puzzled. He wanted to find out who
she really was and what she was doing on the island. She’d probably told him
the truth about being a relative of the owner. At least that much would be easy
to verify. On the other hand, he was sure she was hiding something. Otherwise,
why would she break into the mansion in the middle of the night?
    And what about the other guy? He was determined to find out who he was and what he was looking
for.
    A million thoughts whirled around in his mind, driving
him crazy. So many questions and no answers whatsoever so far.
    He had called his partner, Tony Mavrikis, earlier to
have him run a check on Jackie. He wanted to find out everything he could about
her and how she was related to Constantinos Demiris.
    How come I’ve never heard of her before? I should’ve known about her, if she is a relative of the Demiris
family. He was surprised by the disappointment he felt at this last
thought.
    This entire case unnerved him. He needed to get some
answers and he needed to get them fast.
    Buried feelings of anger and vengeance washed over him
as he thought back to the time he discovered who his real father was and what
he had done to his mother.
    And now, years later, ghosts of the past were tearing
this family apart for one more time.
    He needed to find out who was behind all these
deaths—even though deep down inside he was sure it was his real father—and a good
place to start were the documents hidden in the mansion’s safe. And this was precisely
what he was doing, when Jackie showed up.
    And where does Jackie fit into all these? No matter how stunning she was, he wasn’t going to let her get away
with anything. There was a reason why she’d broken into the mansion in the
middle of the night and he intended to find out exactly what that reason was.
    He took a deep breath, trying to clear his mind. This
was a dangerous situation he was dealing with where peoples’ lives were at
stake. He couldn’t overlook the fact that she was an intruder, no matter how
vulnerable and adorable she looked. Thinking of her intriguing eyes staring
into his, he was left speechless by the feeling of pure desire which shot right
through his body like a hot wave. The mere thought of her flawless face and
tempting body left him craving to be close to her, holding her…caressing her….
    “You need some help, detective?” The nurse seemed to be
worried about him. “Are you sure you’re feeling all right?”
    “I’m fine,” he repeated, more abruptly than he intended
and waved his arm in a dismissing motion. She’d interrupted his train of
thought. Who was he kidding? He was upset, because she interrupted his
fantasizing about holding Jackie in his arms.
    He stepped right outside Jackie’s door and stood there
for a moment, hesitating, battling between his eagerness to get some answers
and his worry about her condition.
    He was sure now that Jackie had told him the truth about
entering the mansion through the front door. After all, he had done the exact
same thing. Of course, he had keys to the mansion, but he didn’t have to use
them since the front door had been unlocked, probably by the mysterious
intruder who had broken the window. However, he was still wondering what Jackie
was doing out there.
    There were so many missing pieces to this puzzle, and
that drove him crazy. Not to mention that he was terrified of what could have
happened to Jackie if he hadn’t been there. What if he hadn’t been in the
mansion and the intruder had gotten hold of Jackie? What would have happened to
her in the middle of the night far away from any living soul? He broke out in a
cold sweat at the thought.And then, what if he hadn’t been thereat
the edge of the cliff to pull her out of