title: Protecting the Pregnant Witness
author:  Julie Miller 
description: 4 1/2 stars! "The long-awaited end to the Rich Girl Killer saga within Miller's popular KCPD series is a terrifying ride into the mind of a lunatic and a look into the battered heart of a man afraid to love." -- Pat Cooper, RT BookReviews
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  The Witness
  
  
  
  
  
  Sandra Brown
  
  
  
  
  
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  Take me not off with the wicked,
  
  
  
  
  
  with those who are workers of evil,
  
  
  
  
  
  who speak peace with their neighbors,
  
  
  
  
  
  while mischief is in their hearts.
  
  
  
  
  
  PSALM 28:3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](../Text/The_Witness_split_057.html#filepos944689)
  
  
  
  
  
  THE INFANT’S MOUTH SUCKED AT HIS MOTHER’S breast.
  
  
  
  
  
  “He seems like a real happy baby,” the nurse observed. “Somehow you can just
  tell whether or not a baby’s contented. I’d say that one is.”
  
  
  
  
  
  Kendall managed only a weak smile. She could barely form a coherent thought,
  much less engage in conversation. Her mind was still trying to absorb the fact
  that she and her child had survived the accident.
  
  
  
  
  
  In the examination room of the hospital’s emergency wing, a sheer yellow
  curtain provided patients with a minimum of privacy from the corridor. Next to
  the white metal cabinets that stored ba