And the Killer Is by G A McKevett

Author:G A McKevett [McKevett, G A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781496720139
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2020-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

As Savannah sat, parked in her Mustang, watching Brody run across the schoolyard toward her with a big grin on his face, she felt a rush of happiness. Other than little Vanna Rose squealing at the sight of her, having a child so thrilled to see her wasn’t a joy Savannah had experienced much in her life.

Sometimes, Diamante and Cleopatra were especially excited when she came home, and they expressed their pleasure by making furry figure eights between her ankles as she walked from the front door, through the living room, to the kitchen. But she knew they were far happier that the Bestower of the Kitty Kibbles had arrived than that Beloved Mommy had made it home safe and sound.

They were gluttons. Pure and simple. She harbored no illusions about the fact that their love for her was based primarily on food. Petting, scratches behind the ears, and mumbled sweet nothings about how they were the world’s smartest, sweetest, and most beautiful cats qualified as a distant second on their list of priorities.

Until that moment, sitting in the Mustang and watching Mr. Brody Greyson race across the grassy field toward her, Savannah had never fully experienced what Granny must have felt all those years ago when she had collected Savannah and her siblings from their school.

With her windows rolled down, Savannah could hear him yelling, “Hi! Hey, hey, Savannah!” from halfway across the field. She saw the light of happiness in his eyes and something even more important—peace. After less than twenty-four hours in her care, Brody looked like a different kid.

She couldn’t recall ever feeling more deeply satisfied than she felt at that moment, as though she had accomplished something truly great.

“ ‘Hey’ yourself, kiddo,” she called out to him as he approached. “Get in this car right now and tell me all about your day!”

He jerked the door open, tossed his backpack onto the floorboard, and plopped himself on the passenger’s seat.

The sneaky little smirk he gave her told her that he was deliberately trying to pull one over on her.

“You’ll have to get up pretty early in the morning to put the shuck on me, boy,” she told him.

His eyes widened with fake innocence. “Huh? Whaddaya mean?”

“Backseat,” she told him.

“Huh?”

“Munchkins ride in the backseat. It’s the law and a good one at that.”

His face screwed into a scowl. “No way. My momma lets me ride in the front seat.”

She turned toward him and laser-trained her intense blue eyes on his. “Don’t even start with that ‘But my momma lets me’ junk. I’m not your momma, and it won’t work. When you’re with me, we do things my way. No arguments. Got it?”

He sighed and, acting as though his britches had a brick or two in each pocket, climbed out, pulled the seat forward, and slid into the rear.

He sat there, giving her the evil eye, as she glared back at him in the mirror.

“Don’t look at me like that, boy,” she told him. “You know darned well we wear our seat belts in this car.

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