False Hope (McKay-Tucker Men Book 2) by Marianne Rice

Author:Marianne Rice [Rice, Marianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-08T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8

The afternoon downpour was a welcome relief from the humidity. Emma didn’t seem to notice the intense heat until after she returned to Paige’s apartment. Not wanting to engage in any conversation, she milked her wounds and told her family she wanted to rest. She spent a few hours at her mom and Connor’s place and played with her little brother and sister, and then drove home in Connor’s truck. A loaner until she picked out a new vehicle. Hers was totaled.

Once home, Emma took a long shower, changed into boxer shorts and a tank top, and curled up on her couch with her Kindle.

An hour later she was still on page three. Her cell phone beeped countless times, but she refused to even look at the caller ID. Unfortunately she couldn’t ignore the knock on her door for too long. Expecting it to be Cole, she didn’t get up from her spot and called out, “Come in!”

“You shouldn’t leave your door unlocked,” Detective Walker grumbled as he walked through the door.

“Oh, it’s you,” she drawled.

The detective stayed by the doorway and didn’t step any further into the house. “May I come in?”

“Why? Do you suspect Cole of tampering with my brakes as well? Here to get his fingerprints?”

“You can drop the attitude, Ms. Fulton. I’m here to ask a few more questions. Your friend hasn’t been convicted, only questioned.”

Powering off her e-reader, Emma sat up and attempted to act professional.

“Fire away then.”

“Before this morning, when was the last time you drove your car?”

“Yesterday. I drove to work, and I drove home.”

Detective Walker scribbled in his notebook. “Where do you park when at work?”

“In the parking lot.”

He looked up from his notepad and had the audacity to smirk. The cute detective would be perfect for Paige. “Can you see your car from your office?”

Emma sighed and pulled her hair back into a ponytail and realized she barely had any clothes on. “No. Not really. It’s a small office. Small lot. My window in my office looks to the back, which is all woods.” She crossed her arms over her chest, but he didn’t seem to notice. Apparently the kind detective had manners. “You can’t see the parking lot from the gym, pool, or the private rooms either, but I don’t see how anyone would be able to get under my car at work and not be noticed.”

“And after work, your car remained here, in your driveway until you went out last night?”

“Yes. As you can see it would be pretty hard for someone to come tamper with my brakes and risk not being seen by me or Cole.”

“Tell me about what you did with your afternoon before you showed up at the North Country.”

“I got home around two and made myself lunch. Scrolled through Facebook. Nothing really. Cole got home around three. I went next door and we watched the Red Sox game until four thirty or five. Then I came over here to get ready to go out. Paige and Cole showed up about six.

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