Mississippi King by Celia Aaron

Author:Celia Aaron
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Celia Aaron, Inc.

We left Mrs. Lagner’s in a hurry after promising to look further into her okra matter. And I wasn’t lying. I intended to pass the case off to Logan as soon as I could. He could look into it right after we solved the murders.

“Where to now?” Benton fiddled with the heat.

“I’m going to drop you off at your place and head by the station.”

“Okay.” The hint of disappointment in his tone cut me a little.

“It’s just that I need to speak with Garvey and follow up with Pauline and Logan. I’m not trying to…” What was I trying to say here?

“I understand.” He turned one of the center vents toward me. “I need to check on Charlotte anyway. Porter is there with her, but she isn’t in the right headspace at the moment.”

“Are you afraid she’ll break down?” The streets were dark and shiny from the earlier rain, and the icy wind had me fighting with the steering wheel every so often.

“She already did that. No, I’m more worried that she’ll go off half-cocked or go out looking for trouble.”

“I didn’t take her for a scrapper.”

He smirked. “That’s one of her gifts. She seems so sweet and nice, but she’s tenacious. If she finds out who did it before we do…” He trailed off and shook his head.

His sister had just moved up in my estimation. “Then definitely keep an eye on her. We don’t want to add any more murders to our list.”

His smirk faded.

“I’m sorry.” I gripped the wheel tighter to keep myself from reaching for him. “That was bad wording on my part.”

“No. You’re right. I need to keep the family I have left safe. Losing Dad has been hard enough. And I still haven’t really processed it. I keep trying to, but my brain seems to lock up whenever I think about his office or him in it.” His voice broke at the end.

Though it was a mistake, I reached over and took his hand in mine. It was cold, so I gave it a squeeze and pulled in front of the vent. “It was a shock. It’s going to take time. But you can get past it. You’d be amazed at how many things we’re able to get past, no matter how bad they are.” A mirror image of myself flitted through my memory, my left eye black, my lip split, my stomach swollen with Vivi. That had been one of the last times I’d seen Dale. “You’ll be stronger in the end. And you can rebuild.” I returned his hand to his lap, but he didn’t let me pull mine away.

“One day I hope you’ll tell me what made you so strong, what you had to get past.” He grazed his thumb along the inside of my wrist, back and forth in slow arcs. Such a small touch, but one that resonated deeply.

I pulled away and cleared my throat. “Once I drop you off, I expect you to stay at your place. No late-night jaunts to your father’s house or any of the crime scenes.

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