Body of Evidence by Irene Hannon

Author:Irene Hannon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense;FIC042060;FIC042040;FIC027110
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2022-07-21T00:00:00+00:00

The word Dave uttered would have made Kimberly blush, if she wasn’t already in bed. So different from Saturday nights in the past, when they’d sought out new bands every weekend and danced the night away.

He should have gone directly to his office after meeting with Lorraine and pulled her money from the offshore account.

Instead, he’d taken care of Kimberly’s errands, then coaxed her out to dinner to lift her flagging spirits—giving BK the opportunity to change the login and password and lock him out.

Translation? Lorraine wasn’t going to get her money back, and her days were numbered.

Unless he took action.

Leaning back in the desk chair in his home office, he massaged his temple, where a headache was beginning to throb.

Could he go to the police, bargain with them, agree to cooperate in exchange for leniency? It wasn’t as if he’d known BK was going to kill people, after all. Nothing had been said about that in the beginning. Nor had Fred’s death set off too many alarms. The man had been older.

After stumbling across Mavis’s death notice, however, the niggling suspicion that Fred’s death may not have been as innocent as it seemed had become certainty, especially in light of BK’s responses to his comments about their demise. If he had the stomach to check on the other clients who’d signed up for the investment he’d offered them for BK, he’d no doubt find they too had died . . . of natural causes.

But if he did go to the police, what could he use as a bargaining chip? He had no idea who BK was and no guesses about who was behind the blackmail scheme, other than Lee. But if she wasn’t involved, siccing the cops on her would add insult to injury, and she’d already had more than her share of trouble.

Visiting the police would do nothing but ruin his marriage and incriminate him in a scheme they might not be able to stop, since the money was held in an offshore account he could no longer access. And if BK decided to follow through on the threat to cut him out of the loop entirely, he couldn’t help much with any sting operation. His only contact with BK was via an untraceable cellphone.

“Dave?”

At Kimberly’s drowsy voice, he swiveled toward the door. “Can’t you sleep, sweetheart?” He stood and crossed to her.

“It’s lonely in there without you.”

“I’m getting ready to shut down.” He pulled her close and kissed the top of her head. “I’ll join you in five minutes.”

“I’ll be waiting. Love you.”

“Love you back.”

She hobbled back down the hall, cane in hand, the sleepshirt she’d always loved hanging on her too-thin frame.

As always, his heart ached for her. For them. For what once was and would never be again.

Yet the accident hadn’t damaged her sweet spirit and loving soul, and together they were coping with her physical limitations. All would have been well if he hadn’t let loneliness and despair and grief short-circuit his common sense and unravel his moral fiber.

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