[Friendship & Honor 02.0] Murder Has Consequences by Giacomo Giammatteo

Author:Giacomo Giammatteo [Giammatteo, Giacomo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Thriller
ISBN: 9780985030261
Amazon: B00BISD7A8
Barnesnoble: B00BISD7A8
Goodreads: 18054972
Publisher: Inferno Publishing Company
Published: 2013-02-19T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

Someone’s Watching

Wilmington, Delaware

We had eggplant parmigiana for dinner the next night, not my favorite, but the way Angie fixed it made it more than edible. Once everyone had been seated, I started the blessing.

“In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus—”

“Dad, this is America. Even the priests don’t use Latin anymore.”

“Maybe they should,” I said, and continued, “…et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.”

“Let’s eat before it gets cold,” Angie said.

We ate the meal in virtual silence, and after dinner, I took a seat in my favorite chair, a stiff-backed, wide-seated behemoth with an ottoman sitting in front of it. I kicked my feet up to rest and opened a book to where I had left off. Rosa stood beside me.

“Do you want a glass of wine, Dad?” She seemed more cordial than she had at dinner.

“I thought we were out of wine.”

“Mom got some on her way home. You want any?”

“No, but thanks for asking.”

I went back to reading, but Rosa still stood there, silent. After a few seconds I put the book down. “Do you need to talk with me?”

Nervousness showed on her. I waited, and after a few more seconds her expression went from nervous to angry.

“Do you have someone following me?”

It came out as an accusation, not a question. I looked up and focused on Rosa.

“What do you mean? Tell me about it.”

She didn’t budge. “Answer the question. Do you have someone following me?”

Her tone irritated the hell out of me. I stood and faced her. “No, I don’t have someone following you, so if you think someone is, you better tell me what this is about.”

With one hand planted on her hip, she cocked her head and glared. “You swear you don’t have anybody following me?”

Anger was setting in now. “I already told you I don’t.”

Rosa sighed, but her face lost its tension. “I’ve seen a car for the last two days, the same car, with the same two men in it.”

She had my attention. “Where?”

The first time when I was coming home from school, walking up Clayton Street. Then today as I came down Beech.”

“And you’re sure it was the same car.”

She scoffed. “DVK0943.”

“What is that?”

“License plate. Same on both days. Pennsylvania tags.”

I hugged her but grimaced at the same time. She was her father’s daughter at times, and it ate at my gut whenever I saw that side of her. Tony had a memory like a steel trap, and she seemed to have inherited it. “Write it down for me. I’ll check it out.”

Her expression changed to fear. “So this isn’t you? For real? You don’t have someone following me?”

“Rosa, I already told you. But this could be a coincidence, nothing else. Don’t worry, okay?”

“For someone who doesn’t believe in coincidences there have been an awful lot of them lately.”

I patted her back. “Don’t worry. It’s nothing. But just to be sure, I’ll check out these plates.”

“How are you going to check out the plates? Are you a cop now?”

“I just need to make a few calls.

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