Jake Randolph, Private Investigator Pt. 26

I knelt down and grabbed her by the sides of her face.

"Kerri? Talk to me!" I yelled in a panic.

She pulled back until my hands were off the sides of her head and then she buried her face in her hands.

"Jake," she said between sobs, "I'm in terrible danger! I don't know how but I know I am! I had a flash of overhearing a conversation where someone was ordering me killed!"

"Ordering you killed? Are you sure?" I asked.

She nodded quickly, still sobbing. I retraced my words to see what might have been the trigger...