Echoes of the Heart by Alyssa J. Montgomery

Author:Alyssa J. Montgomery [Montgomery, Alyssa J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857991461
Google: -6QDAwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00IU0YLSY
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Australia Pty Limited
Published: 2014-03-31T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

‘You live in King’s Cross?’ Jake thundered.

What the hell was Amanda doing living in Sydney’s seedy, red-light district?

The smile she sent him was caustic. ‘I guess you think that’s an appropriate location for me.’

His lips pressed together tightly with his disapproval. The closer they got to Amanda’s address, the angrier he became. The footpaths were full of punks with their coloured, spiked hair and leather jackets. In the doorways of buildings, hookers were scantily clad despite the cool weather. Most of them were probably drugged up to the eyeballs and didn’t feel the cold.

‘This is where you live?’ he asked in disbelief as they pulled up outside a building that looked like it probably should have been condemned years ago. It was located right next door to a methadone clinic.

‘We can’t all be billionaires,’ she stated wearily, opening the door before the chauffeur had a chance to.

‘Why didn’t you move in with Middleton?’ he demanded, angry that her lover should have abandoned her to this residence. ‘Does he know you live here?’

The fire was back in her eyes as she rounded on him. ‘I will say this only once again, as you are obviously too thick to have taken it in the first time, or the second or third time. Hugh and I have never been lovers. He was Lloyd’s lawyer and my friend. At no time has he suggested becoming my lover, nor have I ever encouraged that.’ With that declaration, she walked briskly away from him.

Yes, she and Middleton had both denied having an affair. It had been hard to believe because of Bennett’s suicide note, but Jake believed it now. Middleton seemed too decent a guy to have left Amanda living in this neighbourhood. This begged the questions as to why Bennett wrote the suicide note and why he killed himself. There had to be another reason.

Jake pushed that thought to the back of his mind. He was appalled as he followed Amanda out on to the street and up a narrow set of stairs. This was a far cry from the luxury of Bennett’s Vaucluse mansion. She really had been doing it tough.

They reached a landing and had to step around a male youth who reeked of alcohol and sat clutching a bottle in a brown paper bag. Another level up and Amanda stopped, took a key from her bag and opened a door to reveal a dingy-looking, cramped bed-sit.

‘Welcome to my humble abode,’ she announced defiantly. Not looking at him, she went to an old cupboard. As soon as she opened the door, it swung on one hinge.

Jake stood in stunned silence as she removed several items of clothing and stuffed them into a shopping bag with angry movements. He found it difficult to believe this was where Amanda had been living since Bennett’s funeral. Paint peeled off the walls. Somewhere from a room above them, a man yelled profanities and a female screeched back at him. In a nearby street, a police siren wailed.

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