On the Hook by Betty Hechtman

Author:Betty Hechtman [Hechtman, Betty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781683315667
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Published: 2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Finally alone, I settled into the room where I kept all my yarn and projects and was deep in thought about my attempts at a murder investigation, eating a piece of my mother’s Mystery Cake, when the phone rang. I was embarrassed to admit that it made me jump. Maybe that drink and the note that went with it had left me more shaken than I wanted to admit.

“Molly?” Mason said when I answered. “What happened? I haven’t heard any more from you about the Timothy Clark situation.”

“Sorry. I thought no news was good news.” I didn’t add that the way he’d made it so clear that anything between us would be strictly platonic made me feel awkward.

“I was concerned, Molly. Has Barry been hounding you?” he asked.

I felt a twinge when he said my name. Before, he had always called me Sunshine. It had been his nickname for me because, he’d said, I always brightened his day.

“I wouldn’t call it hounding. He just keeps showing up.” I realized I was still holding a fork with a piece of cake on the end, and I set it down on the plate. “There was another incident.”

Mason knew me well enough to read into what I’d said and figure that it was a little more than an incident. “As your lawyer, you really should keep me in the loop.” He sounded upset, as if he had something on his mind.

“I hate to trouble you with it now. It’s late and certainly past your office hours. Maybe I should call you tomorrow.” I was doing my best to keep my voice businesslike, but I knew some of my feeling came through.

“Remember I said you could call anytime,” he said. “We might as well discuss it now.” There was silence on his end for a moment, and then he began to talk. “I’m sorry, but I have to say this first.” He took a deep breath and then let it out. “The problem is that you’re still under my skin. I kept thinking that time would make it go away…”

“Sorry … I guess,” I said, not sure how to react. There was more silence. Finally I spoke. “What is it you want me to do? Tell you about the incidents? Find another lawyer?”

“What I really want is to see you,” he said. This time the silence was on my end. I wasn’t sure what to say or, for that matter, do. I certainly didn’t want to do anything rash like invite him over now.

He picked up on my hesitance and probably regretted sounding so direct. “I didn’t mean this minute,” he said. “Maybe tomorrow—during the day. I was going to work from home. We could meet for lunch somewhere.”

“No, that won’t work. I already promised Leo,” I said.

“Leo, again? What’s the status of that?” Mason said.

“I’m going to help him update his look and introduce him to exotic food.”

Mason chuckled and suggested dinner, and we agreed to meet up after I finished at the bookstore.

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