Deadly Summer (Darling Investigations Book 1) by Denise Grover Swank

Author:Denise Grover Swank [Swank, Denise Grover]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542048217
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

I called Cale on the way home. A half hour wasn’t going to make any difference, and we had no idea who’d be listening in the hospital. But when I placed the call, it went straight to voice mail.

“He’s probably busy,” Dixie said. “Or sleepin’. If he found Ryker in the middle of the night, he’s been up for hours.”

“True.” But about two minutes later, my phone rang with a call from Cale’s number.

“Summer?” he asked, sounding on edge. “Everything okay?”

“Yeah,” I said. A wave of exhaustion washed over me, and I closed my eyes. “I just found out something that might help you.”

“Whew. Okay. What?”

“I was just lookin’ at Dixie’s photos, and she showed me one that had her ex-boyfriend in it. The man who dropped the money was her ex, Ryker, not Ed. Are you sure Ed picked up the money?”

I knew Ryker was dead, but of course Cale didn’t know that, so I wasn’t surprised when he was quiet for a couple of seconds. Finally, he said, “So I was hoodwinked.”

His voice was so full of self-recrimination, I almost felt guilty for telling him. “Maybe.”

He was silent again, then groaned. “Can I ask you a huge favor?”

“Yeah . . .”

“Can you keep this to yourself? Luke’s already lookin’ over my shoulder with this murder like I’m a rookie cop, and if he finds out about the money . . .”

“You’re asking me to lie to Luke?”

“No, of course not, but it’s not like it would come up in normal conversation, right?” He groaned. “Never mind. I have no right to ask.”

He was right. It wasn’t likely to come up in casual conversation, not that we’d be having any conversations. “If he flat-out asks, I won’t keep it from him, but otherwise I see no reason to bring it up. It’s not like I’ll be seeing much of him.”

Cale laughed. “He’s still got a thing for you, Summer. I asked him how he’d feel about me asking you out, and he nearly had a stroke. I wouldn’t put it past him to stand guard outside your hospital room tonight.”

“Well, he’d be wasting his time because I got an early discharge, and Dixie is takin’ me home.”

Cale chuckled then turned serious. “Thanks for your call, Summer.”

“Yeah, no problem.” After I hung up, I relayed everything to Dixie, but she’d figured out most of it already.

“Should I be worried Cale asked me to keep it from Luke?”

“Nah, those two are friends, but they are as different as night and day. Cale’s more of a good ol’ boy, while Luke’s more by the book. They clash over it sometimes. And Ed and Ryker did deal in cash, so I can see why he just handed it over, especially if Ed showed up askin’ about it right after you turned it in.”

We were quiet the rest of the way home, mostly because I kept drifting off to sleep.

Meemaw was standing at the front door when we got back to the farm. She came out to the porch and stared at me with her eagle eyes.

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