Fake Fiancee Mate - Single Shift by Raines Harmony

Author:Raines, Harmony
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harmony Raines
Published: 2020-07-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten – Kate

“How did your date with Travis go?” Melinda asked as she opened the front door and let Kate in.

“Which part?” Kate replied as she stepped inside Melinda’s house. “The part where we went to the hospital to visit Marl? Or the part where we went and had seafood in a little shack by the ocean?”

“Marl is in hospital?” Melinda’s worried tone mirrored Kate’s fear for her brother.

“He had to go and have an X-ray. Someone beat him up.” Kate followed Melinda through to the kitchen and set her purse down on the counter before leaning back on it with her arms folded across her body. “One of the guards called last night and gave me the results of the X-ray. Marl has one cracked rib. Along with a few cuts and bruises.”

“Did he say what happened?” Melinda asked and handed Kate a cup of coffee.

“No, he wouldn’t talk in front of the guards.” She shook her head. “I’m just scared that whoever was responsible for giving him the backpack to watch has people on the inside. That they are trying to scare Marl into changing his story and taking the blame.”

Melinda’s face paled. “You think this was a targeted attack?”

“I do.” Kate blinked away her tears as she sipped her coffee. “You know Marl. He’s not the kind of guy to pick a fight.”

Melinda turned away from Kate and busied herself wiping down the counter. “Are you sure you know Marl as well as you think you do?”

“What does that mean?” Kate’s voice cracked as she spoke.

Melinda slowly turned around to face Kate. “I just… I don’t want you to go through this with blinders on.”

“Blinders on?” Kate asked hoarsely. “You think there’s a chance that Marl is guilty?”

“No.” Melinda frowned. “I just don’t want you to ruin your life.”

“I’m not.” She chewed the inside of her cheek as she studied Melinda. Melinda had never cast doubt on Marl’s innocence before.

“Did Jon say something?” Kate asked.

“We were just talking, that’s all. And he asked me how well I knew Marl and whether I was one hundred percent convinced he was set up.” Melinda shrugged. “I told him I couldn’t say one hundred percent because you can never really know anyone. Can you?”

“I know one hundred percent that Marl was set up.” Kate looked Melinda in the eye. “He did not commit a crime.”

“Because that’s what he told you.” Melinda jolted upright as Jon came into the kitchen. “Hi, honey.”

“Hi.” He slipped his arm around his wife’s waist and kissed her cheek. “Kate, I have the contract drawn up for Travis to sign. Do you want to take a look at it?”

Kate looked at her watch. “We have a few minutes before we have to leave for work.”

“It’s in my office.” Jon took his cup of coffee and headed back out of the kitchen with Kate right behind him. “I’m heading over to Travis’s house later today. I’ll take it with me and ask him to sign it. Henry will probably be there, and I can ask him to witness it.

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