Forsaken Trust by Meredith Doench

Author:Meredith Doench [Doench, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626397385
Google: VlM2vgAACAAJ
Amazon: B071RLCBTC
Barnesnoble: B071RLCBTC
Goodreads: 32072944
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2017-05-16T03:00:00+00:00

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I walked Bennett to her truck. Once we got there, I climbed in so Bennett could drop me back at my truck.

“Safety first,” I teased her. Cops are always on high alert—you can’t turn off that part of us. We sat for a few minutes in her truck, the heater blowing off the chill of the crisp fall night. “What do you make of what Rhonda said?”

“The bartender? She’s been around here for some time,” Bennett said. “Her uncle worked for the police station as dispatch. He’s retired now. I remember how torn up he was when she started working at Gary’s. It’s not exactly the place of employment you want for your niece.”

I had been wondering why Rhonda was willing to talk to me and in such a public place. Now it made sense—her uncle had been in law enforcement. On some level, anyway, she trusted us. She wanted to help. “Secrets not buried very deep. I don’t know what to make of that.”

“Maybe she means we’re close, that we don’t have much farther to dig.”

“Possibly. I’m wondering if Marco uses people’s addictions to get them to do what she wants. She seems to have this strong need to control the people and situations in her life. And think of all the people we’ve met that she’s involved with—Allard, Ava, Sadie. They avoid any discussion of Marco. Her position as a counselor gave her access to many people’s records. That knowledge is a level of control, and she’s also had the ability to influence many young people over the years.”

“Riley said she was respected for her work in the community,” Bennett reminded me.

I nodded. “Most people go into counseling because they want to help others, but some go into it for the wrong reasons.”

We sat beside each other, my mind turning over the possibilities a mile a minute. I thought about cases I’d read where a social worker had a savior complex and committed a crime because of the need to save the world. Was it possible that Joan believed she was saving the world by killing women who struggled with prostitution and drug addiction?

Bennett interrupted my thoughts when she pointed to the dash clock. “It’s almost three a.m.”

“Sorry, time has a way of getting away from me,” I said. “Thanks for coming. I know spending your evening at Gary’s Girls wasn’t something you really wanted to do.”

Bennett shrugged. “I’ve always been curious about what goes on inside Gary’s. Now I know.” She gave me a shy smile. “Besides, I knew you would keep me safe.” A nervous giggle escaped her.

I said, “I want to see more of you, Bennett, after the case is over.”

“I’d like that.”

Bennett’s soft smile filled me with incentive to get this case solved, and fast.

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