Then You Hide by Roxanne St. Claire

Author:Roxanne St. Claire [Claire, Roxanne St.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

CHAPTER TWELVE

WADE GLANCED OVER his shoulder, but the young lady had taken him to meet her friend, and his view of Vanessa was blocked at this table. How long would she wait? Vanessa? Not long. Especially after the daggerish looks she’d shot his way when the lovely informant fell into his lap.

He turned back to Sarah and her friend, Maddie. He wasn’t sure yet if they were the real deal, a setup, or just a couple of cuties from Chicago who were playing him. And he’d like to determine that before he and Vanessa went to the remote Newcastle resort where the two girls insisted Clive was a registered guest.

Because, worst case, it could be a trap.

“I’m telling you,” Maddie said, her voice just a little loose from the juice, “that guy is staying at the Nisbet. Want me to take you there?” She raised a cucumber-colored glass to her bee-stung lips. “I know he’d remember me. We had so much fun together when we partied that night.”

“Maybe I’ll go there later,” Wade said, leaning back in the chair far enough so Vanessa could spot him.

He’d only mentioned Clive’s name to three or four people when Sarah had sauntered over and announced she’d heard he was looking for someone she’d met there a while ago. “A while” being relative. First it was a week ago, then two; then her friend Maddie said “a few weeks.” The discrepancies had him doubtful—as did their fast approach. Still, he worked the informants. And they worked him.

“I really liked him,” Sarah said for the fifteenth time since she’d dragged him from the bar to meet Maddie. “I mean, what a nice, nice guy. And not bad-looking, if you like tall and wiry. Which”—she laughed and pointed at him—“you must if you liked this guy.”

Maddie clunked her elbows on the table, her eyes dreamy. “Why are the best guys always gay?”

She and Sarah shared a world-weary look while Wade lined up his next question, keeping it vague enough to fit his cover but trying to get some concrete answers.

“And you’re sure he was alone that night?” Wade asked.

“Absolutely,” Sarah assured him. “But he…” She glanced at her friend again. “He was really bummin’ over some guy. That’s how come we all got so drunk. We were doing shots, playing ‘the one that got away.’”

Maddie leaned forward and put her hand on his. “Maybe you were the one that got away.”

Wade took a long pull from his beer, then set the bottle down. “Maybe.”

The girls exchanged another secret look.

He gave them a knowing smile. “Or maybe not.”

One more look, and Sarah cracked. “He was flat-out pining over a dude named Charlie.”

“Charlie?” Wade asked. Not Russell?

“Oh, yeah, he was big-time pining over Charlie,” Maddie said. “Over and over, he said he really messed things up with Charlie. How he missed Charlie. What happened with Charlie was all his fault. He even started crying. Remember, Sar?”

“Don’t even think about that, hon,” Sarah told Wade. “I bet he’s over that by now.

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