Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews

Author:Mary Kay Andrews
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780061753534
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2006-03-14T23:00:00+00:00

“No,” I said. “Should I? I don’t think I’ve ever even been to Port Wentworth.”

“You really should get out more,” James said. “It was all over the news in October. Six people were killed, including a two-year-old boy and one of the gang member’s fifty-eight-year-old grandmother, who was baby-sitting the child. There was so much publicity here in Savannah, the defense asked for, and got, a change of venue. The case is being tried in Macon. And each defendant is being tried separately. Since Jay Bradley was the chief investigator on the case, he’ll probably be tied up for months in Macon.”

“So send another cop,” I said. “Savannah’s not Mayberry. And Jay Bradley’s not the only detective on the Savannah Police Department force.”

James shook his head. “With Bradley spending most of his time in Macon, they’re shorthanded. And you have to look at it the way the cops do. Moseley didn’t kill anybody. He didn’t physically harm anybody. And he’s no longer in their jurisdiction.”

I pushed my chair away from the table. “So, what? You’re telling me he’s just going to get away with everything he did to me?”

James put his hands on the tabletop. “I’m just telling you the facts, BeBe. And asking you to be more realistic about your expectations. We’ll get the real estate mess straightened out, I feel sure. But frankly, I’m not so sure we’ll ever bring Moseley to justice. Or get back the money and other things he stole from you. So I’m suggesting you get on with your life. You’ve got an enormous amount of talent and brains and energy. I think you can make a success of running the Breeze Inn. Concentrate on that, why don’t you? Instead of Roy Eugene Moseley.”

“You don’t understand, James,” I said, my voice low, my cheeks flaming from the heat of outrage. “It isn’t just the things he took. It isn’t just the money. It’s what he did to me. He took my home, he took my livelihood. He stole my dreams. He made me a victim. When I found out he’d gone—I can’t even describe how I felt. It was like I’d been violated. You’re right. I am good at business. I’m smart and hardworking. And yes, I had a little family money to start with, but I built my businesses from scratch, with no help from anybody. And now I’ll be damned if I’m going to just walk away from the life I worked so hard to create.”

“What do you propose to do?” James asked.

I’d known all along what I had to do. I stood up and got my pocketbook. I put a five-dollar bill down on the tabletop for the tip. That much I could afford. I silently vowed to myself that it would be the last time anybody would have to pay for my meal.

“BeBe?” James said, getting up too.

“I’m going to go down to Florida and find the bastard.”

“And then what? Assuming you can find him, what do you plan to do next?”

I stood up very straight.

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