Luca Mystery Series Box Set by Dan Petrosini

Author:Dan Petrosini [Petrosini, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781515004622
Published: 2019-04-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Stewart

“The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.” - Unknown

It felt good to finally have something work. After calling the hotline, it took less than a day for Robin to panic and look to me for comfort. Sometimes she can be so predictable. I knew they’d be looking at her, and they should. Three million bucks is three million bucks. That buys a lot of happiness from where I stand.

It was weird, though, that she passed on the accidental death thing. She said that since he worked in an office and didn’t do any dangerous sports or ride a motorcycle it wasn’t worth it. It seemed to make sense, but when I googled it, the top five causes had nothing to do with work or sports. It wasn’t surprising that car crashes were the number-one killer, but who would’ve thought that choking, fires, poisoning, and falls would round out the top five. Strange, if you ask me.

The cops would have to dig deeper on the accidental thing as Robin’s reasoning didn’t hold together in my eyes. Not only did she stand to benefit to the tune of three million, but she was manipulative. Robin would be put under the microscope now. As far as I was concerned, she deserved to get put through the mill at this point.

Overall, I felt good about my timing. Her birthday was right around the corner, and we’d be going out to celebrate for sure. It’d be nice to have a bit more momentum going into it. Maybe it was time to tell that uppity detective something else.

Then, on top of that, I could spice things up by making her jealous. That’s a surefire way to motivate a woman. It’s worked in the past, and even though she’s different, Robin’s not that different from the others.

I remember the time I got Marilyn to fork over eight thousand to bail me out of credit card debt. We’d been going out for over a year, but asking her at least ten times for the money had gotten me nowhere. She wanted me to work things out, go to one of those debt managers and have them help get a payment plan in place.

No way I’d do that. Even if they negotiated a lower interest rate on what I owed, it would take years to pay it off. Meanwhile, I’d be living like a pauper. It pissed me off to no end that she refused to help, saying whatever savings she had were illiquid. I couldn’t argue with that if it was true.

When she went to work the next day, I sneaked a look at her bank statements, which said she had over thirty-five thousand in savings, with twelve K of it in cash. When she got home I asked for a loan again. When she refused, I precipitated an argument.

After dinner, I disappeared, telling her I was meeting a friend and came home well after midnight. She was steamed. I

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