Gemini Moon by Maria Grazia Swan

Author:Maria Grazia Swan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: action, Italian woman, missing person, romance, california
Publisher: Echo Canyon Press
Published: 2019-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

I overslept. Not by choice. The minute I swallowed the sleeping pill I knew I’d made a mistake. The effects would linger into the morning. I slept ten hours straight, and while my face looked rested, my brain was full of chaotic thoughts. By the time I showered and went downstairs to get the daily paper from my front door, it was close to 10:00 a.m.

Lucky for me, Kyle called before I went to bed, so I didn’t have to worry about missing him. He sounded a lot more together.

"Carolyn visited with great news." The story of his arrest had created a buzz in the entertainment industry. I didn’t want to burst his bubble by reminding him that making the news from jail was hardly something to brag about it, but I was no expert on the subject. I told him about the search warrant, and he said his place had been searched, but nothing removed. The fact that he hadn’t been home for about six weeks was probably factored in. His laptop was in the Ferrari when they arrested him. God knows he kept everything, important or trivial, in that piece of electronic wonder. That bit of news put an end to my theory of Ruby hiding out in his condo.

I went to get the newspaper and felt warm and tubby in my shocking pink chenille robe, shuffling my fuzzy pink slippers with rhinestone initials—Kyle’s version of Christmas glam for Mom. Flash had acted restless since I got out of bed, probably because she wasn’t used to my sleeping in. The minute I opened the door and bent over to pick up the paper, she bolted and was gone. Shoot. I was in no mood to chase a mercurial cat. She could find her way home when she was ready to come back.

I noticed the brown slip-on first. I knew without looking up whose feet these were. No. Why me? Why now? I couldn’t spend the rest of my morning hunched over, on the threshold of my house. I had to get up, do something.

"Good morning, Lella. How are you today?" Blood rushed to my head when I straightened myself a little too fast. Larry stood in front of me, all smiles, a matching Styrofoam cup of coffee in each hand. He seemed amused by how scarlet my cheeks turned, and was not doing much to hide it either. He handed me a coffee and I robotically took it. He placed his free hand under my chin, tilted my face up and kissed me softly. Ah, the temptation to dump my cup on his head. I closed my eyes and counted to ten, or at least tried to.

Voices came from the path leading to the guest parking. Voices and cops. The tall, dark suit from yesterday walked toward my place. A female with short hair and a cute face trotted next to him, attempting to keep up with his pace. They were at my front door before I could count to seven.

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