Reservation with Death by Diane Capri

Author:Diane Capri [Capri, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942633242
Publisher: AugustBooks
Published: 2019-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

On instinct, I swiveled around, hand up to punch, knee to strike. I was rewarded with a yelp and a groan. But my triumph was short lived when I saw who was doubled over, his hand protecting his private parts a bit too late.

“Oh my God, Daniel, I’m so sorry.” I went to touch him on the shoulder but thought better of it. He probably wasn’t in a touching mood right now, considering what I’d just done to his groin.

The guy with him had his hand over his mouth, trying to stifle the laughter that was clearly bubbling up.

Daniel put his hand out toward me. I wasn’t sure if it was to say, I’m okay, or to say, Back off.

He finally said, “It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have surprised you like that.”

“I was on a bit of a fight-or-flight instinct high.”

He straightened and nodded. “I should’ve known better. It’s just that you looked like you were in distress or something.”

“Yeah, I thought I’d seen something in there.” I gestured toward the maze.

“An overactive imagination,” the man standing with Daniel said with a bit of a laugh. “I’m the same way. Plus that maze is kind of spooky at the best of times.”

I gave the man a wary look, and Daniel quickly introduced us. “Andi, this is Steve Bower. The owner of Bower Development here on the island. We’re hoping to do some work together.”

He offered his hand, and I took it. “It’s nice to meet you, Andi.”

“You, too.” I frowned, trying to place him. He looked familiar—and not just from roaming about the hotel. Then it hit me. He was the man in the alleyway with the pregnant young woman. “Oh, right. How’s your girlfriend?”

Now it was his turn to frown. “I’m sorry?”

“Earlier I saw you with that pregnant girl…in the village.”

“No, I don’t think so. I haven’t left the hotel all day. You must have me mistaken for someone else.”

Daniel chuckled. “Yeah, I was going to say…Pamela’s pregnant?”

Steve laughed with him. “Would have been a huge surprise to me. Two ungrateful teenager kids in my house are enough for us.”

I smiled to be polite, but I found Steve to be disingenuous. Almost smarmy. Maybe I’d been wrong about him, and he wasn’t the man I’d seen in the alleyway. The couple was a distance away from me and in a badly lit back alley, and I had been tired. So it was possible I was wrong. And maybe Steve’s kids were little jerks, and I was just being sensitive after having the crap scared out of me.

“What were you doing in the maze?” Daniel asked. “Seems like an odd thing to be doing so late at night. Alone.”

“I was following someone. Maybe you saw him come out?”

Daniel frowned and glanced at Steve, who said, “I saw Nathan Hill maybe twenty minutes ago. He looked like he was in a hurry.”

“Brown hair, average build, about five foot ten?”

He nodded. “Yeah, sounds like him.”

“Do you know where he was going? Did he say?” I asked.

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