Bad Break by CJ Lyons

Author:CJ Lyons [Lyons, CJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: USA
Publisher: Edgy Reads
Published: 2015-07-08T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

MEGAN WAITED IMPATIENTLY for her mom to finish talking to her dad. She sat on her bed on the other side of the room, but didn’t need to hear a word to know how things were going.

First, Dad was mad—with Megan and with Lucy. As her mom calmed him down, Lucy’s body relaxed as well, until at the end, she was practically curled around the phone as if she wanted to reach through it to be with him. Which meant everything was all right.

Megan bounced to her feet and gestured to Lucy. She finally hung up and came back inside.

“What’s the rush?” Lucy asked. “You know, as busy as they are, we’ll just be sitting and waiting at the police station for the rest of the night.”

“Maybe they found Mateo and were too busy to call us—or couldn’t since you were on my phone.” Which her mom wouldn’t have had to borrow if she had a protective waterproof-shockproof case on her phone like the one Megan had gotten after dropping her phone one time too many on muddy soccer fields. She led the way to the door. “C’mon, Mom.”

Lucy shoved her wallet, still wet from its dunking, laptop, her gun—no worries about it getting wet, Glocks were designed for that contingency—knife, their room key, and Megan’s phone into her beach tote. She frowned at the way everything clunked when she lifted it, but it was better than her soaked messenger bag. “It’s almost six. Maybe we should get something to eat first. It’s going to be a long night.”

“Can’t we check in with the police first?” Last thing Megan could think about was food.

Lucy relented. “Okay.” Then she surprised Megan by hugging her and planting a kiss on her forehead. “That’s from Dad.”

Megan edged away and opened the door. Lucy followed her out.

“He’s mad, isn’t he? About Mateo. Why? I hang out with older guys all the time—at soccer and Kempo and when we go shooting.”

“Older guys that we know,” Lucy said as they waited for the elevator. Megan knew her mom’s ankle had to be hurting for her to take the elevator. Lucy had a cane in the car; Megan made a note to remind her mom that she was supposed to be using it. Not that Lucy would listen. And they called Megan stubborn.

They got onto the elevator. “I don’t think your dad’s as upset about you meeting Mateo as much as he is worried that Mateo might not be who you think he is.”

“I’m not one of your victims, suckered in by some psychopath. I know Mateo is innocent, even without waiting to see where the evidence leads.” She threw Lucy’s own words back at her. “This is still America, right? Innocent until proven guilty, right?”

“Megan. That’s not the issue. I want Mateo to be innocent as well. I especially want him and Pastor Fleming to be found safe and sound. But none of that matters compared to making sure you’re not hurt.”

The elevator stopped and the doors opened onto the parking level below the hotel lobby.

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