Only the Good Die Young: Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles Book 12 by Davis Cindy

Author:Davis, Cindy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-18T00:00:00+00:00

I jerk awake as Tommy stops at the dock. Hans is standing there waiting, arms crossed, face scrunched like he just sucked a lemon. Jeez-looweez, not two of them. Admittedly, I had been wondering how I would get all the way down the dock and climb onto the houseboat without screaming like a baby. There is one bit of good luck here: he didn’t take me to his house. Visions of that possibility pile onto the awkward ones from earlier.

One on each side, holding my arms so my feet barely touch the wood, the guys get me onto the boat. I gesture to the couch.

“No. Bed.”

A simple glance at Tommy achieves the meaning I intend, so he escorts me to the couch where I sit—carefully—to bask in the delightful sunshine. Hans brings me a glass of water then deposits a kiss onto my left temple. “I’m going to fill your scripts. Be back asap. Stay right there.”

Tommy bustles around in the kitchen. Soon he appears with a plate holding two pizza slices, which he sets in front of me. Then he unfolds a napkin and—get this—like a fancy-restaurant waiter, lays it in my lap. I don’t know how, but I manage not to laugh. Not because of possible pain…because I don’t want to hurt his feelings. He’s trying so hard. But, says the little voice in my head, he thinks you crashed your bike. I wonder if there’s a benefit to telling the truth here. Will he become even more dedicated to keeping me safe? Then I’ll never get rid of my bodyguards. So, for now, I’ll say nothing. In three days when I’m officially allowed out of this prison. Maybe.

The chief lumbers back inside, and into my bedroom. Really? This is the reason for leaving home and living in the woods, no one invading my private space.

Just then Diablo flies over, makes a swoop to zoom in, rivaling my moves in the quidditch game. He lands on the arm of the couch, takes one sniff of me and squawks.

“Sorry, bud,” I tell him, “I’ll get in the shower as soon as possible.” I tear off a piece of crust and hand it to him.

Tommy returns. He’s on the phone. “No, don’t come over. She’s having something to eat…I know but I don’t dare put her to bed hungry, she’ll chew off my arm. Anyway, I’ll let you know when she’s awake…Okay, thanks for calling.”

“Anna, right?” I ask, as he stows the phone on his belt.

“Yes.”

He places a second plate of pizza on the table and falls into the chair across from me. Uh-oh. He’s gonna start the cross-examination now. Which he does.

“Tell me what happened.”

“You already made up your own story. Why should I try to change your mind with the truth?”

Tommy’s got a half-chomped bite in his mouth. He finishes chewing and swallows. I wait, letting him swish my words around in his head until they make sense to him.

I follow up with, “When have you known me to drive too fast?”

“I’ve never seen you drive at all.

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