Though This Be Madness by Penny Richards

Author:Penny Richards [Richards, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-02-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Although not many things fazed Cade anymore, he wondered if her announcement left his mouth hanging open in shock. “Your husband?”

“Yes,” Lilly said tartly. “I assumed the Pinkertons gave you some background on me when they decided we should work together.”

“Aye, they did. I knew you were married and the chap took your savings and left, but they didn’t give me a name. Why don’t you go by Warner instead of Long?”

“I’m using my maiden name because I started divorce proceedings before I left Chicago, and I want my former name back. The sooner I can be rid of anything connected to Tim Warner the better.”

Cade propped his head in his palm, his elbow on the pillow. “D’ya want to tell me about him?”

Lilly thought about that a moment. She had no desire to tell Cadence McShane her deepest, darkest secrets, but now that this had happened, it made sense that she should at least give him a sketchy idea of what had happened with Timothy, on the off chance that something like this cropped up again.

“Not particularly,” she confessed with a weary shake of her head, “but maybe you should know.” Her voice was sad and low-pitched as she started with how she’d met Timothy at the train station, how he’d swept her off her feet, and how they were married in a month’s time. She told him of Tim’s gambling, his manipulation, their constant arguing, and finally, how he’d physically attacked her and Rose the day he’d stolen her savings.

“I went to one of his favorite taverns, but he wasn’t there and hadn’t been in more than a week,” she told him. “It seemed I wasn’t the only one trying to find him.”

Cade arched a quizzical brow.

“The police had been in earlier looking for him, and not only did he owe another customer money from a poker game, but he owed one of the tarts for services rendered.” She met his gaze in defiance. “Her name was Colleen.”

Lilly could see by Cade’s expression that he now understood why she was so adamantly against being called Colleen.

Lilly flung her legs over the side of the bed. “Now, I want you to take me to this place so I can confront him.”

“He isn’t there. He left before I did,” Cade said. “In fact, after I hit him, a couple of guys threw him into the street. He must have come around, though, because he was gone when I left about twenty minutes later.”

The indignation drained from her. “I should have known it was too good to be true.”

“I’ll go back tomorrow and see if I can find any trace of him anywhere.”

“I want to go with you.”

“Lilly. Lass, ya have to stop acting without thinking things through. D’ya really think it’s wise to go off on your own business in the middle of an assignment? I may already be in hot water over what happened tonight, so if the agency pulls me from the case, you need to be here to finish up.

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