Safe Keeping by Sissel Barbara Taylor

Author:Sissel, Barbara Taylor [Sissel, Barbara Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Crime, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781460328620
Amazon: B0CFR9D3N3
Goodreads: 20791476
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2014-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

15

“I’VE NEVER HEARD my parents talk that way to each other. Have you?” Lissa looked across the truck seat at Evan. “Maybe I should have stayed.”

“Your mom didn’t want you to,” he answered. “Like she said, you need to rest, too.”

They were stopped, waiting for the light to change at the I-45 intersection. Lissa felt the intensity of Evan’s gaze and went still. He was going to bring it up, the possible pregnancy; she could sense it. How could he think that was important now when her brother, her entire family, was in such terrible jeopardy?

“What about bail?” she asked, preempting him. “Did Mickey give you any idea how high it might be?”

The light changed. Evan attended to his driving, the silence riding like a stranger in the space between them.

“There’s over a quarter million in the business account, but it might not be smart to take the bail money from there,” he finally said.

“Then what do you suggest?” Lissa glanced at him. His face was a geometry of light and shadow, his expression a puzzle. Before tonight she would have said of everyone in the world, she knew him best, trusted him most, but he had changed the rules on her without warning. How could he possibly think that was fair? And then he’d tried telling her what to do. Where had that come from? What would happen if they couldn’t agree? Suppose he left her? Now, of all times? Why was she even thinking in such terms? She scrubbed her hands down her thighs.

He was talking about taking out a second mortgage on their home.

“My parents should be the ones to do that. Their house is paid for,” she said.

“I doubt Roy would go for that,” Evan said, then darting his glance between the rearview and side view mirrors, he said, “Who is this bozo behind us?”

“What bozo?” Lissa looked over her shoulder.

“This guy—I think it’s a guy, the one driving that light-colored Camry. See him? He’s been following us. He’s made every turn, changed every lane.”

“Where?” Lissa couldn’t pick out the car Evan was talking about, but she wasn’t good at identifying cars.

“He’s dropped back. Maybe I’m nuts, but I could swear he pulled in behind us when we left your folks’.” Evan watched the rearview. “I think I’ve seen him before, too.”

“Who would be following us?”

Evan shook his head. “Hell if I know. I’m probably crazy.” He looked at the mirror again. “I don’t see him now.”

Lissa settled back, her attention returning to her worry over her parents. “Dad acts as if he hates Tucker.”

“He doesn’t, Liss. You know better. He’s upset, and not just about Tucker. That was kind of a bombshell you dropped about Coe.”

Lissa said she knew it; she repeated her apology, and when Evan put his hand on her knee, her heart eased somewhat.

“I’d like to wring the bastard’s neck,” he said.

“I know.”

“The cops should be looking at him for these murders. Sometimes sick bastards like Coe escalate. They go on to commit bigger and better crimes.

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