Explicit Memory by Scarlett Finn

Author:Scarlett Finn [Finn, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781500961541
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Goodreads: 23353058
Published: 2014-12-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

‘I’ve never seen you so quiet.’

‘What?’ Flick asked, rolling her head on the headrest of her seat to look at Eric, who sat in the driver’s seat.

‘We’ve been in the car for more than an hour, and you’ve barely said two words. You haven’t even asked about what I found out.’

‘I’m sorry,’ she said.

‘It didn’t go well then?’ Eric asked.

‘Which part? The negotiations with Antoine? The telephone conversation with Hayden? Or the part where my mother hijacked me this morning to tell me that it was time to get over my rebellious phase?’

‘Isn’t twenty-seven a bit old to be in a rebellious phase?’ Eric asked. ‘Are you a late bloomer?’

‘I’ve been rebelling against my mother since I was four years old,’ Flick said. ‘At least that’s what she would tell you. She hasn’t realised yet that this is just my personality.’

‘What? Awkward?’

‘Non-compliant,’ Flick said, smiling for the first time since before her discussion with Antoine the night before.

The last time she’d smiled was before dinner, during her telephone conversation with Rushe. He’d called her on the Hughes’ library line for an update, not that she’d had one then. But it had been bolstering to hear his voice.

‘Right,’ Eric said.

‘I’m not even sure that she wants me home, she just doesn’t like to explain where the youngest Hughes daughter disappeared to. It’s not easy to explain that I ran off to live my life independent of the privilege they offered.’

‘And then you brought home Rushe.’

‘Yeah,’ Flick said, appreciating Eric’s smile. ‘Maybe I was switched at birth.’

‘Your mom’s probably praying for that.’

Flick laughed and sighed out her despondency. ‘What did you find out?’

‘You were right that the girl remembered you,’ Eric said. ‘No one’s been near her, so I assume that they don’t know about her. They can’t be expecting you to build your own case.’

‘That’s good.’

‘How did things go with Hayden?’

‘I called him yesterday afternoon,’ Flick said. ‘To say that he was surprised to hear from me is an understatement. I didn’t tell him what was going on, but he remembered Rushe, and us together, so that’s something. He’s a stand-up guy, so I don’t see him lying to the police, or to anyone for that matter.’

‘So we can build a case?’

‘We have witnesses who can speak to our version of events,’ Flick said, letting her head roll back so that she could look out the passenger window at her side.

‘What happened with Antoine?’

‘I don’t know what to do... I don’t know how to fix this.’

‘Have you spoken to Rushe?’

‘On the phone,’ Flick said. ‘He called me last night.’

‘Did you give him the specifics?’

‘No,’ Flick said, sure that Eric was curious for the details himself. ‘We spoke before my conversation with Antoine, which worked out for the best because if I’d told Rushe... he needs to be where he is for now. There will be time to talk when I get back to him.’

‘Liam has the details of the captains; do you want me to talk to them?’

‘I don’t know,’

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