Fatal 6 Fatal Mistake by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force [Force, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fatal
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2013-06-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Lind lived in Potomac, an upscale Beltway community in Maryland. According to her research, he was married with three kids—two sons and a daughter. He’d come up through the University of California system and was drafted right out of college by the San Diego Padres in the third round. He’d bounced around on several National League teams before landing with the Feds during their inaugural season.

He’d come into his own as a closer with the Feds and had seen his star finally begin to rise in the last two seasons.

While Freddie drove, Sam read deeper into the pages she’d printed out where she found an arrest two years ago for a domestic issue that hadn’t been adjudicated. She called Malone and asked him to get her the details.

“Hang on,” he said, clicking away on a keyboard. “Looks like his wife called the police because he was making threats toward her. They took him in, let him spend the night in the cooler but released him when she declined to press charges.”

“Interesting. Thanks for the info. I’ll let you know what he has to say.”

“Sounds good.”

As Freddie navigated traffic, Sam also took the time to flip through the stack of restraining orders that had been granted to Feds players. Most of them involved overly interested women who relentlessly pursued the ballplayers. Willie’s order against his brother-in-law was a notable exception as it involved a family member rather than a fan.

“Why are you so quiet over there?” Sam asked her partner as she continued to scan the details of Willie’s protective order against Marco Peña.

“I’m not quiet. I’m driving.”

“You’re quiet. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

“Whenever you say nothing is wrong, something is always wrong.”

“Quit acting like you know me so well.”

Sam gave him a withering look. Other than his mother and maybe his girlfriend, Sam was fairly confident that no one knew him better than she did. “Shall we examine the evidence?”

“Here’s a big idea—let’s not.”

“Come on, Freddie. What gives?”

“It was a rough night. That’s all.”

“Did she get to you?” she asked of Carmen.

“Of course she did. She’d just lost her husband and has two little kids to think about in a country that’s not home to her. Her kids are American citizens, so she’s torn about what to do now that Willie is gone. We talked some while we waited for her family to get there. It was... It was a long night.”

And her sensitive partner would’ve been more affected than most by the young widow’s grief. “It was good of you to stay with her, Freddie. Way above and beyond the call of duty.”

He shrugged off her praise, as she’d known he would. “Someone had to stay with her. All her friends abandoned her after her husband missed the ball.”

“She was hurt by that.”

“Extremely. The wives and girlfriends stick together, especially during the season when the guys are on the road so much. I got the impression that the other women had been a lifeline for Carmen as she raised her kids far away from her home and family.

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