Darker: The Holidays: A Christmas Novella by M. S. Parker

Author:M. S. Parker [Parker, M. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belmonte Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

Seven

Nyx

I’d made a huge mistake yesterday.

Leaving Bradyn without a note or explanation made me look like a thoughtless jerk while also making my actions look suspicious. I should’ve just said something like I wanted to pick up a few things at the store, and he wouldn’t have thought anything of it. And if he’d asked what I was getting, I could tell him it was a surprise for him.

I’d used that excuse today for this little trip.

When I’d gotten back to the ranch yesterday, he’d asked where I’d been, and I’d almost blurted out the truth. That would’ve been bad. Besides the fact that I was working during our vacation, I took client confidentiality very seriously.

At home, I would’ve just said it was something for a case, and he wouldn’t have pushed it because he understood privacy around things like this. But because of my promise not to work, I couldn’t do that. So, I’d lied.

I’d told him that I’d gone to see what’d happened to the building where the Check family once practiced law. That I’d felt like it’d give me some sort of closure, but I’d wanted to do it alone.

He’d accepted it without question, and the rest of the day had been pleasant. Well, aside from how fucking guilty I’d felt. Still felt. But even with his acceptance, something had been off, was still off. We’d worked so hard on being honest with each other that I actually felt sick to my stomach for deceiving him.

But I’d still lied to him again today when I heard back from a contact to tell me that they knew where Cru Baine was living. If I got Cru’s DNA today and took it to Rafael, then I’d pretty much be done. If I could be sure the DNA came from Cru, then Rafael would be responsible for sending in the paternity test, and the results would come to him. I wouldn’t have to do anything else on the case until I went back to New York and wrote up the final invoice. More importantly, I wouldn’t have to keep lying to Bradyn. I could just forget about it all.

I shoved that thought away, but the discomfort remained. I didn’t like keeping the truth from him. The sooner I got this done, the better.

The address took me to a part of Savannah I hadn’t been to before. According to my source – a friend of sorts I’d made when I’d been digging into the Traylor family’s past – Cru was in a foster home with three other minors. I’d checked the local school calendar and confirmed that winter break hadn’t started yet, as well as finding out what time the day ended.

Which meant I was parallel parking the car near the bus stop as the vehicle turned onto the street. I stayed in my car, phone in hand as I pretended to use it. Keeping an eye on the bus while also trying to look down at my phone made my head hurt, but I didn’t have to do it for long.

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