Countdown by Carey Baldwin

Author:Carey Baldwin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Thursday

Hôtel De Plage Dauphin

Tahiti Nui

They didn’t have to go far. Inspector Brousseau took off, under false pretenses, for the pool area, where Rose had reportedly been sighted. Spense and Caity steered Tommy in the opposite direction, then took their leave after promising to keep him updated on any new developments. Nobody wanted Preston interfering with the potential bust of his bride. Once they had Tommy safely out of the way, Spense and Caity joined Brousseau, whom they found skulking behind a newspaper at the Hibiscus Pool.

“False alarm.” The inspector lowered his paper and indicated a pretty young woman with bright blond hair and brighter lipstick. A small crowd, if you can call three a crowd, had gathered around her.

Lilly.

“I should have known,” Brousseau said. “We’re going to be getting a lot of false reports with Lilly running around. And I don’t have the resources to track them all down.”

“Lilly’s cooperative,” Caity said. “Why don’t you just ask her nicely to keep you informed of her whereabouts. That way if someone reports a Rose sighting, you can eliminate whether or not it’s Lilly without sending a man out.”

“Smart lady.” Brousseau checked his cell again. “But I have to go. We just had another sighting—this one’s at Heritage Townhomes and it obviously can’t be Lilly. Perhaps you wouldn’t mind speaking to her for me?”

“No problem,” Spense said. “You got a number where she can check in?”

Brousseau passed him a card. “Just have her give her itinerary to my assistant, and please, ask her to answer any calls from this number.”

“Will do.” Spense clapped Brousseau on the back. “Go ahead. We’ll handle Lilly Parker.”

Caity tugged his sleeve. “What’s going on over there?”

A gentleman with graying hair shook his finger at Lilly, turned, and stalked away. A man and a woman moved in closer, peering at something in her hand.

“Let’s just hang out and watch for a minute,” Caity suggested.

Fine with him. He was still trying to get a bead on Rose’s twin. He only trusted her so far, given how protective she was of her sister. They moved in close enough to eavesdrop, knowing that Lilly could see them if she turned ninety degrees. But it didn’t matter. When the jig was up, it was up. Lilly had done nothing illegal as far as they knew, and they weren’t here to arrest her.

“How come, if this map is real, you’re willing to sell it to us?” The woman, mid-forties, gym rat, and likely an American, asked.

Lilly pulled away the item in her hand, now identified as a map, rolled it, and held it against her chest. “I’m not.”

“But you just said we could have it.” The man, who was approximately the same height and age as the woman and wore a matching T-shirt that read, Leverant Family Reunion, planted his hands on his hips.

Lilly backed up a step. “I never said this map was for sale. I said I was looking for an investor. I’m afraid I can’t let you and Jill have the map under any circumstances.

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