Dangerous Consequences by Lisa Renee Johnson

Author:Lisa Renee Johnson [Johnson, Lisa Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Barbara Brown was finishing her Sunday evening stroll when she noticed a light blue Saturn stop alongside the Jameses’ driveway. She’d stopped at the Unitarian Church to catch her breath and was hurrying home so she could watch 60 Minutes. It was almost seven and she’d been out walking for almost an hour, but with daylight saving time there was still plenty of light for her to see clearly. The car looked like the same one she’d seen a few days earlier, parked across the street. She quickened her pace down the incline, careful not to lose her balance. As she moved closer, she caught a better glimpse of the female driver. The woman’s dark sunglasses stood out against her pale yellow face—the kind of face that made men risk getting slapped to take a second look. The woman pressed a piece of paper against the steering wheel and began to write something. Then she folded the paper and sealed it in a large manila envelope with a swipe of her tongue.

Mrs. Brown continued to watch the woman, who looked like she was up to something.

The woman stepped out of the car, her hands pulling on the hem of her almost-nonexistent miniskirt, and moved toward the front gate where she lingered but never pressed the buzzer like a normal guest would. Instead, she creased the large envelope in half and attempted to stuff it into the mail slot that refused its size. The sound of Mrs. Brown’s footsteps on the pavement pulled the woman out of her trance. She turned to find Mrs. Brown standing a few feet away, staring dead in her face.

The woman’s body seemed to clench like a fist and went completely still. Nothing moved except her eyes, which darted behind her sunglasses, like a caged animal looking for an escape route.

“Can I help you, sugar?” Mrs. Brown questioned, eyeing the woman suspiciously and taking in all that could be seen up close. She was a thin girl with big breasts and long legs. Mrs. Brown lifted her expressive eyebrows, waiting for a response.

After a few moments of silence, the woman spoke. “No, thank you, ma’am, I was just leaving something for Dr.—”

“I can see that you leaving something, chile. The question is why you’re putting something in this mailbox that has not made its way through the United States Postal Service. You know that’s against the law, don’t you?”

The envelope fell to the ground and Mrs. Brown caught a glimpse of who it was addressed to before the woman scrambled to pick it up.

“It looks like you are having trouble getting the package to fit in the mail slot. How about I do you a favor and give them the package?”

The woman raised her sunglasses and threw Mrs. Brown a dirty look. “Now why would I do that?” she asked, this time with more force and annoyance in her voice. “It’s obvious you don’t live at this address.”

She turned her back to Mrs. Brown and attempted to push the envelope through the mail slot again.

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