The Lie by Maggie Cole

Author:Maggie Cole [Cole, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pulse Press Inc

Blake

* * *

I got through my meetings. More shares were sold to my enemies. I needed a way to stop this, and fast.

My phone rang. I looked down to see messages from my sweetheart, which erased my anger a bit. I left my office and went downtown, into the store we were in yesterday.

The sales lady recognized me. Who knew what was going through her mind. I tipped my hat at her. “Ma’am. I’d like to see those boots in a seven-and-a-half, please.”

She smiled. “I thought you might be back. Let me go get them.”

I looked around the store and picked out a hat to match the boots just as she came out of the backroom. “Ah, good choice. It’s comfy, too. Your girlfriend will love it.”

My girlfriend. I smiled. “I do think she will.”

She rang me up, I gave her my credit card, and she packaged the boots and hat into boxes and then put them into bags. She handed me my purchase, and I left. I walked back to my truck, threw the bags in the back seat, got in, and started to head home.

A few miles away from my house, an SUV was pulled over to the side of the road. The hood was up, and smoke came out of it. I slowed down and got out of the car.

I walked toward the SUV. “Need a hand?”

She poked her head out from under the hood with a streak of grease on her cheek. My stomach dropped. “Fuck,” I muttered under my breath.

Sherry squinted at me. “Blake?”

“What are you doing under that hood?” The Sherry I knew didn't fix cars or touch grease.

“Just leave, Blake. I don’t need your anger today, I’ve got enough problems.” She glared at me.

I walked closer to the car and tried to get over my stunned reaction that she was dirty. I repeated, “What are you doing under that hood?”

“Leave me alone, Blake,” she spat. I realized that maybe Laura had been right: Sherry didn’t seem like she was part of her wealthy family anymore.

But maybe this is a ploy?

I looked around. No one was around but us. Suddenly, I heard a wail.

“Shoot,” Sherry muttered. I glanced through the window and saw a small boy.

Sherry walked over and removed the child out of the car seat. “Shh…it’s okay.” She bounced the boy on her hip and tried to calm him down.

I went over and looked under the hood. “You’ve got a broken belt and a radiator issue.”

“You think I don’t know that? Gee, thanks so much for your keen observation.”

I scanned Sherry’s cheek, hands full of grease, and then her dirty clothes. I couldn’t help it. I started laughing. Hard.

Sherry looked at me with annoyance and sneered, “Feel better laughing at my bad fortune?”

I stopped. “No. I’m sorry. I’m not used to seeing grease and dirt all over you. I never thought I would see the day—”

“Thanks for reminding me.”

I realized she was trying not to cry as she quickly batted her eyelids and looked down.

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