Being Lovers by Carrington Rachel

Author:Carrington, Rachel [Carrington, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, romantic thriller, Romantic Suspense, contemporary romance, Contemporary
Publisher: Rachel Carrington
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

The last streetlight of Juniper Springs fades in the truck’s rearview. Now, all we can see is the slash of road the headlights illuminate. I slide closer to Adam as complete darkness surrounds us.

His hand drops to my thigh. “We’ll stay the night in Cranfield then double back to Broomtown tomorrow morning.”

“Did you tell anyone we were leaving tonight?”

“Just Gary. He needs to cover the office.” He squeezes my knee. “By this time tomorrow, we’re going to know who this guy is.”

I wish I could be so sure. “Why do you think so?”

“Because I’m tired of playing the games, Emily. We either flush him out or continue to wait for him to pull the trigger. That doesn’t work for me. One of our first stops tomorrow morning is going to be that lawyer that tried to talk to you at the funeral.”

“You really think he might know something about this?”

“I think he’s the only one who knows anything about Ike Metzger’s financials.”

“He’s not going to share anything with you without a warrant.”

“We’ll see.” Adam slid his hand up to take hold of mine. “Sometimes, people will cooperate when they realize they’re protecting a snake.”

“You think he doesn’t know that? He saw Ike Metzger behind the façade, Adam. There’s no way Ike kept his polite face on when dealing with the family business. No, that attorney, whatever his name was, knows exactly who he represented.”

“Even better.” Adam adjusts the rearview mirror. “He’ll protect that license of his as if it was his child. And if he knowingly assisted Ike with criminal activities, he’s in a world of hurt.”

Something doesn’t fit. Why would the attorney approach me if he’d been doing anything illegal? Wouldn’t he want to hide from any attention rather than draw it? I’d never called him after the reading of the will so I don’t know what kind of game Ike wanted to continue. Maybe it would have given me the answers I need now.

“You think the will might have had something in it about all this?”

“What do you mean?” Adam’s voice has an edge to it.

“Ike liked puzzles, making people work for the answers. It’s possible the reading of the will might was meant to give me some clues. Maybe that’s why that lawyer said it was really important for me to be there.”

“Just one more reason why we’ll pay a visit to Mr. Hein first thing tomorrow morning.”

His cell phone rings. He quickly silences it without checking then he tucks it underneath his left leg.

“Gary already?” My curiosity gets the best of me, especially since he moved his phone. Ordinarily, it stays on the console between the two of us.

“No. Is there anything else you need to get from the house? We might as well get it while we’re here.”

That was not the way to quash my suspicion, but I choose not to push it. For some reason, Adam doesn’t want me to know who called. He might even be doing me a favor to keep me from worrying.

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