Accused by Janice Cantore

Author:Janice Cantore
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781414369082
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2012-01-19T13:00:00+00:00

22

Carly didn’t go straight home. Her mind was in overdrive in spite of her fatigue, and she drove up the coast on the PCH all the way to Malibu before turning around. It was almost eleven o’clock when Carly pulled into her parking space. The drive hadn’t quieted her thoughts on what Nick had said about her father being ready to die. Nick was right; Dad had told her he was ready to move on, out of this life and into heaven. She just wasn’t ready to let him go. Five years later, it surprised her how much it still hurt and how much she still missed him.

The last thing Dad would want is for me to dwell on things I can’t change. In the here and now I’ve got Nick and his newfound religion. He sounds so certain. Is he telling me the truth? Has he really changed, and is he really sorry he hurt me? The more she thought about their discussion and what had happened at the reception and the two disparate pieces of information she’d learned, the more she wondered what bothered her more—Nick’s new life or Darryl’s confession. Darryl is obviously lying to protect himself. What on earth is Nick’s angle?

So much of what Nick talked about she’d heard from her mother and dismissed. Why did it sound so much more believable coming from him? He was different, or at least he was acting different. She reminded herself that being and acting weren’t the same.

That’s it, she thought. Maybe everything is just an act. Maybe he’s just trying to get on my good side. But we’re divorced. It couldn’t be more over. Why would he think being a Christian would have any sway with me?

Every question she asked only brought another question. Carly banged her head on the steering wheel and moaned. All of it was too frustrating to deal with at this time of night, when all she wanted to do was sleep.

She locked her car and noted that Andrea’s space was empty. Probably still at the Hacienda. Knowing cops, even if the reception was over, a few were probably still socializing somewhere in the hotel.

Carly and Andi’s parking spaces were in an open carport off the alley. Carly walked along the back of her building to reach the walkway that led to her apartment. It was dark, and she made a mental note to tell the landlord that the walkway light was out again. The gate was open as well, and that bugged her.

A scraping noise caught her attention, like a shoe on sandy pavement. She paused and looked behind her, trying to discern where the noise came from.

The pause saved her life.

A dark figure jumped from behind the open gate and swung a bat at her head. Reflexively Carly stepped backward. The bat missed, whizzing past the tip of her nose and impacting the side of the building with a loud thud.

Carly flinched as bits of dislodged plaster hit her face.

The attacker cursed and brought the bat around for another swing.

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