Double Minds by Terri Blackstock

Author:Terri Blackstock
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9780310250630
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2009-02-02T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

TWENTY-SIX

Calling Gibson probably wasn't a good idea right now. He'd go ballistic when he heard that Parker had visited his number-one suspect. Still, Chase had a point--she wanted to make sure Gibson had interviewed the friends who had access to Chase's apartment.

When she called and told him what she'd just done, he let out a yell. "Parker, what did I tell you?"

"I know, Gibson. But I was thinking that--"

"No, don't think! It could get you killed. I know how to do my job. I don't need my little sister solving my cases."

"Okay, I hear you! I just want to know if you interviewed the people on his list."

"We found the murder weapon in his apartment. He'd put his fist through a wall that day, when he fought with her. He lied about it."

"So that's a no? You didn't talk to them."

"We interviewed a ton of his friends before we found the gun."

"And none since?"

He groaned. "I'll talk to them, okay? You're enough to drive a person crazy."

She'd been told that before.

She thumbed the End button and dropped the phone on the passenger seat. She needed to get back to Colgate. Cat was sitting in for her, but that meant Parker would have to work later tonight.

She turned on the radio, hoping to put her mind on autopilot for a while. Bebo Norman's voice pulled her under its spell, and she found herself humming along. Finally, the DJ came back on. "And now, here's Tiffany Teniere with her new hit, 'Altar Ego.' Email us and tell us how you like it. This is John and Sherry Rivers, at K-Love."

Tiffany's new song, already? She turned up the radio. The intro sounded familiar, and as Tiffany crooned out the opening verse, Parker's lungs shut down.

She pulled off the road, almost hitting a pedestrian as she turned into a parking lot.

Staring at the radio with her mouth hanging open, she listened to the lyrics and melody of "Altar Ego." It sounded familiar ... way too familiar. It was almost identical to "Double Minds," the song Parker had written!

A few key things had been changed--the chorus was slightly different, the bridge totally new, and the words "double minds" had been changed to "two minds." But the message of the song, the tune, and most of the lyrics were still unmistakably Parker's.

"Unbelievable!" She slammed her hand on the steering wheel. This would derail the release of Serene's album.

Grabbing her phone, she navigated her way to the iTunes screen and checked to see if Tiffany's song was available for download. What had they called it?

Oh, yes. "Altar Ego." She hit Buy, hoping she had a strong-enough signal. The song quickly appeared in her music library. She played it again.

Yes, it was unmistakable. This was no coincidence. She tapped back to the phone screen and called Serene. Her voicemail came on. "Serene, call me as soon as you get this. I just heard Tiffany Teniere's new song and it's ripped off from 'Double Minds.' Somehow she got our song and put it out before you could.

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