No Loyalty by De'nesha Diamond

Author:De'nesha Diamond
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

Bethany was right. Between her cop father and her brother-in-law at the morgue, she knew how to help someone get away with the perfect crime.

“Mom!”

“Huh?” Klaudya spun away from the window, sloshing her hot coffee over her hand. “Ah, damn.”

Mya shook her head. “Oooh. You said a bad word.”

“Sorry.”

“Can we have twenty dollars?”

“Twenty dollars? For what?” She headed toward her purse.

“For the pizza party. Remember? You signed the school permission slip.”

Klaudya sighed. “Still, twenty dollars for a couple of slices of pizza? That’s highway robbery.”

Mya and Mykell looked at each other and rolled their eyes. “Here.” Klaudya handed over the money with a delayed smile and then kissed each of them on the forehead. “Have a good day at school.”

Mykell winked. “Thanks, Mom.”

“Yeah. Yeah.” Still smiling, Klaudya fixed another breakfast plate while Ruthie washed the dishes.

“Are you sure that’s enough?” Ruthie asked and then piled a few more strips of bacon onto the plate.

Klaudya turned up her nose but having a vegan household had never taken root. Humming, she exited out of the side kitchen door and walked over the blocks of stone leading to the tower. Like a natural waitress, she balanced the breakfast tray on the one hand and retrieved the key to the lock from her robe.

She entered and closed the door with the heel of her foot. Inside, she climbed a set of narrow stairs. At the top was another door, which required a second key. “Good morning.”

A chained Javid lay in bed and groaned. He’d been running a fever for the past week while the island had a rare week of rain. The tower was cold and drafty. The one window had been sealed and soundproofed, and Klaudya had the only key, to prevent the children from wandering inside and discovering their father alive.

“Still not feeling well?”

“Please,” Javid croaked, licking his lips. “I need to see a doctor.” His scraggly wet hair plastered to his head. His skin matched the shade of paste.

She chuckled. “And people in hell want iced water. Guess who will get what they want first?” She went to place the tray on the table by the bed, but it was broken. “What happened to the table?”

Javid writhed. “Doctor,” he begged.

“No doctors.” She set the tray on the floor. “They don’t treat dead people, and you’ve been dead for three years. Surely you haven’t forgotten.”

“Please.”

Setting her hands on her hips, she assessed the amount of sweat blanketing his body. “I have to admit, you don’t look too good.”

A nasty cough racked his chest. After a minute, Klaudya edged closer. When she pressed her hand against his forehead, Javid sprung. He raised a broken table leg to strike, but Klaudya’s Taser was faster.

“Aaaagh!” His eyes rolled to the back of his head before he crashed back onto the bed.

“Asshole.” Also from her pocket, she pulled out a remote. The chains reeled, stretching each of his four limbs to four separate posts on the bed until it was impossible for him to move.

After the immediate danger was over, Klaudya laughed.

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