Beautiful Illusions Duet by Georgia Cates

Author:Georgia Cates [Cates, Georgia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781948113052
Publisher: Georgia Cates Books LLC
Published: 2020-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

I search the bedroom while I wait for her reply. Her purse is gone. No laptop in its usual place or its charger plugged into the wall. But what causes me the most anguish is that her birth control pills are gone. She has left with no intentions of coming back.

Why have you done this, Lou?

HUTCH: Why have you left me?

HUTCH: We aren’t finished. I have so many things to say to you.

Mrs. McVey said that Lou was upset after Blair’s visit. That bitch did this. She knows what happened. I’m certain of it and she’s going to tell me.

The drive to Doug and Blair’s house takes far longer than I’d like. Traffic is always a killer this time of day. It’s always been one of the reasons that I often stayed late at work. That and my lack of desire to go home to Mina. But it’s been different with Lou. I wanted to leave work sooner so I could spend the evenings with her.

Doug and Blair have no staff members in their home so it’s Doug who answers the door when I knock. “Max. This is a surprise.”

I’m guessing that it’s a surprise for him but not his wife.

“I’ve come to see Blair. Is she home?”

“Aye, we were just sitting down to dinner. Come in and join us.”

I enter the house and follow my brother-in-law to the dining room. Blair smiles when she sees me as though she didn’t just turn my world upside down. “Hello, Max. I wish that you’d called. I would have set a place for you.”

She wishes that I’d called before showing up at her door? That’s rich coming from her.

“What happened with Lou when you came to my house today?”

Blair places her hand on her chest. “Oh dear. Is everything all right?”

“No. I came home from work and she was gone.”

“Well, you know how those kinds of people can be. They find other positions and move on without any notice at all. They’re an unreliable lot of people.”

“Mrs. McVey said that she was crying after your visit.”

“I’m sorry, Max. I don’t know what to tell you.”

“Did you have words with her?” Again.

“We spoke briefly but the conversation was friendly.”

Fucking liar. How do I know? Blair is never friendly.

I don’t know why I came here. Blair is never going to admit to anything that might have prompted Lou’s desertion. She’s made it very clear that she doesn’t want her around.

“I’m sorry to have interrupted your dinner.”

Blair gets up from the table and follows me. “Don’t go, Max.”

I stop when I reach the front door. “I have to find her.”

“You shouldn’t worry about her. She’s just a housekeeper. You won’t have a problem finding another one.”

Every word out of Blair’s mouth is wrong. “You shouldn’t make statements about things you know nothing about.”

Five steps. “Max.”

Five more steps and her voice isn’t quite so soft. “Max…”

Five more steps and she screams my name the same way Mina did when she didn’t get her way. The sound sends a chill down my spine.

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