Come Rain or Shine by Swank Denise Grover

Author:Swank, Denise Grover [Swank, Denise Grover]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Romance, Paranormal, Contemporary, Suspense
ISBN: 9781940562216
Amazon: B07RDH79S9
Goodreads: 45481219
Publisher: DGS
Published: 2019-05-05T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

I was sitting on the curb outside the convenience store when Joe pulled up twenty minutes later, lights flashing on his unmarked car. He screeched to a halt next to me, shut off the lights, and jumped out the instant the car stopped moving.

“Why are you out here alone? I told you to wait indoors,” he said, glancing around for signs of a threat.

“I was getting claustrophobic in there.” I wrapped my sweater tighter around me. The evening had turned chilly, but I preferred the cold air to the guy watching me from behind the counter.

“Are you okay?” he asked, worry in his eyes. I hadn’t told him much when I’d called his cell phone. Just that I was in a gas station outside of Pickle Junction and I needed him to come get me.

I got to my feet, brushing the dirt off my butt. “I’m fine. A little shaken, but fine.”

“A little shaken?” he demanded. “From the looks of it, you disappeared after killing two men in the parking lot of Beacon’s Pharmacy.”

“I didn’t kill them,” I said. “Someone else did, then I ran away.”

He studied me closely. “Is that your official story or the real version?”

I hesitated. I felt like he and I were on a precipice, and if we jumped off, there was no going back. Was it fair to ask him to keep my secrets? Was it fair to exclude him after everything he’d done for me? “That part is true, but after that…which version do you want to hear?”

His gaze held mine. “Right now, the official version.”

The absence of accusation in his tone caught me off guard.

I told him the real story, up until the point where someone had shot the two men. The lie picked up where the truth had left off, and I said I’d run off, only to be picked up by a man who held me at gunpoint and drove me south of town.

“I told him that I was about to barf in his truck, so he grudgingly pulled over. When I opened the door, I jumped out and took off running into the trees. He seemed spooked when he couldn’t find me, so he left. I waited a little bit to make sure the coast was clear and walked to the convenience store.”

He studied me for a few moments. “Your story raises a few questions. One, why did you leave Muffy behind? Two, if you were hanging out in the woods, why do your legs look relatively clean? Three, did you recognize the guy who kidnapped you, and could you pick him out of a lineup? Four, what kind of truck did he drive? Five, did he shoot at you? Six, did he tell you why he forced you into his truck at gunpoint?”

Well, crap. I hadn’t thought of any of that.

His gaze held mine. “How much do you want to sell this story?”

I swallowed, feeling like I was about to throw up. “I’m stickin’ with it.”

He nodded. “Then we need to provide proof.

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