memory problems.” He hoped he was making the situation sound light. Until Liam knew more, he trusted no one. If Sara was telling the truth and the car bomb explosion wasn’t a trap for him, then she was in serious danger. The fewer people who knew how vulnerable she was, the better. Liam’s suspicions of Urquhart were purely professional, he assured himself.
“How do I know you’re who you say you are?” Urquhart demanded accusingly.
Liam frowned as he watched Sara sip her coffee. “Here, let the lady tell you.” He held out the phone. Her lips tightened to a firm line and her hands clasped into fists. When he thought she would finally refuse, she reached for the phone with trembling fingers.
Chapter Four
“Hello?” Sara’s voice was barely a whisper.
“Sara, are you all right?” She strained to remember anything familiar about Urquhart’s voice, but failed. However, she felt relieved to hear the warmth and friendliness in his tone.
“What are you doing on the Cape?” Urquhart asked urgently. “You didn’t say anything on Friday about going away for the weekend.”
Disappointment wrenched her. She’d hoped he could tell her why she’d come to Bellwood Island. “Mr. Urquhart, I—I have a headache and I can’t speak to you for very long. But I’d appreciate your cooperation—”
“Mr. Urquhart? Why all the formality, Sara?”
She struggled to remember his first name. “Gregory,” she said finally. “In what capacity do you know me?”
“Dear God, Sara, what’s going on?”
“Please, er, Gregory. Just answer my questions?”
She heard him take a deep breath. “Very well, Sara. You are good friends with my wife, Linda, and me. You teach freshman English and history at Smith Bordman Academy, the same private school at which I’m the administrator. Since your grandmother’s passing, I’ve been like a father to you.”
“My grandmother? What about my parents?”
“Oh my God, Sara.” Now the voice was compassionate, as though he realized she indeed had a memory problem. “Your parents are dead. Your mother died in an auto accident when you were a child, then your father died some years later. You were raised by your grandmother, and lived with her until her fatal stroke a few months ago.”
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