Fatal Family Secrets by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oliver-Heber Books

Kiley sat in the office, in the sitting area she loved, with a cup of tea. Maya had brewed a full pot of this minty herbal blend she said had calming and healing properties and would help them all recover from the trauma of the attack.

Jack was outside with the contractor who was replacing the window glass. The frame was undamaged and original to the house, so he was replacing the large pane of glass.

Chris was at the computer bar, researching Robert and Mindi Sousa. Every now and then he would shout out an interesting tidbit. “Robert’s grandparents immigrated from Greece all the way back in the forties.” Or “Mindi worked for Future-Tech in New York. Quit the year Breia was born.”

She sipped her tea and waited for the calm to happen.

Maya’s phone buzzed. She said, “It’s Johnny,” then put it on speaker and set the phone on the coffee table.

“We thought you’d be back by now,” she said. “Everything all right?

Chris came over to the sitting area so he could hear better.

“We’re on our way,” Johnny said. “We got some of the parents’ personal things.”

“That’s a really good idea,” Maya said.

“Um, listen, Lieutenant Mendosa called. My grandfather isn’t in Florida. His friends there say he never was. So she’s getting a missing persons case going.”

“What!” Kiley’s explosive word was not a question. “Johnny, do you think something’s happened to him? My God…”

“You all probably know him better than I do. Maybe he just wanted some space.”

“That’s not it, Johnny,” Maya said. “He was out of his mind happy you found him, and so proud. He told me so.”

Jack heard it as he came through the French doors into the room and moved closer to the phone. “He told me the same,” Jack said. “We’ll find him, rookie. Don’t worry. In case you haven’t noticed, we’re kind of a good team.”

“We are.”

“We’ll watch for you,” Maya said. “Be careful, Johnny. This has escalated in a very dark way.”

“Yeah. If we’d have been a few minutes later finding Ryan… Anyway, we’re heading back now.”

Jack said. “What’s your ETA?”

“Ten minutes.”

“Good. Sooner the better. See you then.”

The call ended. Maya tapped the phone. “Something has changed,” she said, looking at the others. “Up to now, these two have been trying to protect Ryan. Now they’re trying to kill him. What happened to Breia might have been unintentional, but locking Ryan in the house and cranking on the gas was no accident. What’s different?”

“We are,” Chris said. “We’re getting in their way. Getting in between them and their kids.”

“Yeah, and we aren’t the only ones.” Everyone looked at Kiley. She took a breath and took another sip of tea.

“Something chased those ghosts out of here,” Chris said. “They got past Maya’s wards and threw a tree at us, hit Breia in the head with a street sign, and would’ve done worse, but something stopped them. And I really want to know what it was. I just…felt it. Like a shock wave from a distant blast.

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