Cold Memory by Leslie A. Kelly

Author:Leslie A. Kelly [Kelly, Leslie A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense, romantic thriller, serial killers, psychics, southern romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Mick looked ready to kill someone. Well, no, not someone. There were two viable candidates in this room.

Tuesday’s meeting with Montgomery Tanner and his attorney was off to a great start.

“Are you sure I can’t have some coffee brought in for anybody?” asked the lawyer, leaning back in his chair with his fingers laced across his chest.

Richard Fremantle was, as Gypsy had expected, arrogant and smug in his Hugo Boss suit and his Gucci shoes. His teeth were capped, his thinning hair in the midst of a plug-job, his voice hearty and his face florid. Although Gypsy had seen the lawyer around town, she had never interacted with him. She suspected he’d relocated here only at Monty Tanner’s request, and that Tanner was his one and only client. Judging by the opulence of the office, which occupied a historic house on a downtown square of Ocean Whispers, there was enough Tanner business to keep him in those suits and shoes.

“No, thank you,” she repeated, hoping to finally get to the point.

They’d been kept waiting in the vestibule for fifteen minutes in a remember-who’s-boss display of power. Once they’d been ushered into Fremantle’s office, and realized Mick’s grandfather was already inside, the simmering tension had gone up ten degrees. This was so obviously all a setup to get grandson and grandfather in the same room. She honestly didn’t think the attorney or the millionaire gave a damn that two local men had been murdered.

Monty Tanner she had met before. It was hard to be the Chief of Police of a town as small as Ocean Whispers without butting heads with a rich man who thought he owned it. He’d ordered her to arrest people lingering too close to his gates, and to shut down a restaurant that played music too loud on weekends. The fact that he didn’t get what he wanted probably meant he’d be pushing the next town council to replace her. But…screw it. She didn’t like bullies.

Mick had done a good job hiding his rising anger, keeping his expression neutral, and gazing out the window as if he wasn’t even in the meeting. That had been tough, considering the provocation. The minute they’d sat down, Tanner had begun demanding his grandson’s attention, and his obedience. Now, after a solid five minutes of old-man griping, Mick’s face had finally begun to show its tension. His hands gripped the armrests of his chair, his jaw was granite-cracking hard, his teeth visibly grinding.

She hated that he had to go through this, and wanted to stick earplugs in her own ears. The spoiled, rich old man just wouldn’t shut up. Barely able to get a word in, she hadn’t even asked a half-dozen questions yet.

“Look at me when I’m talking to you,” Monty snapped, his red face almost glowing. “You can’t just pretend I don’t exist, Michael.”

A response was finally coaxed out of Mick’s mouth, his first since they’d arrived.

“Sure I can,” he mumbled, still looking out the window.

Gypsy knew he’d

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