Spooked (The Electi Series Book 2) by Elise Noble

Author:Elise Noble [Noble, Elise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Undercover Publishing Limited
Published: 2018-12-26T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19 - KIMBERLY

“DO YOU ASK all your clients that?”

Deflect, deflect, deflect. One of the few useful things I’d learned from my father. Once, I’d have described my type as older, refined, with a good sense of humour and enough money to keep us both comfortably. After Alan, I’d changed my views somewhat as I embarked on my new life as a single girl who didn’t want to be tied down. Looks became more important because like all girls, I appreciated shiny things, and he had to have an excellent working knowledge of his equipment and preferably mine too.

Reed Cullen was certainly easy on the eye if not a little brutish, but the question was, had he studied the operating manual?

Kim, don’t even think about that.

“Just the pretty ones,” he said.

“Ugh.”

Hold on—he thought I was pretty?

The porter held the door open, and I handed him a tip as I walked through. The living area was beautifully decorated with flocked cream wallpaper, a pair of dusky-pink sofas, and a vase of fresh roses. Reed could sleep in here, and at half price, we’d gotten a bargain.

At least, I thought so until I carried my bag into the other room and saw the dead girl lying on the bed.

“What the actual heck?”

Her eyes widened. “OMG! You’re one of those Electi people! I’ve heard all about you! Listen, you have to help me. My name’s Erin Roxbury, and my husband poisoned me on our wedding night. Our freaking wedding night! I was literally sitting right here when he told the doctor I’d clutched at my chest and then keeled over from a heart attack, the lying bastard. He pretended to do CPR and everything. It was money, that’s what it was. My trust fund and the house my parents gave us as a wedding gift. He couldn’t even wait until after the honeymoon, the needle-dicked asshole.”

No, no, no. I couldn’t even… Slowly, I backed out of the room, dragging my case behind me.

“New plan. You get the bedroom.”

“What? Why?” He must have noticed my resigned expression. “Tell me there isn’t a ghost in there.”

“Her name’s Erin, and you may want to avoid letting it all hang out because I have a feeling she’ll describe everything to me in excruciating detail.”

“Where is she?”

“On the bed. Wedding night blues. I hope they didn’t splash out too much on the ceremony.”

“Noted. I’ll keep my boxers on. Now can we talk about what happened in the grocery store?”

“I suppose.”

Reed took a seat on the sofa, and I perched on the edge of the cushions. Would it be rude if I took my shoes off? These ones were new, and the toes were a little narrow, and— Kimberly, just get on with it.

“Clyde’s been standing in the same spot for more than four decades, and he gets real bored. So he makes up stories to amuse himself, mostly about people who come into the store. And this morning, he saw E Cullen.”

“Emma?”

“No, this was a man. But Clyde

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