Blood Ties by Josephine Barly

Author:Josephine Barly [Barly, Josephine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Retail, Romance, Suspense, Thrillers
Amazon: B00EN7GH5S
Published: 2013-11-14T05:00:00+00:00

10

“You have got to be kidding, Noel!” I spat, anger erupting from my skin.

Noel looked ashamed, scared and confused. I couldn’t help but wonder what had him perplexed; he’d killed someone, period.

“Do you know this woman, Sam?” Jared asked, and I nodded.

“This is… was Olivia, one of the readers of Orchid Books. I can’t believe it. I can’t believe you, Noel! What the fuck is wrong with you? How the hell did you kill her? Why did you do it?”

“I don’t know! Samantha, I seriously do not know!” Noel shouted, at first mad, but his anger turned into fear, a shitload of fear.

Right then and there, I hated my brother. I really did. I absolutely loathed him. Yet the tremor in his voice, his body’s involuntary quivering, the panic in his eyes… My gut told me he wasn’t lying. Could Noel have murdered a human being and not remember?

“We’ve got to call the police,” I stated, suddenly realizing we were in a crime scene and that a murder had taken place.

“But Sam—” Noel started, but I dismissed him by shaking my head.

“You won’t make us accomplices. If you murdered someone, you are to be held responsible for your actions. And don’t even start talking about me and my righteousness or moral superiority or whatever you feel like berating me about!”

Noel looked helpless and frustrated; he’d been stopped before he could go ahead with one of his philanthropic rants, and he didn’t like it.

I looked at Jared and he nodded; he understood instantly I wanted him to call Aidan, so he left the bedroom and I heard him talking with his brother.

“Sam…” Noel mumbled, trying to be articulate and calm.

“Save it,” I cut him off and left the room.

My eyes wandered aimlessly through the dining-room as Jared finished his conversation. He closed the lid, placed his cell phone in his jacket pocket and looked at me hesitantly.

“Aidan will be here immediately. Your brother will be arrested. I’m sorry Sam,” Jared whispered, being careful so as to not be heard by Noel.

I shrugged and shook my head.

“Whatever he did, he has to pay for. I’m just surprised because he looks completely baffled, aren’t you?” I replied in the same low voice.

“Could he be acting?”

“He’s not good at faking anything.”

“Okay; I understand what you mean, Sam. Noel could either be in shock or denial, or maybe he was too drunk to even remember what he did.”

“I know, Jared. And I’m not defending him or anything like that; if he goes to jail, I won’t pay for his attorney. I simply want to know that he’s really guilty.”

“I know. We’ll let the crime scene investigators and forensics doctors analyze the evidence and prove whether Noel is at fault or not.”

“That’s all I want, the truth.”

“It’s going to come out, don’t worry,” Jared said softly, gently caressing my arm; it felt comforting. “I’ll go and make sure he doesn’t tamper with the evidence, okay?”

I nodded; Jared left and I wrapped my arms around myself, attempting to find solace in them but failing miserably.

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