Fearless Pursuit (Off The Grid: FBI Series Book 8) by Barbara Freethy

Author:Barbara Freethy [Freethy, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fog City Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-07-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Maya washed her hands and face, relieved that she'd at least made it to the bathroom before puking her guts out in front of Jax. But as she stared at her white face and big eyes, she barely recognized herself. What was she doing? How had she gotten to this point? A woman was dead because of her questions. How could she live with that?

A knock came at the door, followed by Jax's voice. "Maya, are you all right?"

"I'll be out in a second."

She took a couple of deep breaths, dried her hands, and then walked into the hallway. Jax was waiting with three cups in a to-go box.

"I got you some ginger tea; it's good for the stomach."

"You're always trying to give me tea."

"If you don't want that, I also got you coffee. You have choices."

"I wish that were true," she said heavily. She pushed open the nearby door and walked outside. "I'll take the tea."

He handed her a cup and they made their way to the car.

Once inside, Jax rolled down the windows. It was hot, but she was happy for the heat. It was taking away the chill of Julia's death.

"I didn't even know her, but I still feel horrible," she said.

"That's natural. You're a kind person."

She shook her head. "If that were true, I would have dropped this a long time ago. I hurt my father. I got Julia killed. All for a movie? All for a truth for an eighty-year-old man who may not understand what I tell him? No, everyone else was right. I am selfish, Jax. I am a horrible person." When he didn't say anything, she added, "You agree, right?"

"I'm not going to join you in this personal beatdown."

"Why not? I deserve another person to beat me down."

"Well, it won't be me. You couldn't predict what would happen, Maya."

"You're being too generous. I thought all along my grandmother was murdered, so why couldn't I predict it would happen again?"

"Because you don’t live in a world where people are killing each other. It was a movie in your head. It wasn't that real. It happened a long time ago."

"That's somewhat true, but it doesn't excuse what I've done."

"You didn't kill Julia. Someone else did, the same someone who killed your grandmother, probably. Let's focus on figuring that out. Save the blame game for later, when we know everything."

"Will we ever know everything?" she asked wearily.

"We might be closer than we think."

She couldn't believe his words. "Why would you say that?"

"Because if you weren't close to the truth, no one would have killed Julia."

She thought about that. "You're right. Julia knew who killed Natasha." She straightened in her seat. "She was the person who could lead me to Natasha's killer. But if she knew, why didn't she go to the cops a long time ago?"

"Fear. She was afraid she would end up the same way."

"She said she was sorry." Maya tried to remember Julia's exact words. "She said Natasha was right. What was

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