Beyond Suspicion by Catherine A. Winn

Author:Catherine A. Winn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 2015-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Shelby took a deep breath as Matt drove down the street. Being in the Jeep with air circulating was heaven compared to the bus. She glanced at Matt’s arms as he turned the wheel. They were lightly tanned and the sun-bleached hair on his muscular forearms seemed to sparkle. She let her eyes travel to his neck and down his chest. His crewneck tee hugged enough to see how his pecks filled out a shirt nicely.

He glanced over catching her staring at him and smiled. “If you go over your whole story with me, maybe you’ll remember something important.”

“I’ve been over and over it in my mind. I don’t think there’s anything I haven’t told you.”

“Do you remember the first time you saw the van?”

Shelby leaned back against the headrest. How many times had she answered that question? Gone over the details in her mind.

“I heard that,” Matt said.

She turned to him. “Heard what?”

“That strangled sound you make. The first time I heard it in the park I thought you were choking.” He turned the wheel and shot around a slow driver. When he had pulled far enough ahead, he eased back on the speed.

“Matt, I’m sorry. But it’s so frustrating! Don’t you think I’ve gone over this a hundred and one times in my mind, with my attorney, with the police, with Roger and my mom? There isn’t anything new.”

“I understand. I don’t know what else to do to help.” Matt reached over and squeezed her arm a second then let go.

It was a small gesture for him, but it made her insides turn to mush. She could barely get the words out. “Being my friend is more than enough.”

“We’re almost there,” Matt said. “I’m going around back. I’ll wait in the Jeep while you climb in the window, then I’ll go to the back door asking for you. If they don’t know you left, your mom will knock on your door.”

Shelby didn’t say anything until he was parked. “You don’t have to come in. I’ll be fine.”

Matt shook his head. “Nope, someone may have seen me drive up. I need to go in and offer my help.”

There was something not quite right about that, but there was no real reason to doubt his good intentions, so Shelby let it go. She closed the door without making a noise, then ran. She leaned the screen against the house and raised the window. Climbing in was a lot harder than climbing out. The sill was higher than she remembered. She had to hop up, lie with her belly on the windowsill, and pull herself through. Matt was probably laughing hysterically at the sight as she swung her legs up and down to give her the momentum she needed to move. Her hands hit the floor first. When she was on her feet she tried to pull the screen up. She couldn’t put it back so she let it drop. Roger would think it just fell out. She closed the window. By the time she stopped rubbing her sore belly, her mother knocked quietly on her door.

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