Tangled Destinies by Diana Palmer

Author:Diana Palmer [Palmer, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2017-08-31T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

IT TOOK GABY the rest of the day to get over what had happened. She brooded about it until she realized that she couldn’t just let it drop. It was bad enough that Smith had killed Joe, but now he was intimidating her, trying to frighten her into hiding what she knew. He had too much to lose to let anyone expose him. In addition to theft there was every possibility that he could be held responsible for Joe’s death if he had, indeed, been drugging Joe.

She weighed the consequences of her own actions and decided that she couldn’t live with herself if she took the coward’s way out. Joe had been her friend. How could she let his murderer get away scot-free? In addition to that she had to clear her name with Marc. If he hated her for old grudges, that was one thing. But she couldn’t bear to have him go on thinking that she’d led Joe to his death. The contempt in Marc’s deep voice, the hatred in his eyes when he looked at her, haunted her. She remembered his voice on the phone, what he’d said during that last conversation. It was almost beyond bearing. Marc, how could you believe that of me? she wondered miserably. He didn’t even trust her enough to take her word. And, of course, he didn’t love her. How could he believe that she’d do such a thing?

The only problem with this decision was the fact that it exposed her to danger. But if she was careful and planned her every move, she might just trap Smith.

She phoned the family attorney and asked him to suggest a reputable private detective. She then called Jack Harrolds, the detective, for an appointment and was able to get one that very afternoon.

Instead of going directly to the address, in case she was being watched herself, she switched cabs three times, careful to first go inside various buildings and out the back way. Eventually she arrived at the Harrolds Agency and was quickly shown in to see the detective.

He was nothing like she’d pictured him. His office was neat, and he looked like an ordinary businessman. He wasn’t young and single and debonair. He was middle-aged, balding and had photographs of a woman and three teenaged boys on his desk. There went all her illusions.

“Miss Bennett?” he greeted her pleasantly, rising to shake hands and offer her a comfortable chair in front of his big laminated desk.

“Thank you for seeing me so quickly,” she told him. She put her purse in her lap, smoothed her gray skirt and leaned back with a weary sigh. “Mr. Harrolds, someone is trying to kill me.”

He had to smother a grin. “I’m sorry, but that line...” he offered.

She smiled back, despite the gravity of the situation. “Yes, I understand. Nevertheless it’s quite true. And this is why.”

As precisely as she could, she gave him a sketchy account of what had happened to Joe. She told him about Smith, what she suspected and why.

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