Sudden Recall by Lisa Phillips

bedroom?”
    Parker nodded. “Maybe he was even just trying to force you to leave the house to try and find the flash drive.”
    â€œDoesn’t that mean we’re doing exactly what he wanted us to do, then—find the flash drive? If I’d just stayed home, there would be no reason for him to come after me.”
    â€œBut he would. He’d keep coming and coming, because Loughton’s not going to stop until he gets his hands on what’s his.”
    Parker had met plenty of guys like him. Men—and women, he guessed—who thought nothing of hurting people in order to succeed. That was why he had to protect her, because Sienna didn’t know what she was getting into. They couldn’t afford to underestimate Loughton.
    He said, “We’re not playing into his hands. You’re the one in charge here. No one gets what they want until you find that flash drive. The person with all the answers here is you.”
    â€œBut I don’t remember.”
    â€œYou’re starting to.” Parker glanced at her. “Trust your head to release the past when you’re ready for it.” He was talking as much about her last mission as he was about their relationship. “Your mind knows how important this is. It’s locked up your memories of this experience, along with everything else, for a reason. But your brain got as much training as your muscles. When it’s ready, it will turn the key a little more, and a little more and the past will come back to you.”
    â€œPlease, Lord.” Her entreaty was a whisper.
    He knew she had faith in God, but a Heavenly Father wasn’t something Parker was that interested in. Still, he could admit to being curious that the faith Sienna had possessed before she lost her memories was still part of her even now. Had Karen encouraged it? He did see a peace in Sienna that seemed to fly in the face of what was going on.
    When this was all over, he’d have to ask her about why that was.
    When the GPS instructed him to make a right turn down a dirt lane, Parker did so. The ground was rutted and sent the SUV up on the left side and then down, over and over. Finally the main house, a run-down prefab structure, came into view.
    He watched Sienna’s face for signs of recognition as she surveyed the area.
    â€œWho owns this property?”
    He parked and turned to her. The sun was beginning its climb down the sky, and while they’d stopped for dinner, neither had eaten overly much. Sienna was probably as eager as he was to stretch her legs.
    â€œLet’s walk while we talk.” Maybe then they’d find a place to start searching on these acres of land for one tiny flash drive. It almost made Parker want to pray about the outcome.
    Sienna strode to the front of the SUV where he stood. Together they turned to the expanse of land. Rolling hills and trees that disguised the entrance to a network of caves Sienna had told him she’d played in as a child.
    They began to walk across the field. “It belonged to your uncle—you already know that. He passed away a little over four years ago, and after that, ownership transferred to your father.”
    Sienna glanced over. “Do I like him?”
    Parker hesitated. It was an interesting question, one that spoke of the things buried in her mind. All of it wrapped up with the little boy in the photo. “You haven’t spoken to your parents in years, and the last you told me was that you have no intention of ever contacting them.”
    â€œWhy?”
    Parker stopped. “Do you want to hear it, even if it’s difficult? Even if the thing you don’t know is tragic?”
    Sienna swallowed. “I need to know it all. It’s part of me.”
    â€œYou’re not missing anything if you never find out. You’re still you.”
    â€œBut I’ll never know that for sure.”
    Parker studied her face. “When you were eight, your