Death by Devotion (Caribbean Murder Series, Book 9) by Jaden Skye

Author:Jaden Skye [Skye, Jaden]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-02-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Hotel Washington was a few miles away, up on a hill, overlooking the ocean. It had all the amenities anyone could want, including a beautiful pool, wonderful restaurants, a top notch bar and rooms with large balconies. Sean arranged for the move first thing the next morning and Cindy and Mattheus got there just before breakfast. It was a tremendous relief to leave the other hotel. Cindy wanted to ask Mattheus if he wanted to grab breakfast before they went to their separate rooms, but was afraid it would seem too much like old times.

“Let’s grab a bite of breakfast before we go to our rooms,” Mattheus jumped the gun.

Cindy was hungry and she also wanted to normalize things between them. “Sure,” she said quickly. It couldn’t hurt, and there was a lot they had to cover anyway.

*

Cindy and Mattheus were quickly seated in a large, airy coffee shop, ordered breakfast and breathed the sweet, refreshing ocean air. Cindy hadn’t felt so comfortable since she’d arrived on the island.

Once breakfast came and they started eating, Mattheus looked over at her. “I hope you don’t totally hate me,” he said under his breath.

“Of course I don’t hate you,” Cindy said casually.

“There’s no excuse for some of the things I said last night,” Mattheus wouldn’t drop it. “I was accusing you and that was awful.”

“It wasn’t pleasant,” Cindy agreed. “You get like that, Mattheus, jealous and suspicious. You lose perspective.”

“I’m under terrible pressure,” Mattheus tried to defend himself.

“I know,” said Cindy. “The case hits way too close to home.”

“It’s tricky for me down in the underworld, too,” Mattheus continued. “Slimy beyond words, so many rotten things happening down here, it’s hard to keep focus. These gangs have their hands into everything, and I mean everything.”

“What are you looking for, exactly?” asked Cindy.

“I’m talking to people who knew Cain. I found out he was part of everything. Cain worked for a guy named Pedro who orders routine executions of anyone who gets in his way. Cain took the job on, did the dirty work, contracted the hits out to people he knew.”

“The middleman?” asked Cindy.

“You could call him that,” said Mattheus.

“There’s got to be lots of people who wanted Cain dead,” said Cindy.

“Absolutely,” said Mattheus, “but no one messes with Cain, or they’re messing with Pedro. And I heard Pedro’s fuming about Cain’s death.”

“Is he trying to find out who killed Cain?”

“I’m sure he is,” said Mattheus, “and most likely he knows.”

“Personal vendetta?” mused Cindy, “or, maybe Pedro did it himself?”

“That’s what I thought, too,” said Mattheus, “but the guys laughed when I asked that. They say Pedro loved Cain like a brother.”

“So, he’s got to know who did it, “Cindy felt nervous. How could something like this happen under his watch and he not know?

“It’s also possible this could have come out of left field,” Mattheus was musing, “could have knocked Pedro for a loop as well?”

“Can you get to talk to Pedro directly?” Cindy was fascinated. “He’s probably doing our work for us, tracking down the killer as we speak.

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