The Crossing by Serita Ann Jakes

Author:Serita Ann Jakes
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781400073030
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Published: 2011-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Victor

It was midafternoon before Claudia finally answered her phone. Vic was glad to hear her voice, especially after last night’s ordeal.

“Did you get your mother home?” she asked him before he could say anything.

“Yes. I hired a nurse’s aide to come and stay with her this week. She’s not happy about it.”

“Well, did you expect her to be?”

“No, I guess not. How was your lunch with the nurse?”

“I had lasagna. We talked about nursing, mostly. The woman we saw last night didn’t lose the baby.”

Vic felt his stomach tighten. If that woman was Harper Abbott, then Casio was going to be a father. And not under very good circumstances. He had a feeling Casio didn’t know about it. Casio wasn’t one to keep his mouth shut, so Vic was sure he would have mentioned it if he knew. “She talked about her patient?”

“Not by name or anything like that. But I asked her about the baby and she said it was okay. The pains were just gas or something like that.”

“Sounds like you didn’t have a very good time.”

“It wasn’t too bad.”

Her voice sounded strained, almost like she was angry.

“Is everything okay, Claude?”

“Not really.”

“What’s wrong, honey?

“When were you planning to tell me you had opened the Remington case and were working on it with Casio?”

Vic drew in a breath. “How did you find out?” No way she could have learned all that at lunch. The nurse couldn’t have known about Casio.

“The girl who does my hair happens to be dating Blake and she told me. She said Casio and you questioned Blake. I was going to discuss it with you at dinner last night. But then your mom got hurt.”

“Claude, let’s talk about this when we get home.”

“When I get home, I’m packing my things and moving out.”

Vic’s heart picked up speed. “What do you mean? Isn’t that a little excessive for the crime?” He’d kept the truth from her to protect her from going completely ballistic. He had tried to spare her the emotional trauma of knowing he was working on the case. This didn’t make sense.

“Do you mean the fact that I can’t stand the thought of sleeping next to you every night, knowing you’ve reopened a case that gives me panic attacks and nightmares? Or that you didn’t respect me enough to tell me yourself instead of making me look like a fool? I had a panic attack right in the parking lot at Tara’s.”

“Honey, I’m sorry.” When Claudia didn’t respond, he said, “Please don’t do this.”

“I have to.” Her voice broke, but Vic recognized that she was resolute in her decision.

“Where will you go?”

“As much as I hate to do it, I’ll have to stay at my parents’ house.”

“You don’t have to do this, Claude. Come on.”

“You didn’t have to open BJ’s case. It’s been this long and no one else has been murdered. So it’s not like we’re talking about a serial killer. BJ must have ticked off the wrong person, or maybe it was random and she was just unlucky.

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