Pro Bono Romance by Shirley Holder Platt

Author:Shirley Holder Platt [Platt, Shirley Holder]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798649621946
Published: 2020-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen – Rainy

Olivia’s phone call broke the spell Rainy was under. She turned away from Gabe as she answered, and he was gone when she ended the call. It had been a week since the last break in. She’d had the glass pane repaired on the back door; the police had come and gone; and no one had heard a word from Martin. She needed to go home, but she’d enjoyed Gabe’s company in the evenings. The man was a total slob, but other than that, he was fun.

She cleaned the kitchen and let Delilah out again. Olivia had called to let her know that Leon was sick. Their back up line cook, Carlos, was coming in, but Olivia was the only one in the kitchen. Rainy needed to face the music. It was time to stop hiding and go to work. She surveyed the spotless kitchen, and when satisfied, went to her side of the house for a shower. It was funny to think that in one short week, she was thinking of this as home.

Walking into the café an hour later, Rainy’s heart raced as she remembered the last time she’d been there. She’d never feel safe being alone again, and she had Martin to blame for that. If she ever found the man, she was determined to prosecute to the extent of the law.

“You don’t look very happy to be back here,” Olivia said as Rainy pulled a clean apron from a hook and tied it around her waist.

“I was just remembering the last time I was here.”

“Any word on finding Martin and that slut he hangs around with?” Olivia asked.

“Nothing. It’s like he disappeared. The police stopped watching the house, since no one’s been there since my rescue. Maybe they skipped town.”

“I hope their car broke down in the middle of the desert and they are, at this moment, crawling in the dirt, shriveled lips, sunburnt, miserable . . .”

“Hey, for such a young person, you sure can be cruel.” Rainy held her hand up to stop Olivia.

“They deserve it.” Olivia couldn’t keep up her rant, because she had food cooking and customers waiting for it.

“Martin kept telling me that he needed money to pay the guys he bought the drugs from in the first place. Maybe he’s in trouble.” Rainy pulled on her bottom lip as the unsettling thought came out of her mouth.

“You can’t seriously be worried about him,” Olivia said as she flipped a hamburger patty and laid a slice of cheese on top.

“I cared about him at one time. I don’t wish harm on anyone. I simply would like to see justice done.”

“Which includes locking those creeps up for at least ten years,” Olivia said. She lifted the basket of fries from the fryer and dumped them onto a draining rack. Rainy sprinkled them with her secret mixture of salt and spices. It felt good to get back into the groove of working.

“So,” Olivia said. Her voice had changed from righteous indignation to curiosity.

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