Obsessed (The Lizzy Gardner Series) by T.R. Ragan

Author:T.R. Ragan [Ragan, T.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2014-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 33

Hayley and Kitally left Lizzy at Madeline’s house and drove directly to Roseville and the interview they’d arranged with Andrew Morales, the man footing the bill for their search for his missing brother-in-law, Owen Santos.

Andrew’s wife left a tray of hot tea and cookies on the dining room table for them before she made herself scarce.

Andrew rested his elbows on the table, hands clasped, and said, “What have you found out so far? Any leads?”

“No leads yet,” Hayley said. “In fact, your sister, Robin, doesn’t seem too eager to find her husband.”

Andrew sighed. “She’s angry, that’s all. When I first hired you all to find Owen, I had no idea my sister was so bitter.”

“Because of the other women in his life?” Kitally asked.

“Apparently,” he said. “I can’t imagine it, though.”

“Why is that?”

“He’s not exactly a ladies’ man and I never saw him leave the house much. In fact, I never understood what Robin saw in him. When I would visit, Owen was usually on his computer in the den. He’s quiet, nerdy, hardly ever says two words to anyone other than his fish.”

“His fish?” Kitally asked.

“They have a koi pond in their backyard. If he isn’t on his computer, he’s outside talking to the fish.”

“Talking to them.”

He smiled. “That’s right. Every fish in that pond of his has a name, too.”

Kitally lifted her eyebrows and nodded slowly. “All right then. Only talks to his fish.”

Andrew looked over his shoulder as if to make sure nobody was listening in on their conversation. “Anyhow, like I said, I’d have to see it with my own eyes before I could imagine him taking up with another woman.”

“But then why else would he leave?”

“I guess to start a new life. Robin showed me their bank account. He withdrew two large sums, cleaning out their savings and retirement account only a few weeks before he disappeared.”

“Are you sure he withdrew the money and not his wife?”

He nodded. “Police already checked all of that out. When the bank showed them proof that he was the one who withdrew the money, they dropped the case.”

“If Robin doesn’t want to find her husband,” Hayley said, “maybe we should back off.”

“No,” Andrew blurted, shaking his head. “I refuse to let that man off the hook. He has two daughters who need looking after. They’ll both be in college before long. I love my nieces, but I have my own kids to look after. I don’t care how angry Robin becomes; I don’t want you to stop looking for him. We need to find him. I’m going to make him pay back every cent he took out of that bank account. Most of that money belongs to Robin and the girls. He needs to come back home and be a man, face his responsibilities.”

“We need information,” Hayley said, “but your sister refuses to let us talk to her daughters.”

“I was afraid of that.” He stood. “They’re in the back room with my daughter. It’s my day to pick the kids up from school and keep them until dinner.

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