Eve's Wrath by Linda Verji

Author:Linda Verji [Verji, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2019-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

Despite his disappointment and anger with Eve, Carter wasn’t a fool. He did not believe even for a second that Eve had done this just because she wanted to. This was not her. There had to be reason for her betrayal.

Memories of their last intimate encounter kept haunting him. Eve had been genuinely apologetic, like someone who felt awful for what she was about to do. Someone who truly wanted to destroy another would never be that apologetic. Also if she was in it for the money as his mother had said, she would’ve requested a property split in her divorce papers. But she hadn’t. All she wanted was an amicable split.

Carter had of course torn apart those divorce papers as soon as he was done reading them, but they had heightened his conviction that something more was going on. And he suspected that it had something to do with Lewis Wick. Obviously, Eve wasn’t going to explain herself, but Carter knew someone else who could help him untangle this web. So he called him and arranged a meeting.

Seven p.m. the same evening found Carter seated at the counter at his favorite sports bar, nursing a glass of vodka as he waited for his guest. He didn’t have to wait long. At around seven-fifteen, Benisio slid into the seat next to him.

“You’re here,” Carter greeted coldly. Any other time, he would’ve been warmer to the man but as soon as he’d seen Benisio carrying Eve’s luggage, he’d realized that Benisio had betrayed his mother too.

“I’m here,” Benisio acknowledged with a curt nod.

“I didn’t think you’d come,” Carter said as he stared down into his drink.

“I didn’t want to.” Benisio gestured for the bartender to come over.

“Then why did you come?”

The older man didn’t respond. Instead, he waited for the bartender to stop by then ordered his drink. The bartender poured out a glass of bourbon on the rocks for Benisio and topped up Carter’s vodka before moving on to serve another patron.

Carter repeated, “Why did you come?”

“Because I know you.” Benisio took a sip of his drink. He winced slightly at the strong, bitter taste before adding, “You would’ve kept hounding me.”

“You’re right… you know me.” Carter turned his head to meet the other man’s eyes. “Just like I thought I knew you.”

Benisio didn’t say anything to that. He just took another sip of his drink.

Carter had many questions for the man. Top on the list was; where is Eve? Benisio had driven Eve away from the house so he must know where she was. But something told Carter that the man wouldn’t tell him even if he dropped to his knees and licked his boots. So he settled on, “How many years have we known each other Benisio?”

Benisio shrugged. “Twenty or so years.”

“As long as you’ve worked for my mother, right?”

Benisio nodded. “Right!”

Running his finger along the rim of his glass, Carter asked, “Long enough to have become friends?”

Benisio didn’t say anything.

Carter prodded, “We are… we were friends, right?”

The older man only shrugged, but that shrug was answer enough.

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