Under the Alaskan Ice by Karen Harper

Author:Karen Harper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2020-11-02T21:37:18+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

“Bryce, I swear that’s a TV station truck behind us. See that satellite dish on its roof?”

He looked in the rearview mirror on his side, then craned around. “Damn. Glad they didn’t pass and then stop us when they saw the Falls Lake Lodge on the side of this truck. Keep going. Park at the far end of the building, and we’ll both go in that way. If they pull in too, I’ll bet the mayor can detain them while you get Rina Galsworth off somewhere private to talk. Just say you only want to talk to her first—try to stash her husband and that lawyer with Rafe or Suze.”

“Not with Suze. She fell hard for Mason at first, then learned not trust him. I found out he was seeing someone else while he was stringing her along as his one-and-only.”

“Bastard,” he muttered. “As if we need another suspect like a dishonest lawyer hanging around the lodge and this case. But then, if the mayor or Melissa are suspect, maybe he is too and we should keep an eye on him.”

Hoping no one inside saw them, Meg pulled the truck into the last parking space at the far end of the building. They got out and hurried around the back, Bryce lugging his duffel bag. The far door was locked, though they used to keep it open in case their guests went in or out that way. But that was in the old days when people could be trusted.

“Don’t ring the bell,” Bryce ordered. “I’m calling Rafe to let us in.”

He pressed twice on his phone. When Rafe answered, Bryce said, “Meg and I are at the north door. Don’t let on, but come let us in.”

“I don’t want to talk to the media,” she said, stomping snow off her boots again.

“Except to say, ‘No comment.’”

Rafe swung the door open. “Chaos in here,” he told them. “At least the mayor’s gone out to talk to the media since Suze says they can’t come in. Man, that lawyer thinks he can order her around.”

They both rushed in. “Thanks. If you can handle him, keep him away from her,” Meg told Rafe over her shoulder. “He’s not a trustworthy person, but then, who is lately?”

She heard Rafe relock the door behind them. Bryce sprinted for his room. Stripping off her coat, hat and gloves, she forced herself to slow down and breathe, just breathe, as she walked the hall toward the common room. She tossed her things on the closest chair.

“Mom!” Chip barreled at her with three barking dogs behind him. He hugged her hard around the waist while she clamped him to her, until she felt the wire against her chest and set him back a bit. All she needed was to get that disconnected.

“Mom, there’s a lot of new people here from really far away,” he told her, at least now in a quiet voice.

“It’s all right, hon. This is a welcoming place, and I’m glad to meet them.

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