The Case of the Sexy Shakespearean by Tara Lain

Author:Tara Lain [Lain, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-64080-486-9
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

A HALF hour later, Llewellyn leaned around the corner of Maria’s office. “H-hey.”

She looked up, and her eyes widened. “Hey, boss, what the hell?”

“There’s n-nobody else around?”

“No. Get in here.” She raced from her desk, grabbed his arm, and pulled him inside, then slammed the door and locked it.

He sat on the couch, and she brought him a mug. He sipped and sighed. “I should bring you tea. You’re the one who’s been fending off the attacks of the a-avaricious academics.”

She sat opposite him, holding her own cup. “I love it. The case of the avaricious academics.”

“So what’s going on?”

“Van Pelt was here Friday night and first thing this morning. I mean, seriously, boss, that man’s never kept such an ambitious schedule in his life.”

“The a-ambitious, avaricious aca-cademics.”

“Exactly.” She nodded at his closed door. “He was determined to wait in your office until you arrived, but I locked it and told him I didn’t have the key.” She grinned.

“Th-thank y-you.”

She stared at her coffee. “Have you decided what to do?”

He sighed. “I s-suppose I’ll take her m-m-money. Maybe I c-can get you made a t-teaching assistant.”

“I’d rather help in your research.”

“Y-you c-can do both. You’ll be a g-good teacher and make m-more money.”

“That’s fine, Llewellyn, but this isn’t about me. Do you feel okay about this research? I know you said it’s impossible to prove, but that’s been said about a lot of things. Do you think it’s true in this case?”

“P-probably. B-but I s-saw Anne over the weekend, and she g-gave me a document that w-was very interesting. If it was real, it could be s-significant.”

“Cool. May I see it?”

“It was st-stolen.”

“What? When? I thought you said you had it.”

He nodded. “I d-did. Someone, uh, stole it f-from me.”

“What the hell?” She threw herself backward in the chair. “Please tell me what happened.”

He glanced at his hands. “I d-don’t want to freak you out.”

“You’re already freaking me out.”

The words rushed out as much as they ever could with him. “I g-got hit over the head and the manuscript was stolen.”

“Holy shit, boss! Are you okay?”

“Y-yes. B-Blaise found me and c-called the cops.”

“Are they investigating?”

“Not really. They’re n-not very interested in a photocopy of some old p-papers about Shakespeare.”

“Wow. So if you don’t have this document anymore, why are you taking the case?”

“I-I remember it, and w-we can t-try to find the original.” He smiled. “Y-you and me.”

She let out a hissing breath. “Well then, good, I guess. No one deserves that money more than you.”

“N-not me. The school.”

“No. She told me she was giving a million to you and the rest to the university. Even after you pay my assistant fees”—she grinned—“you’ll have quite a bit left.”

He sat back and sipped. Truthfully, he wouldn’t mind having that much money at his disposal. Imagine all the research he could do. “Okay.”

“Cool. She’s gonna be thrilled. Shall I call her?”

What a frightening commitment to prove something he suspected was virtually not provable. “Y-yes.”

She picked up the office landline and dialed.

Llewellyn heard a phone ringing and grabbed for it, but it wasn’t his.

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