Lethal Tide by Beth Prentice

Author:Beth Prentice [Prentice, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
Published: 2018-01-31T05:00:00+00:00

Lori and Martin were pretty quiet on the drive home. Well at least they were quiet to each other. Lori hummed a Beach Boys song the entire way, and Martin slept on the back seat. I still wanted to talk to Lori, but now wasn't the right time.

"Here we go," I said pulling up outside the address Martin had given me. The house was a large single story situated at the end of a long driveway and surrounded by manicured gardens. Geez, whatever Martin did before retiring obviously paid him well.

"This is the right place, isn't it?" I asked, peering at the oppressive-looking windows frowning at us.

I took his grunt for a yes. Martin was so drunk he was almost incoherent.

He sat up and fumbled for the door mechanism.

Lori leaned against the door and closed her eyes. "You sh…shimply mustttt come in," she slurred, her eyelids fluttering and the smell of rum almost choking me.

"That's okay, Lori. I don't need to come in."

Martin managed to open the door and attempted to get out, tripped on the door rim, and hit the ground face first. Oh geez.

Lori turned to see what had happened and then burst out laughing. Only once she completed the same maneuver he had, did I think maybe I did need to go inside. If I didn't help them, they'd probably spend the entire night on the front lawn.

"Come on, you two," I said, getting out of the car and running around to them.

Lori flipped onto her back and started to cry. Martin saw that, crawled over to her, and pulled her close. True love. I personally had no idea what he saw in her, but I guessed my mum was right when she'd told me it took all sorts to build a world.

"Is okay…" he cooed in her ear. "I'm here. Is…okay." He nuzzled her into his neck, whereby she immediately stopped crying. Seconds later it looked like they were both asleep.

I stood looking down at them, my hands on my hips, wondering what to do.

"Hey, guys! Let's go inside," I called.

They didn't move. I took a closer look and checked that they were definitely breathing. As Martin's loud snore reached my ears, I groaned.

"Martin!" I said getting in close to him. "Martin. You can't sleep here."

He didn't seem to care. He just snored louder.

Okay, time to change tactics. "Lori! Didn't you want to show me inside?"

Lori's eyes looked back at me, glazed from too much alcohol consumption.

"Argh…" she moaned.

"Lori! Are you okay?"

"I can't breathe…" she wheezed.

Martin had rolled his leg over hers, his body weight rolling onto her. I probably needed to get him off.

I shook his shoulder. "Martin, wake up! We need to get you to bed."

His snoring turned up another notch.

I grabbed Martin's shoulder and pulled him towards me, attempting to roll him off her. He responded by almost cocooning her and holding on tight, smiling in his drunken sleep.

"You okay in there, Lori?" I asked.

She was being held in a pretty tight grip, and I prayed she at least could get as much oxygen as she needed.

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