Cry For Help: An addictive and gripping mystery and suspense novel (Detective Madison Harper Book 2) by Wendy Dranfield

Author:Wendy Dranfield [Dranfield, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781800191334
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2021-02-21T16:00:00+00:00

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Nate’s tired, hungry and ashamed. He regrets storming out on Madison but he didn’t know what to think when she told him she’d been misleading him all this time.

He’s been questioning whether it was stupid of him to agree to investigate her cold case and travel all this way for her. She’s meant to be just an employee, but he’s taking massive risks for her and so far she’s brought him nothing but trouble. And if he’s honest, from an investigator’s perspective it doesn’t look good for Madison to be the sole beneficiary of Stephanie Garcia’s property. If he were a cop, he’d be looking into whether she could have hired someone to kill Stephanie in order to benefit from her will.

Madison told him she wanted his help solving her cold case, but was that just a lie? Could she be using him for his money; as a free ride from California to Colorado, where she perhaps always intended to claim Stephanie’s property and then find her son? Knowing now that her service weapon was used to kill Officer Levy—something else she held back—he’s realizing there’s a lot he still doesn’t know about her. But from what he does know, he can’t believe she’s capable of murdering anyone, despite how it looks on paper.

He spent last night alone in a nearby church. Well, almost alone. He thought he’d find solace in either the church or the cocaine, and it was peaceful watching the sun set behind a stained-glass window. The organ music filled his soul with hope. He was able to imagine he was young again and still training to become a priest, before he fell in love with Stacey Connor. Before she was cruelly taken from him. It made him question whether it was time to return to the church. He could find a town to settle down in and blend into the community, helping out at Sunday school and surrounding himself with people he could support. Being a PI doesn’t help as many people as he expected. But on the other hand, those who hire him have far more serious problems than anyone he ever met at church.

He ended up passed out near a statue of Jesus. He only woke up because some homeless woman was rifling through his pockets, trying to steal his phone and wallet. She ran off after he opened his eyes and grabbed her wrist. Ashamed of his behavior, he left the church feeling like he wasn’t good enough to ever return.

As he drives, he wonders what to tell Madison when he sees her again. Should he be honest, or pretend he stayed at a hotel, seeking alone time? He’s being stupid, of course: he can’t fool her. She’ll know exactly what he was doing.

He takes a deep breath. He’s been off death row for two years now and can’t understand why he still uses drugs to cope with being outside. The thought of attending Narcotics Anonymous enters his mind, but he dismisses it. He’s not that bad.

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