Music City by Leona Bryant

Author:Leona Bryant [Bryant, Leona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leona Bryant
Published: 2010-07-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-two

Alex and Derek’s caseload was much larger than either of them had envisioned when they opened shop in Nashville. In only a few short months, they were juggling more cases than they really had time to dedicate to properly.

They discussed hiring another investigator, but decided to wait a little longer to see if it was just their advertising paying off, or if this was the way it would always be. Alex’s observation was that they may find themselves with little or nothing to do in a few weeks, and if they hired a new investigator, it wouldn’t be fair to anyone.

“I’ve got that stake-out on the Miller case I need to start this afternoon Derek,” Alex groaned. “Remind me again why we’re doing divorce work.”

“Because the client gave us a ten thousand dollar retainer.” Tracy reminded. “And he has very deep pockets. His pre-nuptial contract voids any alimony if she’s caught cheating on him. It’s in his financial interest to do that.”

“But we already have pictures; we know she’s cheating on him. What else does he want?” Alex complained, knowing it was silly to do so, but doing it anyway.

“He wants to establish a long-term pattern, and not allow her to have any way to deny it, or say the pictures were taken out of context. This guy is very patient.” Tracy said.

“Better you than me,” Derek cheerfully declared with a smirk. “Don’t forget to charge your camera batteries,” a grinning Derek teased.

Just then Alex’s phone rang and he answered. Tracy and Derek could tell by the look on his face that something was wrong, but of course they were only hearing one side of the conversation.

“Yes, my firm represents Ms. Shepard.”

“Yes, that would be Ms. Shepard’s nephew and his father.”

“Where was that, did you say?”

“That is unfortunate.”

“Yes, we will see how Ms. Shepard and her sister would like to proceed and I will get back to you by the end of the day.”

“Not a problem, thank you for calling.”

Alex hung up the phone and just looked at Tracy and Derek.

Tracy spoke up, “What did Billy Joe and BJ do now?”

Alex shook his head, “Well, it seems they must have been on their way here. The reason the State Police tried calling me was because Billy Joe still had my card in his wallet, with Shelly’s name written on it. He also had Shelly’s card, not sure how he got that, but anyway, thank goodness the officer got no answer when he called Shelly.”

Tracy shook his head, “I knew he’d try something after Dorothy left him and came here. I just knew it.”

Alex held up his hands as though to hold Tracy back, “Hang on a minute, Tracy, let me finish.”

Tracy’s face blushed crimson, “Sorry.”

“As I was saying, the officer called me because he couldn’t get through to Shelly. It seems Billy Joe and BJ were traveling west on I40. They were just inside the Tennessee State line when Billy Joe lost control of the truck he was driving and went through a guard rail and down a fairly steep embankment.

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