Gigolo Murder by Hadley Knox

Author:Hadley Knox
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781938345920
Publisher: Maidenhead Publishing
Published: 2012-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

I never heard from Adam that night. Not a text, a phone call, nothing. By the time I got home, it was just past midnight and the kids were already in bed. I didn’t bother trying to contact Adam, knowing that he might still be on his final number. So I just rolled back the sheets and climbed into bed.

The first thing I did when I woke up the next morning was check my phone. There were no text messages or missed calls from Adam’s phone. That caused me just a little worry. Before this whole Hugh mess had started, I would have worried that something bad had happened to him. But in the more recent climate of our relationship, I was more worried that he had learned of my actions the night before.

I started the coffee pot brewing and then went into the office. Pearl would be arriving soon, but I figured I’d help her by clearing out the overnight e-mails. It was a Saturday morning, but Pearl insisted on coming over to man the phones until early afternoon. Saturday mornings had started getting very busy for us lately.

After returning the four e-mails in the inbox, I went back into the kitchen to pour myself a cup of coffee. I heard Pearl jiggling the keys of the front door, so I retrieved another mug from the cabinet for her.

“Hey, girl,” she said as she walked into the kitchen and set her purse down on the counter.

“Hey,” I said.

“You look tired,” she noted. “What did you do last night?”

I pursed my lips and fought back a smile.

“What? I know that look,” she said.

“I went to the Steel Hammer.”

“You did what? Why did you go there?”

“I needed to talk to Lucas.”

“Oh no. Does Adam know?”

“If he does, he hasn’t bothered telling me yet.”

“He’s going to be pissed, girl. You better hope that Lucas doesn’t tell him.”

“That’s not the worst thing.”

“What else happened?”

“My brother Ryan caught me at the Steel Hammer.”

“What did you tell him?”

“He went with me to meet with Lucas. Afterwards, he and I went to get some coffee, and I told him everything about the Madam business.”

“You did? What did he say?”

“He was supportive, just as I knew he would be. But I could tell that he was a little uneasy about my choice of business.”

“Well, he wouldn’t be a good brother if he wasn’t. You think he can keep a secret?”

“Ryan can definitely keep a secret. You, Betsy, and Ryan are the three people in my life that I know I can trust with anything.”

Pearl smiled. “You can trust me with anything except maybe watching your pizza while you walk out of the room.”

“So I don’t know if Adam is going to go back to ignoring me or it was just a coincidence that he didn’t call me last night.”

Just then, the Madam phone rang in the office. Pearl grabbed her coffee and her purse and headed towards the office. I still wanted to talk to her more about what had happened the night before, but the line continued ringing.

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