With Option to Kill (Cindy York Mysteries Book 5) by Catherine Bruns

Author:Catherine Bruns [Bruns, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cindy York Mystery #5
Published: 2023-03-27T16:00:00+00:00

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“How much further is it?” I watched as the raindrops pelted the car windows and decided this crappy weather was a perfect match for my current mood.

Jacques clucked his tongue against the roof of his mouth. “My goodness, darling. I feel like I have Miss Grace with me. That’s the third time you’ve asked that in the last half hour.”

“Sorry.” I leaned my head back against the seat and closed my eyes. “And you’re wrong, by the way. Grace would have more patience than me.”

Jacques stared straight ahead, peering through the downpour of rain that stretched before us on the highway. “For the record, darling, we have about another twenty minutes to go. Now, are you going to tell me what happened last night or what?”

“There’s nothing to talk about.” My chest tightened as Greg came to mind again. I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about him all morning. Last night, I’d tossed and turned, unable to sleep. When I’d come down to the kitchen to make breakfast this morning, Greg had already left for work. At least he’d left me a note on the kitchen counter, explaining that he had an early meeting, but I knew the truth of the situation. He was avoiding me. “Greg and I slept apart last night. It was the first time since Grace was born.”

“You guys will straighten things out, Cin.” Jacques spoke in an optimistic tone. “Think positive.”

A tear rolled down my cheek before I could stop it. “I’ll try, but don’t think things have ever been so bad between us before.”

Jacques’s mouth formed a hard, thin line. “It happens to all married couples. Hey, Ed and I have had our ups and downs too. You remember. There were plenty of nights I slept on the couch.”

“But there wasn’t another person coming between you two. His sister has him completely brainwashed. Even Helen sees her daughter’s true colors, but Greg is blind to them. We’ve got to find out something today that will tell us who’s after Annette and why. If Greg feels she’s safe, I can get her out of the house. Maybe she’d even go back to Utica again.”

“For your sake, I hope so, dear,” Jacques said. “That woman needs to leave. Excuse me for saying this, but I get the feeling that she enjoys causing a rift between the two of you.”

“Is it that obvious?” I asked.

Jacques pulled his convertible into an almost empty parking lot adjacent to a one-story, gray vinyl-sided building. The neon sign mounted on the front of the building flashed on and off, proudly displaying the words Night Moves. A silhouetted figure of a woman sliding down a pole while holding a tray of beers in her hand was underneath them. Talk about your multitasking.

“We should be good to go.” Jacques craned his neck around the lot. “There can’t be many people inside, which works well for us. Now, have you thought of what exactly we’re going to say?”

I checked my face in the mirror over the visor.

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