Corpse Whisperer by Chris Redding

Author:Chris Redding [Chris Redding]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
Amazon: B003XVZA76
Published: 2010-07-05T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Mark drove Grace to the hospital. She leapt out of the car just before he stopped it, then went to find Zach.

He paced the hallway outside a curtained room in the emergency room. If his shoulders were any more slumped, he’d have been walking on them.

“Zach?”

He pulled her into his arms most likely for his own comfort. Colors swirled in front of her, but she kept on her feet. He needed her now. Despite the kaleidoscope in her head she clung to his voice to stay conscious.

“Grace, she lost the baby.”

“I’m sorry, Zach.”

He let go and her vision cleared and gone was the warm enveloping feeling she experienced with the colors. Part of her sighed in relief, but another part of her longed for him to hold her again.

“Yeah, me, too.” Bitterness tinged his voice.

“You still love her.”

His sardonic smile creased his face. “No, actually I don’t. I care about her, but I don’t love her.”

He stared at her as if willing her to believe him. Why should it matter? He was much nicer this time, but would he still be interested in her? This crisis was not the time to find out. “No?”

“No, I realized that awhile ago, but I guess the idea of a child had me rethinking how I felt. I could have been a good Dad.”

“I’m sure, Zach.”

She didn’t dare put a hand on him, lest those colors come back. Not touching him felt awkward. She put her hands behind her back to resist any urge to make contact with him.

“You think me cold for not loving her?”

“No, you’ve been hurt.”

“Too many times.”

He paced away, his broad shoulders not as slumped as when she arrived. Maybe she’d helped him.

He swirled back to her. “What’s between you and Mark?”

Grace blinked, wondering where the question came from. “I’m not sure how to answer that.”

“Are you lovers?”

“No.”

Why did he need to know?

“Good.”

Mark appeared next to her and she had no time to question Zach further.

***

“Stop here,” Grace told Mark on the way home.

Entering the Robber Baron at the height of Happy Hour, she found all of her suspects at once. Lance Antonio sat at one end of the bar with the same crowd around him.

Kent Winger was at a table with his wife.

Grace bit her lip. She didn’t really want to confront Winger, but she knew Lance had a restraining order against him.

Eeny Meeny Miney Moe. Lance won or lost depending on how you saw it. She ordered a beer then walked over towards him.

“Hey.”

They exchanged witty comments then she got down to business. This time he didn’t mention the restraining order. How could she bring it up? Maybe Zach could check on it for her.

“I need to talk to you about Dolores Holten.”

He scowled. “Heard she got knocked up.”

“You do it?”

“Nope. Haven’t touched her in months.”

He sipped his beer as if dismissing Grace. “Maybe I think differently.”

“Yeah?”

“Prove it. I’ll give DNA if you want.”

“Did she dump you because she was pregnant?”

His beer mug hit the counter harder and she flinched.

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