Cry Wolf by Charlie Adhara

Author:Charlie Adhara
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2020-11-11T16:28:44+00:00

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One look at the amount of blood in Cooper’s hair and he was hustled to the hospital without so much as a by-your-leave. Fortunately, his wrist and head had sort of split the damage evenly between them, so neither injury was too bad. Hurrah for teamwork.

Like most head wounds, the bleeding looked worse than it was, but he didn’t have a fracture and only needed a couple stitches. As suspected, his wrist was mildly sprained and would apparently be fine with a soft brace. All in all, it was barely midafternoon when Cooper and Park made it home with Eli in tow.

“So, what you’re saying is now you have even less hope of finding my recording than before,” Eli said, scooping up a delighted Boogie and planting himself on the large, squishy armchair in their living room. “Because you led my co-blackmail victim turned murdering arsonist directly to the evidence. Maybe so they’ll destroy it all. Maybe so they can use it against me as well. Only time will tell. If you were hoping for a job-well-done bonus, I, too, feel I must deliver some bad news.”

“Not less hope,” Cooper protested. “We at least know Arthur is on there for sure, which makes him a strong suspect for attacking me and stealing the phone, if nothing else. Oliver and I can speak to him again at the gala tonight.” He had told them about finding the phone and seeing a picture of Arthur Crane with a group of people, but not who else in that group he’d recognized. He wanted to speak to Park privately about it first, unsure what Eli did or didn’t know about Park’s parents, and they had yet to get a moment to themselves.

“Weren’t you supposed to be laying low?” Cooper asked. “What part of that means lurking around the scene of the crime?”

“I do not lurk. I was merely keeping an eye on proceedings from where they’d least expect to see me. And lucky for you I was at hand to rescue your distressed self from between a croc and a hard place.”

“He has a point, Eli,” Park said, sitting opposite him on the couch. “Maybe you should go back north to the pack for a bit, at least until we can figure this out.”

Eli looked down at Boogie on his lap and rolled her to her back, a move that would have led directly to the emancipation of Cooper’s skin from his body had he tried it, but just made Boogie give a big, pleased stretch.

“I’d rather stay here,” Eli said vaguely. “Not here-here. Of course I won’t trespass on your hospitality by inviting myself into your home”—Cooper snorted—”but I assure you I’m perfectly capable of finding accommodations for myself.”

“And I’m sure we’d all have a big laugh when you pop up in the bird house or a panda tree or whatever else you next consider to be reasonable shelter,” Cooper said bitingly. “Don’t be ridiculous—if you’re staying, you can stay here.” He paused and looked at Park.

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