Forever & Always (Iris Boys Book 5) by Lucy Smoke

Author:Lucy Smoke [Smoke, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2019-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Marv and I strode into Bean Water—one of the last places Clarissa’s niece had been seen—and promptly headed for the countertop where a bright-smiled barista in a black and purple uniform welcomed us.

“Hi and welcome to Bean Water, what can I get for you today?”

“Actually, we’re looking for someone and we’re wanting to know if you’ve seen her,” Marv said. “She’s about this high”—he held up his hand just above my head—“and she’s been missing for a few days. She’s a dark skinned woman and she would’ve been wearing a business suit when she last came to this establishment.” I grimaced. The barista began to frown, taking a step back from the counter as Marv’s tone became more severe. “Have you seen her?”

“I-I don’t—”

“Here, let me,” I said with a sigh, moving to stand in front of Marv. “Hi”—I paused and glanced down at the woman’s name tag—“Claire. My boyfriend and I were in here a few days ago and we ran into a woman on our way out and duh—stupid me, I made her spill all of the stuff she was carrying.” I slapped my forehead playfully. “I accidentally crashed into her and her stuff got mixed with mine. It looks like I have everything I need, but I accidentally picked up some documents she had with her and they seem pretty important, but we’re from America and we’re about to leave to head home and we were hoping to find her and return her stuff. Can you just tell us if you’ve seen anyone matching her description?”

“There are a lot of people that come through here,” the woman said, though she seemed more comfortable as I took the lead.

“Oh dang it, you probably do.” I sighed and then winced as I looked back up at her. “Would we be able to speak to a manager about security footage? I’m sure you caught our accident on camera. Maybe if we point her out you can tell us if she’s a regular here or we can at least print out a picture to give to the police if we have to give them her stuff before we leave the country.”

“Oh, yeah.” Relief was clear in her tone. “Let me go grab my manager!”

She dashed away as I stepped back and looked back at Marv. He lifted a brow at me. “You scare people when you’re so serious,” I said.

“Apparently,” he agreed, “but there’s just one thing wrong with your story.”

“What? The fact that it’s made up?” I asked.

He shook his head. “No.” His hand gripped my hip and brought me closer as he leaned over and lowered his head until his mouth hovered over mine. I inhaled sharply. “I’m not your boyfriend, Sunshine.” My heart pounded. “I’m your husband.”

“I—”

“Hi, I’m the manager here at Bean Water, how can I help you, folks?”

I spun away from Marv and plastered a smile on my face as a short voluptuous woman with bright orange hair approached us. “Hi,” I squeaked, shuffling away from Marv.

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