Seven Deadly Sins: Small Town Romantic Suspense Thriller (The Seven Deadly Sins) by Cynthia Hickey

Author:Cynthia Hickey [Hickey, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Winged Publications
Published: 2023-04-22T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Robert sat glued to the television set as a camera recorded six of his followers and their wives being ushered into the police station. Six. All that was left after Lucy took matters into her own hands. Hopefully, a couple had managed to escape. There was no mention of any deaths. “From now on, terrorize the agent and detective without killing off my people. Or anyone I don’t tell you to. Not everyone deserves to die.”

“Of course, they do. Even us.” She handed him a box of takeout Chinese. “Haven’t you ever been to church? Heard the Bible stories?”

“Don’t tell me you believe the fantasies.” He dug into his chow mein, desperately wishing for a fine dining experience again.

“I didn’t say that.” She refused to elaborate further.

Let her keep her silly thoughts to herself. As long as she obeyed him, carried out his will until he was done with her, he’d put up with her moods.

He returned his attention back to the television. Questioning his people would most likely take all day. Then, he had some serious decisions to make. Did it really matter at this point whether his people talk? No one knew where he was. No, it wouldn’t solve anything to have Lucy kill them for talking.

“Why don’t you stop sulking and tell me what you would like my next move to be?” Using chopsticks, Lucy lifted noodles to her mouth.

He thought for a minute, his hand holding chopsticks halting halfway to his mouth. What did he want her to do? He was supposed to be ridding the world of people committing the sin of gluttony, but here he sat, feeling worthless and bored.

“I need to go hunting.”

“Sounds like a marvelous plan.”

~

Stupid man. Lucy tossed her empty container in the garbage. Would he ever realize one man couldn’t rid the world of sin? She shrugged. As long as he thought so, he’d continue to need her services. Her bank account continued to grow. Soon, she’d have more than enough money to retire in Europe in style.

Maybe she’d get married, start a family. Raise the next generation of assassins. She smiled and grabbed the bag to carry outside.

“Hello.”

Lucy glanced over to see a middle-aged woman with rollers in her hair peering over the hedge. “Hey.”

“I see you’ve got a man living with you. I saw him leaving the other day. Your father?”

Nosy old broad. “Old family friend.”

She nodded. “I saw a man about my age, then an older one. Lucky gal.” She grinned and bustled back into her house.

Lucy heaved a sigh. Nosiness got a person killed.

She climbed the steps to the woman’s porch and picked up the pruning shears the woman had set on a small wicker table. Then, she raised her hand to knock.

~

Harper stared at the woman in front of her until the woman squirmed. She folded her hands on the table and leaned forward. “You mean to tell me that you’ve never asked questions when your husband goes somewhere?”

She shook her head. “It’s not a wife’s place to ask questions.

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