Kill Me Twice by Roxanne St. Claire

Author:Roxanne St. Claire [Claire, Roxanne St.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Jazz’s legs almost buckled. “Let’s get out of here,” she said, folding the letters in half and stuffing them in her purse.

Fighting down the ache in her chest and the itchy sensation that she had to do something, Jazz left the house and walked along the side yard. At the sound of laughter, she froze. Hiding behind a bush, she watched three teenaged boys on bicycles talking to someone in a dark four-door sedan in front of the house. The passenger side of the car faced her, and the blackened windows prevented her from seeing the driver.

One of the boys left the group, dropped his bike on the side of the road, and walked over to the BMW that sat in the driveway. They’d left the top down and the interior wide open. Jazz swore under her breath. What a target that car was in this neighborhood. She was about to march out and tell him to bug off when the car suddenly peeled away and the three boys huddled together, looking at each other and Jessica’s car.

Spanish phrases floated in the air. As much as she wanted to confront them, she decided to get Alex. He could get rid of them in Spanish. She tiptoed to the backyard, and found Alex closing the sliding glass door.

“There are some kids messing around Jessica’s car. Can you go scare them off?”

He nodded, shaking the handle of the door. “Think I should lock this?”

“What? As a personal favor to her? There’s not much to steal in there anyway.”

When they reached the front of the house, no one was there. The bikes were gone, the boys were gone, the car was untouched.

“That’s funny,” she said. “They sure looked interested in getting a better look at that BMW.”

Alex frowned, glancing up and down the streets for the culprits. “Did you hear what they said?”

“It was Spanish,” Jazz said. “They were talking to someone in a car, then he took off and they zeroed in on Jessica’s car.”

He held out his hand. “Let me drive.”

She reached in her bag for the keys, glad to relinquish the wheel. She needed to search Jessica’s files for any mention of Denise on her laptop.

Her laptop!

She yanked open the passenger door and hopped in, reaching under the driver’s seat for the computer, but her hand hit something smooth and round. “Goddamn it. Did they take my freaking computer?”

Alex climbed in the car and started it. “Miami, man. Some thing’s never change.”

She felt again, reaching under Alex’s legs. She moved the cylinder and her fingers touched the edge of the laptop. How did it get moved back? Trying to snag the edge of the computer without putting her face right in Alex’s lap, she was suddenly aware of a powerful odor. She sat straight up. “Is that gasoline?”

Alex started to back out of the driveway, and sniffed. “Yeah. Maybe the car has a gas leak.” He sniffed again. “You can’t remember a word those kids said?”

The words had been fast bursts of conversation, all run together.

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