Accused: A Rosato & Associates Novel by Scottoline Lisa

Author:Scottoline, Lisa [Scottoline, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Thrillers, Legal
ISBN: 9781250027658
Google: GgSlMQEACAAJ
Amazon: 1250027659
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013-10-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

Mary and Judy left the Pavilion, walking down the long flagstone path to the visitors’ parking lot. The night air felt cool and the breeze velvet-soft on Mary’s face, and there were no lights this far out in the country. She looked up at the starry bower of night sky, wishing she knew some constellations, and breathed in the loamy smell of fresh crops, but when she exhaled, it sounded like a sigh. “I feel bad leaving her here, all by herself,” Mary said, folding her arms across her chest.

“I know you do, but I think it was the best thing for her.” Judy walked slightly ahead, her leggy stride characteristically longer, her head bent over her BlackBerry. “God, I have a ton of email.”

“She’s right, it does suck.”

“We could never have gone to court on these facts, and she’s smart enough to understand that.” Judy scrolled through her email and stepped off the flagstone, taking the most direct path over the grass, though Mary would’ve stayed on the path. She was a color-within-the-lines kind of girl.

“Can you imagine what it’s like to live in a family and not feel close to a single one of them?”

“No.” Judy looked up from her BlackBerry and led them through the parking lot, which was empty except for the blue BMW. Circles of light shone on the black asphalt, like hazy halos cast from mercury vapor lamps. “Allegra Gardner is your basic poor little rich girl.”

Mary thought it sounded harsh. “She’s such a sweet kid, though. She’s smart and funny, and she has an open heart.”

“I didn’t say she didn’t.” Judy halted at the car and gestured wearily at the door. “You want to unlock it?”

“Sure.” Mary dug in her purse for her keys, chirped the door unlocked, and they both got in. “So what’s your idea about the bees?” she asked, plugging the key into the ignition, starting the engine, and reversing out of the spot. “And did you follow what she told us later, about misting them and making sure they had enough syrup?”

“No. The bees are a complete nuisance, but they make a perfect excuse to get back on the property.”

“True, but live bees? Sheesh.” Mary steered out of the lot and onto the road that led from the Churchill campus. She switched on her high beams because the darkness was so complete, and her headlights illuminated underbrush, tree trunks, and moths flying this way and that, in random fashion. “I figure we go out to the post office in the morning, after we pick up the plant mister she was telling us about. I assume it’s the same thing I use on my fig trees. Maybe I’ll bring one from home.”

“Let me stop you right there, though. We need to talk about something more important.”

“More important than fig trees and bees?” Mary was making a joke, but when she glanced over, Judy wasn’t smiling, in the reflected glow of the dashboard lights. “What’s up?”

“I’m more worried about this case than I was before, even after today at the farm.

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