Her Last Summer: A Veronica Lee Thriller by Melinda Woodhall

Author:Melinda Woodhall [Woodhall, Melinda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Creative Magnolia
Published: 2020-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

The nausea was getting worse, as was the shaking. Lexi stood in front of the bathroom sink and splashed cold water on her face. She surveyed herself in the mirror, shocked by the red, swollen eyes and pasty, bruised complexion she saw looking back.

How did it all go so wrong, so fast?

Closing her eyes, she leaned her head against the cool glass and tried to think. But the trembling in her hands and the pounding in her head wouldn’t go away.

I’ve got to get some pills. They’ll help me feel better so that I can think. Then I’ll be able to figure out what to do.

If only Molly were still there. As much as Lexi had hated the coldhearted woman, she had needed her. Molly had been the keeper of the pills, and only she could make all Lexi’s problems fade away.

Now that Molly was gone, Lexi was on her own and the possibility of finding a way out of the mess she was in seemed hopeless.

No pills. No money. No hope for the future.

Crossing to the front window, Lexi peered out at the patrol car parked along the curb. She wasn’t a hundred percent sure the police officer within was parked there to protect her.

Maybe he’d been sent to keep an eye on her. To trick her into making a mistake.

She let the curtain fall back into place and slid to the floor. It had been almost eight hours since she’d taken the last two pills, and she would start to feel the real withdrawal symptoms soon. The nausea, headache, and shaking were just the preview to the main event.

The last few times she’d tried to kick her habit had ended in racking pain and debilitating anxiety. She’d felt like she was dying, and a part of her had almost wanted to. In the end she had always succumbed to the relief of the pills.

Now there were no pills.

Well, they are there. I just can’t get them.

The thought made Lexi sit up straight. What if the secret stash Molly kept was still safely hidden away?

She’d seen the concealed panel in Molly’s study only once, but she’d never forgotten the army of pill bottles and stacks of bags within.

At the time it had seemed like the promised land to Lexi, and she had figured that Molly must be dealing the drugs in addition to supplying them to the girls that worked for her. But that didn’t matter now.

Molly wouldn’t be selling drugs or setting up dates ever again. And all those pills would just go to waste.

Unless I go in there and take them. Why not? No one would ever know.

Once again she looked out the window; the police cruiser was still there. This was one of the times Lexi wished she had an apartment with a patio or back porch.

But her simple unit had only one way in and one way out, and that was through the front door leading straight out to the cop car.

Running a frustrated hand

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