Love, Money, and Lies by Olivia Saxton

Author:Olivia Saxton [Saxton, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 29

Alec’s and Bruce’s mouths dropped open when they saw the large Ryder moving truck in Margo’s yard. The neighbors at the end of the cul-de-sac looked surprised as well as they stood on their porches trying to pretend they weren’t looking at Margo’s former house. Two brunettes and a man with bleached blond hair came out of the front door.

“Who in the fuck are they?” Bruce asked with bewilderment.

“Shit, if I know,” Alec answered with shock. He pulled over at the curb and cut the engine.

They got out of the truck.

“Hi,” Alec greeted with a friendly smile.

“Hi,” the man said.

“My name is Alec. I live four houses down. Are you my new neighbors?”

“We sure are, Alec,” the man said happily. “I’m Steve Faulkner.” He shook Alec’s hand.

The two brunettes who were wearing pink jogging pants and matching shirts started walking toward them. That’s when Bruce realized they were twins.

“This is my partner, Bruce.”

“Hi,” Bruce said.

“Partner? Like you two . . . live together?”

Bruce’s head jerked back at the question.

“Oh no,” Alec corrected quickly. “He’s my partner from work and my best friend.”

“Oh, are you cops?” one of the brunettes asked.

“I knew this was a safe neighborhood. You can’t get any safer by having a cop in the neighborhood,” the other brunette commented.

“Actually, we’re FBI agents,” Alec corrected.

“Even better,” Steve replied. “Oh, where are my manners. This is Fawn, my wife, and Dawn, my sister-in-law.”

Bruce didn’t know which was which.

“It’s obvious that you two are sisters,” Alec said with a smile.

They both laughed, and they sounded the same.

“So, how did you get this house from Margo St. John? She loved the place,” Alec said.

“We lucked out,” Steve said. “She had placed an FSBO ad in the paper. I saw it. Took a chance and called the number. Margo met us here the same day. We loved the place and made an offer. It wasn’t asking price, but when I told her we could pay cash, she accepted it, and here we are.”

“How long have you’ve been waiting to move in?” Bruce asked.

“Well, we were going to wait the standard thirty days. Then we were going to move in on January second, but Margo called us on the evening before Christmas Eve and asked if we could move up the date. She had to leave town sooner than she had anticipated when we signed the letter of intent. We were happy to oblige since the funds had transferred to our new bank, and we were living in a hotel. That was getting expensive by itself,” Steve explained.

She’s been planning this for a while. She had to have been.

“I see. Do you know where Margo was heading?”

Steve tilted his head. “Um, she isn’t in any sort of trouble, is she?”

“Oh no, it’s just that she moved so quickly that my wife didn’t get a chance to get her new address. Margo was a bridesmaid in our wedding.”

“Oh, how nice,” one of the brunettes chimed. “How long have you been married?”

“Since June, but we do have a four-year-old daughter together and one on the way,” Alec said proudly.

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