Woke by Peggy Jaeger

Author:Peggy Jaeger [Jaeger, Peggy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781734084115
Published: 2020-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

After a morning filled with a grueling physical therapy workout courtesy of Sam, then a scheduled six-month checkup with my neurologist, I had Murphy drive me back to Det. Ramon’s apartment.

“I know I’ve asked this before, but are you sure about this, Miss Aurora?” He helped me from the car. “I don’t feel right not telling your mother the truth when she asks me where I’ve taken you.”

A tiny stab of guilt pierced me. Murphy was such a loyal soul, asking him to fib for me wasn’t right, I knew that.

“I’m going to tell her, Murphy, when I have something tangible. Detective Ramon is helping me with a few things. Once I’ve got everything figured out, I promise I’ll tell mom. Until then, please keep this between you and me.”

He didn’t look happy about it, but he nodded. “You want me to walk you up?”

“No. I’m good. I’ll text you when I’m ready to leave.”

“I’ll be parked here.”

“You’re prompt,” Ramon said from his doorway.

“When all is said and done I’m my mother’s daughter to the bitter end. Being on time is ground into my DNA and tardiness is a major sin.”

He held the door open for me and then closed it once I was in his apartment.

The first time we’d met when I’d so unceremoniously arrived on his doorstep, he’d been dressed for comfort in jeans and an old Columbia t-shirt. Today he was garbed more as I imagine he’d dressed when he’d been on the job. A starched, white Oxford shirt covered his torso, a pressed pair of brown trousers on his bottom half. His feed where shod in brown loafers polished to a brilliant shine.

He led me into the dining room. The cherry wood table for six was covered in a half dozen banker’s boxes with the tops opened and numerous, stuffed files and notebooks next to them.

“All this is from my investigation?”

“Why are you so surprised?” He indicated a chair for me to sit in and once I was settled, he took the seat opposite me. “Your case was high profile from the get go. A society darling and Page 6 princess is drugged at a big birthday bash at an exclusive nightclub.”

I winced at the description, even though it was the truth.

“A lot of people were looking for answers to what happened and who drugged you. Remember, your father was golfingbuddies with the mayor and the police commissioner. The pressure to discover the perp was immense from all quarters.”

“I had no idea it was such a big deal.”

“You never Googled what happened to you? There were hundreds, if not thousands of articles, blog posts, even underground conspiracy sites who posted about it for months.”

“No. The only time I searched was the other day when I was trying to find out your name and how I could reach you.”

His mouth dropped open and his eyes widened as he regarded me. I couldn’t blame him for being shocked. In the age of instant information anyone else would have done an intensive Internet review.

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