Cavanaugh Fortune by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

When they crossed the threshold of the squad room less than half an hour later, Valri saw someone she thought was familiar standing by her desk. It was the woman’s hair that first caught her attention. The mane was as close to flaming red as humanly possible without any chemical help coming from a hair-dye product.

From what she could make out, the woman in question had just dropped something off on her desk and was about to walk away.

Lengthening her stride in order to catch up to the woman, Valri called out her name to get her attention. “Noelle, wait up.”

The latter turned around, surprised and pleased to see her approaching. The next moment, Detective Noelle O’Banyon wrapped her arms around her, giving her a heartfelt hug.

“Hey, I just heard about you making the big leagues,” Noelle said with genuine enthusiasm. “Congratulations!”

Taking a step back from Noelle, Valri slanted a look toward Brody. For once, he didn’t seem annoyed about the reference to their partnership. Maybe the idea was growing on him. She could only hope.

“It’s not permanent yet, but I’ve got my fingers crossed,” Valri confided to the woman who had so effortlessly captured her brother Duncan’s heart.

“You’ll get it,” Noelle told her. “Just keep working your magic. Speaking of which, Uncle Andrew had me bring over the list of people he wants you to notify—I supplied the phone numbers,” she added. “Trust me, it was faster that way.”

Picking up the paper, Valri glanced over the lengthy sheets. There were an awful lot of names. “Is this for your wedding?” she asked the other woman.

They were almost the same height and Noelle’s eyes met hers. “Mine? Oh no, ours is going to be around Christmas.” Her smile turned into a very wide, very pleased grin, the kind people wore when they suddenly realized that they were the proud guardian of a sensational secret. “Didn’t the chief tell you?”

“No. To be honest, I think he forgot,” Valri confided.

But Noelle shook her head. “That man doesn’t forget anything,” Noelle assured her. “Now that I think about it, I think that he wanted me to be the one to tell you—I get such a huge kick out of it, even though I haven’t completely gotten used to the idea. But then,” she added with a good-natured shrug, “I’ve only known for less than a day.”

She paused for a moment to bring more attention to her announcement. “My live wire of a grandmother, Lucy, is marrying the Cavanaugh family’s patriarch.”

Valri blinked. She was still getting used to who was whom and their positions in the very overwhelming branch of the family that had been uncovered.

“You’re going to have to be a little more specific than that. Which one is considered the patriarch?” she asked her future sister-in-law.

“The oldest one,” Alex very calmly put in.

Both women turned to look at him, as if they had completely forgotten he was there.

After they’d walked in and the two women began interacting, he realized that they had a bit of history.

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