Deep Threat by Scott Pratt & Kelly Hodge

Author:Scott Pratt & Kelly Hodge [Pratt, Scott & Hodge, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Phoenix Flying Inc.
Published: 2019-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-five

Rachel’s silver Mercedes coupe was sitting in the driveway with the passenger door and trunk lid open when Billy pulled in and dashed into the house.

“Rachel, let’s go,” he shouted. “I think we may get some answers today. Dad said John is coming around.”

There was no response and Billy went upstairs to the master suite. He heard the shower running. A suitcase was open on the bed, partially filled.

Rachel was packing to leave.

Billy knocked on the bathroom door and walked in.

“Where are you going?” he said.

Rachel turned off the water, wrapped a big towel around her and slid open the glass door.

“Back to Charleston,” she said. “I talked to my parents again this morning, and they’re really worried about me. They want me to come home.”

“For how long?”

“I don’t know. I just don’t like being in the middle of this.”

“There you go again, putting yourself in the middle,” Billy said. “Why?”

“That’s just the way it feels. There’s too much going on here, too much attention. This morning I even saw where somebody had posted pictures of me at the hospital on some website. That’s sick.”

“I just spoke with Dad, and he said John may be ready to talk. We may know what happened to him, what happened to Jarvis. Don’t you want to be there?”

“I really hope it works out, Billy. I’ll be thinking about you guys.”

“Thinking about us? Boy, we appreciate that. Sounds like you’re not planning to come back.”

“It’s been on my mind for a while,” she said, “really since before all of this happened. I just need to go home and clear my head. My father insisted.”

“Is something else going on?”

Rachel closed the bathroom door and slipped into a pair of jeans and a frilly white blouse. She hurriedly applied some makeup and brushed her hair. Apparently, she couldn’t get away quick enough.

The news caught Billy completely off guard, like most everything else recently. He sat on the edge of the bed and stared out at the river while he tried to collect his thoughts.

“This is your home,” he said. “I thought you were happy here.”

“I have been happy, most of the time. I don’t know ... I just thought things would be different by now.”

“Different how?”

“We don’t see as much of each other anymore,” she said. “You’re always busy, and I seem to be stuck at the office more.”

“Stuck? I’m trying to build something that we can both enjoy. It takes a while to get there. I thought you wanted to be part of the business; I know that’s what your dad wanted.”

“Some days I do. And then there are days like the ones recently. It just seems like everything is falling apart in a hurry.”

Rachel’s eyes didn’t betray any deeper emotions as she kept digging and throwing more clothes into the suitcase. She was in a hurry and still had almost a full closet of her belongings remaining.

“I’ll get the rest later,” she said, hastily zipping up the case.

“I can’t believe you’re bailing on me,” Billy said.

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