Cursed by Gorman Cheryl

Author:Gorman, Cheryl [Gorman, Cheryl]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Prairie Wind Communications
Published: 2012-04-24T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

When the bell on the shop door jingled, Cullinan headed from the back room to the front of the store. He put on his salesman’s face for what he thought was a customer, but his smile quickly faded when he saw Nick Morelli, Hope’s pseudo boyfriend, standing just inside the door flanked by two uniformed police officers.

Late afternoon sun streamed through the windows at their backs creating a golden halo around them, like a trio of avenging angels. Morelli wore a shirt and leather jacket with his badge clipped to the waistband of his jeans.

What the hell does he want now? This was the third time inside of two weeks Morelli’d come around asking questions and sticking his cop’s nose where it didn’t belong. Cullinan pushed aside his irritation and walked over to greet him. “Detective, how can I help you?”

Morelli looked him straight in the eye with a smirk curving his lips as he held out a piece of paper. “This is a warrant to search the premises.”

Warrant! Shock reverberated through Cullinan. Did Hope know about this? Why didn’t she warn him?

Morelli nodded to the two officers. “Go ahead and get started. I’ll join you in a minute.”

Cullinan snatched the paper from Morelli’s hand and began to read...there is now being concealed certain stolen property, namely a gold pendant containing...He blinked, unable to believe his eyes.

Tess had gone through with it. Fury and hurt over her betrayal swam through his blood in an icy stream chilling him from the inside out. He’d told her repeatedly he didn’t have her damn pendant. How could she do this to him?

When he finished reading, he stared at Morelli. Fighting against the anger nearly blinding him, Cullinan struggled to keep his voice cool and even. “What makes you think the pendant is here?”

“The department received a tip from a credible informant that you have been involved in the acquisition of stolen items.” Morelli stepped around him and walked over to his desk.

Tess. She had to be the informant. Damn her!

Morelli picked up the jade egg then glanced at Cullinan. “Do you have a box for this? I don’t want it to get damaged.”

Cullinan flicked his gaze to the egg than back to Morelli. “You can’t take that.”

“The warrant says I can.”

His matter-of-fact tone irked Cullinan to no end. He wanted to shove the warrant down Morelli’s throat. Cullinan studied the warrant. All he’d seen at first was the information about the pendant but now he saw that the egg was included in the warrant as well. He jerked his head toward Morelli. “I told you before that egg belonged to my father.”

“We have reason to believe this egg is identical to one never recovered from a museum theft in Philadelphia several years ago.”

Morelli’s steely stare made Cullinan feel like a common thug. How could Hope stand this guy? Frustration swelled like ice expanding in his veins but he melted it with the heat of his anger. Arguing with Morelli would only make things worse.

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