StillWaters:Book4oftheSophieGreenMysteries by Still Waters

Author:Still Waters [Waters, Still]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-05-13T23:59:06+00:00

Chapter Ten

I showed Luke around the village centre, which I could have navigated blindfolded. I guess I need a new holiday destination, huh? I asked which restaurant was managed by our suspect, and it turned out to be the venue that hosted family evenings, fondue parties, dancing, the sort of events I wouldn’t go near unless someone was paying me.

“I’ll pay you,” Luke said, stroking my neck, and I gave him a drop-dead glance. “Ouch, that hurt. Okay, all right, where next? Where’s the sports hall?”

That was at the other side of the village, so we took our shopping back to the villa, locked Norma Jean in with a chew stick bribe, and made the mistake of walking past the bike hire centre.

“No,” I said.

“Yeah, come on. Best thing for getting around the village. You’re always saying how you should do more exercise…”

I rolled my eyes. “Yeah, but I don’t actually mean it.”

Thankfully, we were saved from the debate by my phone ringing. It was Angel, and I braced myself for more sobbing.

“How’d it go?”

She sighed. “I’m sorry I cried at you yesterday.”

Ah, lovely sweet Angel. “It’s okay,” I said. “You had cause.”

“Yes. Well, I’m better now.”

“How better?” I asked cautiously. A reconciliation?

“I talked to Rachel a bit. She’s nice.”

If terrifying.

“And Harvey?”

Angel took in a deep breath and let it out shakily. “You know how you can be in a room with someone and just not talk to them?”

Oh dear.

“Did you tell him?” I glanced up at Luke, who looked nonchalant but was no doubt earwigging furiously.

“I couldn’t,” Angel said. “I just couldn’t. He stayed about twenty minutes, then took Rachel back to wherever he’s staying.”

“Hilton,” I said automatically.

“And he’s not happy with you.”

“He’s not?” Fantastic.

“I don’t think he wanted you to bring Rachel to my house. I don’t know why he brought her over if he didn’t want me to meet her. You know, she’d been travelling for twenty-four hours!”

Yeah, and if you believe that, I have some land in Atlantis to sell you.

“Okay,” I sighed. “So how did you leave it?”

“We sort of didn’t. He said to Rachel, ‘We should go and get something to eat, you must be tired,’ and they went. Not even a goodbye. Sophie, he doesn’t love me any more!”

She started crying again.

“Oh God, Angel—” I looked up as Luke tapped my arm. We were at the front of the queue and some guy was holding out a bike to me. “Hold on,” I said to him. “Angel, honey, he does still love you. He’s just hurt and confused. You need to talk to each other. Tell him. He’ll be really happy. And Rachel will too. Come on. I need you to get married so I can flirt with all your rich friends at the wedding.”

Angel let out a sob, but it sounded like it was filtered through a smile. Luke was scowling at me.

I got onto the bike. The saddle was too low but I ignored that and steered one-handed out of the compound, wobbling as I tried to hold my phone, gathering dirty looks from everyone.

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