Death by Honeymoon

Author:Jaden Skye [Skye, Jaden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance Suspense, Mystery Romantic Suspense Thriller
ISBN: 9780976585503
Goodreads: 11176800
Publisher: Jaden Skye
Published: 2011-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

When Cindy got home, she was exhausted. She made herself a cup of tea and collapsed on the sofa, drinking it slowly, thinking about Clint’s son. Clint would have been a wonderful father. Cindy felt awful that Clint would never see him, never even know that a woman he barely knew was the mother of his child.

Then out of nowhere, the doorbell rang. It must be another package, Cindy thought. Wedding gifts were still arriving daily from people who hadn’t heard what happened yet.

Cindy got up and went to the door.

It was Clint’s mother.

It was extremely unusual for Clint’s family to just drop by. And his mother couldn’t have picked a worse time. Cindy was not in the mood to see her.

And beside her stood Marge, looking distraught.

“We need to talk to you.”

They marched into the living room without asking and scanned the place, up and down. Cindy wondered what they were looking for.

“I never knew why Clint chose this house,” his mother said bitterly. It was an old story, Cindy’d heard it many times.

“Because he loved this house,” Cindy said briskly. “And so did I.”

“Clint loved all kinds of odd things,” Clint’s mother looked at Cindy through half closed eyes. “He didn’t always have the best taste.”

Cindy didn’t really have energy for this.

“There was a lot in Clint’s life that we didn’t understand,” said Marge.

“Sit,” Cindy said perfunctorily. “It’s been a busy day.”

“Really?” said Marge. “What did you do?”

Cindy resented any question at all from them about her personal life. She decided to push the envelope now, as she was sick of pretending all was normal.

“I’ve been checking on some leads I have,” Cindy said, matter of factly.

“What kind of leads?” his mother perked up.

“Leads about who might have had Clint killed.”

Both Marge and his mother shuddered. Cindy knew it was harsh, but she was tired of games.

“I’m delving more and more into Clint’s life,” Cindy continued, and looked at both of them closely. “There’s a lot that doesn’t add up.”

His mother peered back. “Whatever Clint did or didn’t have in his life, he didn’t deserve to die.”

Cindy met her head on. “No one deserves to die. And no one deserves to be a young widow either.”

“You’re hardly a widow,” Clint’s mother snapped. “You two weren’t even married a week. More like a girlfriend.”

Cindy felt punched in the heart. She couldn’t let this go on.

“I am Clint’s wife,” she retorted, “We were married on May 18th, in full view of friends and family. Even if you didn’t like it. And I have the papers to prove it.”

“What is and isn’t legal is a big question regarding marriage these days,” Marge replied.

Cindy began to feel nauseous. “You’re bigger than the law?” Cindy said, “think you can do whatever you like?”

“What do you mean by that?” said his mother.

“Richard knows all about these matters,” Marge continued. “He’s a wonderful husband and wonderful lawyer . We’ve been talking it all over.”

Clint’s mother nodded avidly. She suddenly looked frail and pathetic, clutching a huge, patent leather bag.

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