Homecoming Homicides by Marilyn Baron

Author:Marilyn Baron [Baron, Marilyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Action-Suspense, Contemporary, Suspense
ISBN: 1628301961
Amazon: B00I27AS2I
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Published: 2014-01-25T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“What are you doing here?” Flippy snarled as she walked into her reception area and found Luke sitting in her receptionist’s chair.

“I’m relieving Misty,” Luke replied innocently.

“More importantly, what are you doing here?” Luke bristled. I left you in bed. I mean sleeping. You were so exhausted I thought I’d let you sleep in. And how did you get here anyway? I was going to come back and pick you up after my test.”

“I hitched a ride.”

“You hitched? Are you crazy? There’s a serial killer out there, and you hitched?”

“Don’t lecture me. You were the one who suggested I leave my car here, Mr. Brilliant. You left to take your test, so how was I supposed to get to work?”

“I told you I was planning to pick you up. And I had you covered, don’t worry.”

“You had me covered? I didn’t see anyone lurking about.”

“That’s why they call it under cover. You’re not supposed to see them.”

“Admit it, you don’t have anyone watching me. Which is fine. I told you I don’t need your protection.”

“Calm down.”

“And where’s Misty?”

“She’s working at DaVinci’s.”

“DaVinci’s? But she works for me. What is she doing back there?”

“Apparently she and the owner are tight and he was short-handed, so she offered to work for a few hours.”

Flippy sighed. Her talk with Misty was long overdue. The girl had a lot to learn about responsibility. This wasn’t some part-time job. Maybe she was being too bitchy. Probably because she had a ton of things to attend to, and she had gotten a late start. And she was hungry. She hadn’t eaten breakfast, and worse, she’d had no transportation to the doughnut shop, so the men living in front of her office were going to go hungry too.

“Did you take your exam?”

“I did. I’m just glad it’s over.”

“How do you think you did?”

“Hard to say. I didn’t get enough studying time in, but you never know.”

“You didn’t have to do this. You’re just babysitting me, and it’s not necessary.”

“I told you. You’re stuck with me unless I have class, and then you get my replacement.”

“How am I supposed to recognize your replacement?”

“You’re not, if he’s doing his job correctly. You got some messages,” Luke said. “More than a dozen media calls.”

“That was nice of you. But you shouldn’t be spending time answering my phone and taking messages. I have an office to run and we have a case to solve.”

“As I keep telling you, you don’t have a case to solve. I do. And someone else called.”

“Who?”

“Number 10, Big Jack.”

“Not again. What did he want?”

“Has he been harassing you?” Laid Back Luke uncoiled, baring his fangs, and almost sprang out of Misty’s seat.

“His prior messages say he wants me back. He apparently hasn’t received the memo yet that I don’t tolerate cheaters. He’s confusing me with my mother.”

Luke was not touching that subject with a ten-foot pole.

“I told him to stop calling you, and then I told him about Traci. He was going to hear it on the news anyway.

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