Twisted Lies by Robin Patchen

Author:Robin Patchen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Romantic Suspense, Christian suspense, Christian romance, Contemporary Fiction, Kidnapped child, International mystery, heroine in peril, small town, wall street, Everyday hero
Publisher: Robin Patchen
Published: 2017-01-22T16:00:00+00:00

NATE AND MARISA DROVE off the quiet street in White Plains and stopped in a gas station parking lot. After Nate wrote down everything he could remember about the conversation with Jessica English, he called Garrison from the car, and Nate and Marisa filled in the former FBI agent on the conversation.

"I figured about the kid," Garrison said.

"How did you know?" Marisa asked.

"I worked the case long after you disappeared. I knew she was pregnant. But it didn't seem relevant. It's...unbelievable."

"Why do you say that?" Marisa looked at Nate with raised eyebrows.

"She's twenty years younger than Charles." Garrison said. "It's just..."

"I'm with you," Nate said. "Apparently being rich is very attractive."

"Apparently." Garrison's one word dripped with sarcasm.

Marisa sighed. "We're not all like that. And she's certainly paid the price for it."

Nate turned off the car, and Garrison's voice suddenly seemed too loud over the car speakers. "Did you guys believe her?"

Nate turned the volume down. "She certainly had an answer for everything."

"Not a lot's changed," Garrison said. "The mistress thinks the ex-wife did it. When you talk to Pamela Gray, she'll tell you Jessica did it."

"Speaking of," Nate said, "do you have a phone number for her? And her address?"

They could hear shuffling. "You got a pen?"

Nate poised his pen over the notebook. "Go ahead."

Garrison rattled off a number. "That's the house phone. I never got a cell for her."

"Maybe she can't afford one," Nate said.

Garrison chuckled. Marisa barely cracked a smile.

"We'll call her. Thanks."

Nate ended the call and dialed Pamela Gray's phone number. A women with a heavy Spanish accent answered.

"This is Nate Boyle calling for Pamela Gray."

"I'm sorry. Mrs. Gray is not here."

"Can you tell me when she'll be back?"

"May I take a message?"

Marisa whispered, "Take it off Bluetooth and give it to me."

Nate said, "Hold one moment, please." He handed Marisa the phone, and she spoke into it in rapid Spanish.

Nate's high school Spanish classes proved useless, as he'd argued to his mother at the time they would. The two women talked, then Marisa said to Nate, "What's your phone number?"

Nate told her, Marisa translated it into Spanish, and the two chatted for a couple of minutes. Marisa even laughed once before she hung up and handed him the phone.

"Pamela Gray has gone to Chicago to attend a charity board meeting. She won't return for two days. I told the housekeeper it was an emergency, and she promised to give Mrs. Gray your phone number and tell her we need to speak with her. I told her it was a matter of life and death."

"Did the housekeeper think she'd call?"

"She said unless it was Pamela Gray's life on the line, I shouldn't expect a response. However, I did get Rosa to agree to call or text us when Mrs. Gray returns on Friday. It's her understanding the woman will be home late morning."

"Well done."

"Gracias." Marisa smiled, but it faded fast. "What do we do now? We're out of leads."

They weren't, not really, but Nate wasn't about to tell her his theory without backup.

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