The Wreck by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force [Force, Marie]
Language: deu
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2011-04-16T14:25:49.003000+00:00

Carly was on edge all day. A steady stream of people dropped by her parents’ house to check on her. Molly and Debby came after the coffee shop closed for the day. They were still there when Matt Collins and Agent Nathan Barclay arrived to take a statement from Carly about what she had seen at the lake.

They also grilled Debby about the call she had taken from the man pretending to be Chief Westbury.

“He sounded just like him,” Debby insisted. “It never occurred to me that it wasn’t him. I’m so sorry, Carly.” Debby’s soft brown eyes filled with tears. “If anything had happened to you…”

“I’m fine,” Carly assured her friend.

They stared at her every time she opened her mouth. She supposed it would take some time before they got used to hearing her talk and stopped staring.

Molly and Debby left a short time later. While Carly recounted her story to Matt and Agent Barclay, the doorbell rang again. This time it was a neighbor bringing over brownies. Carly hated that she was waiting for Brian and that every time the caller wasn’t him, she had to absorb a fresh wave of disappointment. So much for not getting my hopes up.

“How’s Chief Westbury?” she asked Matt.

“He’s doing great. He passed all the heart tests, so they sent him home with orders to take it easy for a few days.”

“That’s a huge relief.”

“From what Mary Ann told me, he’s been desperately worried about you, though,” Matt added. “I’m sure you’ll hear from him.”

Agent Barclay handed Carly his card. “Give me a call if you think of anything else.”

“I will.”

Carly’s mother showed them out and then came back to the living room. “What do you feel like having for dinner? Anything you want.”

“I miss your meatloaf,” Carly confessed.

“Then meatloaf it is. Do you think maybe you could try to take a nap before dinner? You look beat.”

“I am.” She stretched out on the sofa.

Carol spread a light blanket over her.

Carly smiled at her. “You’re spoiling me rotten, Mother.”

“And enjoying every minute of it. Go to sleep.”

While Carly dozed on the sofa, the phone rang a couple of times, and her father came home. Before she knew it, her mother was shaking her awake. “Honey? Dinner’s ready.”

Carly sat up and tried to emerge from the deep sleep she had fallen into.

“Do you feel any better?”

“Yeah,” she said with a big yawn.

“Chief Westbury called while you were sleeping. He really wants to see you. I told him we’d take a walk over after dinner.”

Startled, Carly looked up at her mother.

“That is, if you feel up to it.”

“Of course I do,” Carly responded in what she hoped was a light, breezy tone. “Why wouldn’t I?”

Carol snorted with laughter as she folded the blanket and returned it to the back of the sofa. “Whatever you say.”

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