The Widow's Baby: An unputdownable psychological thriller with an astonishing twist by Becki Willis

Author:Becki Willis [Willis, Becki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books psychological thrillers, suspense and crime
Published: 2023-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

While Bryce read the journal excerpts, Taryn did a search on her phone for Roi Ecuries in Bordeaux, France. When a picture of Ahndray Lamont came up, she could understand why Rebecca had been smitten, all those years ago. Even now, he was a handsome man. Taryn thought she might have the shape of his nose.

It took a moment for her to realize Bryce had finished reading, and that he simply sat beside her, a dazed expression upon his face.

Misreading it, she hastily explained, “This is just a snapshot of the journals, to give you an overall gist of what I’ve found. It’s by no means complete.”

“It’s complete enough.”

Was that a good thing, or not? A bit nervously, she probed, “So, what do you think?”

Instead of answering, he had a query of his own. “One question. Is this for real, or is this an elaborate setup to make me hire you?” There was just enough of a glint in his eye to signal he was joking. It brought to mind his ill-fated joke about phone sex and what she was wearing.

“Why, are you hiring?” she quipped.

“If this is any indication of your investigative skills, maybe I should be.”

She shrugged. “I’m not looking for a job, even though I happen to be freshly unemployed at the moment. And this isn’t a display of any particular skill on my part. It’s more like dumb luck. Or, if you believe in it, fate. Mostly, though, it’s about being the one percent of the population with violet eyes.”

“No matter how you came about it, it was good work. And it definitely paid off. This is some pretty heavy stuff,” Bryce acknowledged.

“It’s crazy, isn’t it? I came looking for my roots, and I find this.” She spread her hands to encompass the enormity of it all.

“Taryn.” She heard the cautionary tone, even before she heard what he had to say. “Right now, all we have is a young woman’s diary and her rendition of events, as she saw them. We have no proof. We have no way to prove this happened the way she wrote it.”

She bristled immediately. “But it had to! Why else would she have been so frightened at the hospital? She was scared to death the Toad would find her! That’s why she left in the middle of the night, and why she used an assumed name. You didn’t read the whole journals. The heartache was real. She couldn’t have made it all up!”

“Slow down, tiger,” Bryce said calmly. He placed his hands over hers, as if to gentle her. “I never said she fabricated any of this. I said we have no proof. We don’t even know who the Toad is. With no name, and no specifics, all we have right now is speculation.”

“Then let’s find it. Let’s find the proof.”

“And we will. But we have to go about this the right way. We can’t just blow in and start asking a bunch of questions.” His dark eyes probed her face.

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