Swift Horses Racing: Silicon Valley Murder by VL Kazarian

Author:VL Kazarian [Kazarian, VL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fog Hollow Books
Published: 2024-01-04T00:00:00+00:00

Reyna had just finished with her 4 p.m. appointment, her last of the day. She cleaned up her station and peeled the gloves off her hands.

She checked her phone and saw that Jimmy had called and left a message. She sped through it, but she caught something about coming home a half hour late. That made things easier. She could pick up Jacky and get him settled in to finish his homework, with no need to rush dinner. She had frozen chicken adobo she could heat up.

She was replacing the polisher when Tiffany came in unexpectedly. Reyna knew her face showed her displeasure at this visit and she didn’t want to hide it. Don’t slow me down, girl. I want to get out of here.

Tiffany came into the room and sat down on the chair near the sink.

“Tiff, what’s up? Need something?”

Tiffany looked past her, as she watched Rocio tidy up at the front desk, pick up her purse and head for the front door.

“I want to know what you think you were doing when we were out last night,” she said, her voice lowered.

“Can you tell me what you’re talking about?” Reyna’s face felt hot. She pumped soap on her hands, rubbed them together thoroughly and rinsed them off in the sink.

“You know exactly what I’m talking about.” Reyna felt her coworker’s eyes boring into the side of her face. “The cop. You were flirting with him. We all saw it. What if Jimmy saw what you were doing? Would you be okay with that?”

“We were all out to have a good time last night. You were flirting with those guys in the car on Stevens Creek. What’s the difference? I knew the guy, Tiff. It’s not a big deal.”

Reyna yanked a paper towel out of the dispenser and dried her hands. She wasn’t going to let Tiffany pull her off schedule tonight. She was telling her the truth. Flores was an acquaintance she’d just happened to reconnect with.

“It wasn’t what you think. I was just meeting up with a friend.”

Tiffany studied her with an expression somewhere between disgust and pity.

“Don’t pull this shit on Jimmy. He deserves better.”

With that, Tiffany stood up and pushed past her. Suddenly Reyna felt deflated.

She’d gone home last night with a flutter of excitement. A surge of something that felt like joy. It had made her everyday life feel so dull, so lifeless in comparison. It flowed through every part of her body like a chemical. It made her feel alive. Her brother Armando had described what heroin felt like to her once. Just like this.

Even looking over at Jimmy that night, asleep on the other side of the bed, couldn’t take it away from her. Now that she had this feeling, bubbling up in her, she couldn’t imagine living without it.

She wondered how she would keep it.

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