Rumors & Roughing: A Slapshot Novel (Slapshot Series Book 5) by Heather C. Myers

Author:Heather C. Myers [Myers, Heather C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Alec brought home Chinese food that evening. He had to hop on a flight at the crack of dawn the next morning but Madison was just grateful that they might actually have a solution to their problem. Alec said that Clara Daniels seemed like she knew what she was doing and had solved every single case she worked on, though not always in her clients’ favor. At least they would have some type of closure on this whole thing.

Madison remained quiet during dinner. She knew how tense Alec was, how this whole thing was bugging him regardless of his playful nonchalance. That was one thing she wished Alec would work on about himself; sometimes, he refused to speak on his actual feelings and make a joke or deflect with something funny.

Except, Madison did not think this thing was funny at all. And, at least, Alec seemed to know that, so instead of cracking a joke and pretending this was all water under the bridge and it wasn’t affecting him, he stayed quiet.

“So,” Madison said after swallowing a mouthful of Diet Coke. “You have a good feeling about this?”

Alec nodded. His mouth was still full of kung pao chicken and there was sauce on the corner of Alec’s lip. Madison reached out and wiped it off of him with her thumb before sliding the tip of her thumb into his mouth. She watched as Alec’s eyes darkened at the gesture, his mouth seemingly temporarily incapable of chewing. He shook his head and swallowed his food.

“You know I love when you do stuff like that,” he muttered, more to himself than to her.

Madison smirked but said nothing. Instead, she perked her brow, indicating she wanted to hear the rest of Alec’s answer.

He cleared his throat. “I do,” he said. “Clara Daniels is a lot younger than I thought. She’s probably a couple years older than you are, but she knows what she’s talking about and she must be pretty damn good at her job for Seraphina to have faith in her the way she does. At least someone is looking into this, you know? It’s not like the cops are going to hear my side of the story and try to disprove the so-called victim.”

Madison nodded her head, leaning back in her chair. She had had enough Chinese food for the night and hoped Alec would focus on what had happened at the meeting with Clara and Seraphina. Not that she wanted to be nosey. She knew he only had so long here with her. He might not even talk about it. He might prefer to wrap himself up in her while he could.

She wouldn’t blame him if he did, and she would be perfectly fine with it.

“I think…” Alec pressed his lips together, crossing his arms over his chest. “I think it’s better than nothing. And if Clara is as good as Seraphina thinks she is, I think we’ll be okay.”

Madison felt a weight she hadn’t realized had been sitting on her shoulder lift.

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