Never Look Away (2010) by Barclay| Linwood

Author:Barclay| Linwood
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-02-10T06:52:37.828000+00:00

Chapter TWENTY-SEVEN

Ethan ran into my arms as I walked through the front door of my parents' house. I hoisted him into the air and kissed both his cheeks.

"I want to go home," he said.

"Not yet, sport," I said. "Not yet."

Ethan shook his head. "I want to go home and I want Mom."

"Like I said, not right yet."

He squirmed angrily in my arms to the point that I had to put him down. He strode forcefully down the hall and out the front door.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"I'm going home," he said.

"The hell you are," I said and went out after him, grabbing him around the chest and swinging him up into the air. I brought him back inside, plunked him on the floor, gave him a light swat on the butt, and said, "Go find something to do."

He vanished into the kitchen, where I heard him open the fridge. Ethan usually enjoyed his time here, but he hadn't been in his own house since early yesterday morning. And as much as my parents loved Ethan, he was probably wearing out his welcome.

"Sorry," I said to Mom.

"It's okay," she said. "He just misses her. David, what's going on? Why did they take your car away?"

Dad, who'd just come in, said, "You should see what they're doing at his house. Tearing the goddamn place apart, that's what they're doing."

I steered Mom outside onto the porch where Ethan couldn't hear. "The police think I did something to Jan," I said.

"Oh, David." She was more sorrowful than surprised.

"I think they think I killed her," I said.

"Why?" she said. "Why would they think such a thing?"

"Things are ... things seem to be pointing in my direction," I said. "Some of it's just coincidence, like the fact that no one's actually seen Jan since I took her to Lake George Friday. This mix-up with the online tickets--"

"What mix-up?"

"But then there's other things, things that don't make sense, where people have been telling lies. Like up in Lake George, whoever runs that store up there."

"David, I don't know what you're talking about. Why would people tell lies about you? Why would someone want to get you in trouble?"

"The boy needs a lawyer, that's what he needs," Dad said through the screen door.

"I need to go up there," I said. "I need to find out why that person's lying."

"Is anyone listening to me?" Dad said.

"Dad, please," I said.

"Your father's right," Mom said. "If the police think you had something to do with whatever happened to Jan--"

"I don't have time now," I said. "I have to find Jan, and I have to find out why things are being twisted to look like ..."

"What?" Mom asked.

"Reeves," I said.

"The councilor?" Mom said. "Stan Reeves?"

"I was thinking he only just found out about this when I ran into him at the police station. But what if he's known about it for a while?"

"What are you talking about?" Dad asked.

"And Elmont Sebastian," I said. "I can't believe--I know they've got it in for me, but they wouldn't .

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