The Ways of Evil Men by Leighton Gage

Author:Leighton Gage [Gage, Leighton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9781616952730
Google: aRYxAAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00E731HZI
Barnesnoble: B00E731HZI
Goodreads: 18248694
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 2014-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

IT WAS too early for dinner. Maura went back to Jade’s place and found her seated on the couch, a comforting arm around Raoni. They were watching a cartoon.

Raoni turned his big brown eyes on Maura, but not for long.

“He’s really into it, isn’t he?” she asked.

“You’re the third white woman he’s seen,” Jade said. “But this is his first cartoon.”

“Third?”

Jade made a face, and lifted her chin toward the kitchen, where Alexandra was banging pots and pans.

“Is she always that noisy?” Maura asked.

“It’s a protest. For a while, I thought she was going to quit.”

“Might not be a bad thing if she did, a woman like that.”

“I’ve been thinking the same thing.”

“The boy looks okay though,” Maura said. “Better than I expected.”

“He cried all the way back.”

“I thought Indian boys weren’t supposed to cry.”

Jade scoffed. “That’s nonsense. Where did you hear that?”

“I think I saw it in some movie.”

Jade raised an eyebrow. “Movie?”

“About American Indians.”

“Ours are different. They cry all the time. He’s going to do a lot of it tomorrow.”

She shot a quick look at the boy. If he was aware of the fact that they were talking about him, he didn’t show it. His eyes remained fixed on the screen.

“Why tomorrow?” Maura said.

“Because tomorrow is the day we’re going to bury his father.”

Maura, too, looked at Raoni. “Where?” she said.

“In the same spot where the others are.”

“Can I go?”

Jade shook her head. “The Chief Inspector nixed it. He says it’s still a crime scene.”

“I’ve had about all I can stand of that Chief Inspector.” And then, when Jade didn’t react, “Could we have a word? Privately?”

“You can talk right here. He won’t understand anything you say.”

“Maybe not, but … could we go into the kitchen?”

“With Alexandra in there? Forget it! Let’s go onto the back porch.”

“I want you to come clean about what happened today,” Maura said when they were seated. “I need to know what you found in that village.”

Jade sighed, shook her head and set her mouth in a stubborn line. “I can’t tell you.”

It took Maura some effort not to lose her temper. “Do I have to remind you, Jade, that I came all the way up here from São Paulo to help you out? That I took time off from the series I was working on? That Silva and his people wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for me? If I hadn’t put the screws on Lana Nogueira—”

Her friend threw up her hands. “I knew you were going to take it like this. Look, Maura, I owe you big time. I don’t deny that. And I’m sorry. But he’s the cop, not you. He’s running the case, not you. He has the experience. We don’t. I, for one, intend to trust him—and let him get on with it.”

“It’s not a question of not trusting him. I’m sure he’s a good cop, but—”

“You’re not going to wear me down, Maura. I love you, but you’re not going to wear me down.”

“But why? That’s what I want to know.

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