Covert Seduction by Christine Glover

Author:Christine Glover
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christine Glover

Chapter 8

“Are you sure it’s her?” Isabella whispered, her throat scraped raw.

“We will be once you identify the body,” the medical examiner said. “But according to the sheriff, the make and model of the car match the description Colton gave me yesterday so I’m fairly certain it’s your friend.”

Acid churned in her throat and she tasted bile. Pressing her palm against her chest, she asked, “Do you have any idea how this happened?” The bright overhead lights glared like angry eyeballs, making her own blaze hot with unspoken guilt. She might not know the cause of the accident that took her friend’s life, but she damn well knew who was behind it even without one shred of evidence to point his way.

Mario Rossi could act anguished all he wanted—and he sure gave a spectacular performance when Colton broke the news to him earlier that day—but she didn’t believe him. Not when he’d successfully hidden his real personality from her for years.

“Based on the sheriff’s investigation, she lost control of her vehicle about twenty miles north of Magnolia Falls and careened off Riverbend Pass. No skid marks. Just sailed off the damn mountain without braking.”

“I know that. He told me, but why? Why didn’t she try to stop the car? So far they’ve found nothing wrong with it.”

“Not yet, but perhaps my autopsy will point them in the right direction.”

“Sheriff Fuller told us she probably fell asleep at the wheel,” Colton said as they walked towards the medical examiner’s autopsy room.

Isabella swallowed hard when they reached the door. “I want answers,” she said. “There’s no way Jillian would fall asleep. There has to be a reason.” The hallway felt like the inside of a freezer, and the double doors’ steel handles reminded her of prison cell bars. The ones that had separated her from her parents for ten years before they’d gotten released from jail.

“Ms. Cavelli, she’s in rough shape,” the medical examiner said gently. “Are you sure you want to do this?”

No. The last dead person she’d seen was her Nonno and that had been in an open casket. She didn’t like saying goodbye to the shell of who he’d once been, but at least her grandfather hadn’t been in a cold, sterile hospital morgue.

“I want to,” she said firmly. After all, Jillian was probably dead because of Isabella. “I need to...” If she couldn’t stop her friend from getting killed, at least she could honor her memory in this small way.

“Colton, the car was mangled beyond recognition,” the medical examiner said.

Which meant the woman lying under the sheet on the autopsy table wouldn’t be easily recognizable. She closed her eyes, trying to shut out the thought. Be strong for her. You owe her that much. She twisted her purse strap and inhaled a deep breath, the aromas of antiseptic, bleach, and blood. Dio. She gagged and brought her hand to her mouth.

“Isabella,” Colton whispered, caressing her shoulder. “You can’t do this.”

“I have to.”

“No, I do,” he said firmly. “You don’t want to remember Jillian this way.

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