The Sea Wife (Romance on the Go) by Naomi Clark

Author:Naomi Clark [Clark, Naomi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay & Lesbian, Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Lesbian, Romance, Lesbian Romance, Paranormal, Genre Fiction, Lgbt, Lesbian Fiction, Short Stories
Amazon: B0156Y2W0A
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2015-09-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Kilduff Lane was a quiet row of crooked cottages and colorful gardens in the shadow of the village church. Here, the all-encompassing scent and sound of the ocean was muted, giving way to birdsong and the perfume of huge cabbage roses and beds of lavender. It was the kind of street you saw in TV murder mysteries, Charley thought. Neat little houses like these, all pretty and quaint, they had to be hiding something sinister. Murder, conspiracy, blackmail… It was something about the roses, she decided. They just looked too perfect for real life.

Murdock tugged on his lead, hauling Charley off the pavement and into the road. She tried to pull him back, but he was much stronger than she’d realized and he jerked hard on the twine, forcing her to keep up or risk dislocating her shoulder. She trotted after him, letting him have his head.

Nessa hurried alongside her, eyeing the dog with suspicion again. “What’s he doing?” she asked.

“He knows where he is,” Charley said. Murdock was making a beeline for a house tucked away behind a thick hedge, panting in excitement. Either this was his own home – and hopefully someone inside could tell them where Adrian lived – or it was Adrian’s home. Hopefully. For all Charley knew, he could smell chicken bones in the bin and be after a free meal.

Nessa ran ahead, keeping pace with Murdock. Her cry of triumph made Charley run too, and when she reached the end of the drive and saw past the shielding hedge, she understood. The moped lay in the sun, sand-caked and gleaming. She was sure it was the same one and she grabbed Nessa’s hand, relief and worry colliding inside her. Was it this easy?

Nessa ran to the door and hammered on the wood with both fists. “Open up! I know you’re in there!”

Alarmed, Charley caught up to her, letting Murdock go. The dog followed her, barking manically and leaping around Nessa. “Ness!” Charley cried. “We can’t—”

The door opened a crack, and a narrow-faced boy with enormous brown eyes peered out. “What’s the fucking problem?”

Nessa shoved the door hard, forcing it open, and stormed past him. “Where is it? Where is it?”

Murdock followed her, almost knocking the boy flying in his excitement. He skidded down the hall and disappeared. That left Charley facing the boy – man, almost, she realized. He had to be in his late teens. Broad-shouldered and red-faced, he was several inches taller than Charley and she found herself uneasy in the face of his obvious anger.

“What the fuck?” he asked again.

“We saw you on the beach!” Charley decided an attack was the best defense. “We know you’ve got it – where is it?”

He turned scarlet and whipped round to yell at Nessa. “Out! Get out! You’ve got no right to be in here!”

It was as good as a confession. Nessa stood in the hallway, arms folded defiantly. “Where’s my skin?”

Charley quietly shut the front door, trapping the boy – Adrian – between herself and Nessa.

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