Desert Jade by C.J. Shane

Author:C.J. Shane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: C.J. Shane
Published: 2017-11-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Letty woke Will and managed to get him out of bed and into the living room with a cup of coffee in his hand by eight a.m. She handed him some pain medication to take with the coffee.

“Does it hurt a lot?” she asked sympathetically. Letty had a sudden memory of carrying Will in her arms when he was just a toddler. Her feelings toward him were as much motherly as sisterly. Motherly usually won out, considering that neither she nor her siblings had been mothered very well at all by their real mother, and god knows, little Will had needed a mom.

“Yeah, a little. Not too bad. It’s okay unless I move my arm.” He snorted. “Guess the solution is not to move my arm for a while. I’m not sure I can ride a bike. My shoulder won’t support my weight on the handle bars…unless I get one of those recumbent bikes. Hmmm…that might be fun.”

Oh, my cheerful baby brother, Letty thought. Always looking on the bright side.

“Better wait on bicycling right now. We’ll need to take you to the doc and see how you are doing before you try anything too physical.”

“Letty, I like Clarice,” Will blurted out.

“Yes, she really helped a lot.”

“I mean, I really like her. Do you think she likes me?”

“Yes. I do.”

“I mean….really like?”

“I don’t know if she would make so much effort for someone she didn’t really like. And remember? She said she thinks you’re good-looking.”

“Oh, she said that about all of us,” he said dismissively. Will hesitated. “I think I might …you know…see if she wants to spend some time with me.”

“Good idea. Now when the cops come, just tell them what you did and saw. Don’t speculate on anything.”

They heard a knock on the door a few minutes later. Letty knew one of the officers slightly, and to her relief, the other was her friend Adelita García.

“Sorry to make you come out on a Sunday,” Letty said.

“I asked for this assignment. I’m here to help.” Adelita was every inch the professional detective, dressed in a trim navy blue suit and a white blouse. Her dark hair was cut short, and she wore pearl earrings A bulge at her waist suggested that she was wearing a holstered gun. Adelita sat down opposite Will and took out her notebook. Will gave his statement, and Adelita took notes. Will described seeing the girl trying to run from the three men and how she was pushed back into their van. He described them all as “Asian.” He went into some detail about how his shoulder was dislocated by one of the men and about his trip to the hospital.

When he was finished, Letty asked, “Do you have any reports of missing persons? We’re wondering if anyone is looking for the girl.”

“No,” Adelita responded. “But we’re spreading our net wider to see if she was reported missing elsewhere. We’re starting with southern Arizona and extending into metro Phoenix.”

Just as they were leaving, Clarice drove up and parked.

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