Man of Fate by Rochelle Alers

Author:Rochelle Alers [Alers, Rochelle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, streetlit3, UFS2
ISBN: 9781472018779
Google: 6UmCAAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B002B9MHOK
Publisher: Mills & Boon
Published: 2009-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

* * *

Kyle sat on the side of the bed, leaned over and kissed

Ava’s forehead. “I left a set of keys for you on the countertop next to the coffeemaker.”

Ava opened her eyes, peering blurrily at Kyle. He was

dressed for work. “Do you want me to set the alarm?”

“Yes. Just set the On button and you’ll have thirty

seconds to close the door.”

“Thank you, darling.”

He smiled. “What are you thanking me for?”

“For knowing that I needed not to be alone last night.”

“You don’t ever have to be alone. Any time you want

to move in just let me know.”

“Kyle, I can’t—”

“I know,” he said, interrupting her. “You don’t do

well living with a man.”

“You’d better get going if you want to get to your

meeting on time.”

“Are you trying to get rid of me?”

Ava patted his shoulder through his suit jacket. “I’m

hoping to get a few more hours of sleep.”

“On that note I’m leaving. I’ll see you later.”

“Later.”

Ava held her expression of indifference until Kyle

left the bedroom, and then she let the love she felt for

him fill her from the inside out. It was becoming more

and more difficult to hide her love for him. The only

time she was able to let go was during lovemaking. It

was then she surrendered all of herself, holding nothing

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back. If only he took the time to assess how different

she was in and out of bed, he would see the truth.

Kyle waited for James Hayden to seat his wife before

introducing everyone around the conference table. “Mr.

and Mrs. Hayden, I’d like you to meet the firm’s associate attorney Jordan Wainwright. Mr. Wainwright will answer any of your questions in regard to your son’s

case if I’m not available.” The Haydens smiled at Jordan.

“Seated across from Mr. Wainwright is Ms. Dickson,

who will record this morning’s meeting.” He’d asked his

nighttime paralegal to come in early with the court

stenographic machine. His gaze shifted, focusing on

Rashaun, who sat slumped in his chair as if he didn’t

have a care in the world.

Kyle glanced down at the typed report in the NY vs.

Hayden folder. “I’ve asked you to come in this morning

because we’ve come up with some inconsistencies in the

evidence gathered by the D.A.’s office.”

James Hayden blinked slowly behind his glasses.

“What inconsistencies are you talking about?”

Jordan glared at Rashaun, who sat up straighter. “We

have a videotape that will prove Rashaun wasn’t involved in the robbery.”

Mrs. Hayden turned to look at her son. “But the

police told us they have pictures of Rashaun with a gun.”

As agreed upon beforehand, Kyle would address

Mrs. Hayden’s questions and Jordan James Hayden’s.

They’d decided to play good cop, bad cop in the hope

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that Rashaun would give up the name of the person pretending to be him.

“I had an expert go over the tape and he verified that

it’d been edited.” Kyle laid out five photographs. “This

is the first shot. Note the time on the clock on the wall.

It reads five-seventeen. In the next four photos the same

clock is reading ten-twelve. There is a difference of five

hours and five minutes between the onset of the robbery

to when the perpetrator exits the bodega.

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