Sins of the Past by Dee Henderson

Author:Dee Henderson
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FIC042040;FIC042060;FIC027080
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2016-03-14T04:00:00+00:00

EIGHT

What now?” Ben asked as Sylvia left the room. He wondered about Libby’s interest in Sylvia’s hooded mystery man.

“We ask Monika what she was doing by the old marina and why she lied to us,” Jim said.

It took a bit of searching, but they found Monika out by the old marina, of all places, her back to them, deep in conversation with a man. The man caught sight of them, and she turned, her eyes full of fear.

“Jakob?” Libby asked.

“You know him?” Ben said.

“He’s an assistant trainer for Kat and Sasha.”

“So for the two Russian swimmers in this race?” And Monika’s main competition.

“Yes.”

Interesting.

“What are you two doing out here anyway? Trying to get your stories straight?” Libby said, approaching. “It’s already too late. We know you lied to us, Monika. What? Did the two of you conspire to kill Kat, knock the competition out of the way? You couldn’t wait another week? You know this was her last season.” Rage and indignation for Kat and how she’d been murdered in cold blood boiled in her veins.

Monika stepped toward her. “It’s not like that.”

“Monika,” Jakob cautioned.

“We don’t have a choice. We have to tell them.”

“I’ll get fired, and you’ll get pulled out of the competition.”

“It’s better than them thinking we murdered Kat.”

Libby’s face scrunched. She looked as confused as Ben felt. “What’s going on here?”

Monika reached back and took hold of Jakob’s hand. “We’re in love.”

Libby’s head bobbed. “Seriously?”

Monika looked at Jakob with eyes full of affection. “Yes. We know it’s against the rules, which is why we were meeting in secret, which is why I couldn’t tell you the truth.”

Ben looked at Libby, curious if she was buying it.

“You could have told me,” she said.

“Like you wouldn’t have ratted me out to get me out of the way.”

“If I beat you, I want it to be fair and square,” Libby said. “Not because I busted you for dating the competition’s coaching staff. But how do we know you two didn’t do anything to Kat?”

“Because we saw her leave on a boat with another man.”

Libby’s eyes widened. “What?”

“Why didn’t you say something before?” Jim asked.

“Because I would have had to explain me and Jakob.”

“You could have just said you saw them while jogging,” Ben said.

“I thought it better not to open any possibility of you finding out.”

“So this boat, this man. What can you tell us?” And why did they leave from the old marina? Because they didn’t want to be seen together either, perhaps? Had Kat gone willing? So many questions raced through his mind, and no doubt Libby’s. He wondered where Jim would start.

“Not a lot,” Jakob said.

“Let’s start from the beginning,” Jim said. “You came here and . . .”

“Waited for Monika to show,” Jakob said.

“I heard footsteps down on the rocks below the hill and thought it was her. I looked down, but it was Kat.”

“Did she see you?”

“No. I ducked back as quickly as I could. I couldn’t risk her seeing me with Monika.”

“So then what?”

“I crouched back behind a tree and saw Monika coming over the hill.

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