Buried in Secrets by Swank Denise Grover

Author:Swank, Denise Grover [Swank, Denise Grover]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, thriller
ISBN: 9781940562391
Amazon: B08BTV5NFT
Goodreads: 54388041
Publisher: DGS
Published: 2020-11-24T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

We were busier than usual through the dinner rush, and then people showed up to watch the Braves’ baseball game on Max’s big screen TV.

Marco showed up after the dinner crowd left and headed toward the bar to hang out with Max. Ruth must have noticed, because she immediately sidled up to me.

“Why don’t you take off early?” she said with a grin. “I’ll close tonight.”

“You’ve been here since noon,” I protested. And because I didn’t want to get into yet another conversation about Marco—just last week she’d accused me of giving him chronic blue balls—I changed the subject. “Hey, what’s the word on your friend taking over Molly’s position?”

“She’s coming in tomorrow morning for an interview, so you don’t need to come in until your tutoring club starts.”

“Are you sure?” I was relieved that I’d have more time to investigate, but I didn’t want to pile onto Ruth’s workload.

“I’m going to be here anyway, and if it works out, I’ll have her stay for her first shift.” She pulled a face. “Besides, I can use the extra cash. Franklin’s truck broke down, and some of the parts are expensive.”

“Okay, if you’re sure…”

“Good,” she said. “That’s settled. Now, you get on out of here. We’re slow enough that Max and I have it covered.”

It was only eight-thirty, but if she needed the money, I didn’t feel inclined to say no. I’d prefer to talk to Marco sooner rather than later. “I guess I’ll go check with Max.”

“Check? Just tell him.”

I hesitated, if only because Marco and Max looked deep in conversation, but they’d seen each other the night before, and I really, really wanted to know what Marco had learned. So I went over anyway.

“Hey,” I said as I scooted up to Marco. “Ruth wants to close tonight. She said she needs the money for parts for Franklin’s truck. In fact, she told me to take off now.”

I expected Max to protest, but instead he nodded. “Sounds good.” He shot a grin to Marco. “I suspect that means you’ll be takin’ off too?”

Marco looked guilty. “We can pick this conversation back up next time I come in.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Max said with a laugh. “Just promise you won’t stay away for over a week again.”

“With things this busy at work, I can’t promise it, but I’ll try to at least stop in for lunch or dinner.”

“Good enough for me.” Max beamed as he offered Marco his hand over the counter.

Marco shook it with a matching grin. “Missed you, man.”

“Missed you too.” Max made a shooing motion. “You two crazy kids take off and do whatever it is you claim you don’t do.”

Marco followed me to the backroom so I could grab my purse, then we headed out the back door to the parking lot.

“Where’s your car?” he asked, sounding concerned.

I groaned. “I left it in front of the library. I stopped there this afternoon to get Selena’s address out of the phone book.”

“Hop in,” he said, gesturing to his Explorer, which was parked on the street next to the building.

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