Emily Kimelman - Sydney Rye 03 - Insatiable by Emily Kimelman

Author:Emily Kimelman [Kimelman, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Thriller - P.I. and Dog - Mexico
ISBN: 1470136023
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-03-23T23:00:00+00:00

FLIGHT TIMES

I walked down the dock to where my small group of cohorts waited.

“Ready?” Dan asked.

“We should get going,” Easy said.

I looked out at the harbor, busy with traffic; the birds swooping in over the fishing boats, the tourist on jet skis making figure eights. I watched the crystal blue water rising and falling and I said:

“We’re staying here.”

“What?” Maude said. “They know you’re here you need to go.”

I turned to look at her. Maude’s eyes were big, her hands were shaking. “You know what? Let them come. I didn’t do anything wrong and I don’t want to hide. I don’t want to run.” A smile spread across my face. “I want to set a trap.”

I looked at each one of them in turn. Easy was smiling and nodding her head. Dan pressed his lips together and nodded. Maude shook her head silently. Ana Maria shrugged. “Whatever you say, boss.”

“I’m with the kid,” Easy agreed.

“Don’t leave me out,” Dan said.

“What about you, Maude?” We all turned to look at her and she looked back at us.

“I can’t, I-”

Easy turned away with a snort of disgust. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to,” I told her. I held my hand out for her to shake it. “We’ll leave you in peace.” She just stared at my outstretched palm. “But you could be a great help. If you could just let us know if anyone arrives through this port with blonde hair and a bandaged arm. Maybe if you could mention to your friends that you’d like to know when that guy gets here. That would make a world of difference to us.”

Maude looked at my hand, suddenly unsure of what she was shaking on. If she took my hand did she agree to help or was I letting her out of it, free to go back to her life with her doilies and her plants. She looked up at my face and I smiled at her.

“I want to help,” she said, her chin wobbled and her voice broke, “but I am so scared.” I stepped closer to her and put one of my arms around her small shoulders.

“Life can be very scary,” I told her. She started crying over much more than my offer. Her shoulders shook and her body heaved. I patted her back. Ana Maria held out a napkin, it fluttered in the breeze until Maude took it with an unsteady hand. She brought it to her face and pressed it into her eyes. Easy looked over at us, then turned down the dock and walked away.

“I want to help,” Maude said through her tears. “I really do.”

“You can Maude. You can and you will.” I stepped in front of her, Maude sniffled and looked up at me. Her big brown eyes were blood shot and the skin around them swollen. “Maude. This is your life and you can live it however you want.”

She nodded slightly then wiped the tissues across her nose.

I found Easy in Maude’s office.

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