Answers For Julie (Book Nine In the Bodyguards of L.A. County Series) by Cate Beauman

Author:Cate Beauman [Beauman, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cate Beauman
Published: 2015-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-seven

Julie gripped her hand around the seatbelt as Chase made the final turn, taking them closer to Mr. Dubois’ house. She nibbled her lip as her stomach churned with unease. Why hadn’t she just gone to the airport? Why didn’t she have Chase drop her off when she’d had the chance? She wasn’t ready to say goodbye to him anymore than he was to her, but she could’ve flown to Los Angeles to see him at some point. They could’ve spent a few days together before they went their separate ways again.

Chase slowed in front of the brick house three blocks down from the Porter Mansion, and she struggled not to be sick. When she met with Becky Maglio, she’d expected a recollection of the night Alyson had been taken, not to find pictures of her mother with dyed black hair and her arms wrapped around Ally Porter at the park. Who knew what Mr. Dubois would have to say about Dawn Summerman. If she walked through that man’s door, he might tell her something that would never allow her to think of Miranda Keller the same way again. Her mother. “I’m going to walk over to Neve’s,” she blurted out as Chase took off his seatbelt.

He looked at her, his eyes shaded by the dark tint of his sunglasses.

“I mean bullying people out of answers is your forte, not mine.”

“I wasn’t planning on bullying Mr. Dubois. I’m just going to ask a few questions so we can start getting some impressions of who your mother was the summer of nineteen ninety—what was her state of mind, what were her patterns, so on and so forth. And interrogating people, which I’m not doing here today, that’s an art form, you know.”

“Yeah. Right.” She brushed his comment away with a wave of her hand. Interrogation techniques were the least of her worries right now. All she was thinking about was whether she could handle hearing what the stranger had to say. “I’ll probably just wait for you back at Neve’s. I should call Leila and check in.” She tuned in as the final notes of Jason Derulo’s latest hit played through the speakers and immediately rolled into The Who Song from How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Reaching forward, she slammed her fingers against the dial, switching it off. “God, I hate that song.”

Chase’s eyebrow lifted above the lens of his shades. “Go ahead and take the car. I’ll walk back when I’m finished.”

“Your knee—”

“Is fine. It feels much better today.”

“I just—I can’t—I thought I could do this. What if—what if he says something I can’t bear to hear?” Her eyes filled. “What if he says something that can’t be taken back?” she added on a fierce whisper.

He sighed, taking her hand and pressing his lips to her palm. “From the quick conversation I had with him last night, it sounded like he was surprised I was linking Dawn’s name to Alyson’s kidnapping.” He leaned over and kissed her. “Take the car back to the house.

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