Halfway There: Midlife Mulligan 1 by Langlais Eve
Author:Langlais, Eve
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-16T00:00:00+00:00
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Darrylâs query was met with a moment of silence before Jace snapped, âShut your mouth. You donât know what youâre talking about.â
âI will not be quiet. Youâve been snatching up property all around town. Care to tell us why?â
It was better than a tense tennis match. My gaze, and those of the other women, bounced between the men as they faced off.
âI donât have to tell you shit,â Jace snarled.
Tricia came to his defense. âJace isnât the only one whoâs been on a buying spree. Rumor has it you snagged a few, too.â
Wait, Darryl was also buying up property? It surprised me, mostly because Iâd made assumptions about him. Not very nice ones apparently. Why wouldnât he be interested in buying up more businesses? After all, he had a vested interest in the town.
âYeah, I have. Places around my gas station so I canât be squeezed out. But heâs the one going aggressively after the waterfront properties. Rumor has it he just snagged the Wanderbiltsâ place. So whatâs the scoop? Why do you need all that land? Know something we donât?â
âItâs none of your business.â Jace stood, towering over us all, a looming presence. Menacing even. I didnât even realize Iâd tucked closer to Darryl until his hand squeezed my upper arm.
Darryl drawled, âIâve lived here my whole life. Iâd say that gives me a right to know what your plan is.â
The curl on Jaceâs upper lip proved impressive. âI donât owe you anything. And if weâre going to talk about truth telling, then why not start with the fact that youâre married.â
âSeparated,â Darryl said through clenched teeth. âAnd Iâd be divorced if I knew where Sue-Ann went.â
âHave you told Naomi why Sue left?â Jace asked. âAbout the fact the cops had to show up more than once because you were out of control?â
The accusation had me rising from the couch, moving away from Darryl. Instinctive and, yes, as an afterthought, mean. However, it was hard to regret my choice because, by the way a nerve ticked in Darrylâs cheek, I knew there was some truth to what Jace said.
âI would have told her. Itâs not like it was a secret.â His gaze met mine. âI was a drunk. And a mean one. I never hit Sue, but I could be nasty with my words.â
âYou got banned from a few bars last I heard. Got arrested how many times for drunk and disorderly?â Jace appeared to be taking pleasure in relating all of Darrylâs sins.
Help came from Marjorie. âStop attacking him. You know Darrylâs not like that anymore.â
âIâve been clean for eight hundred and four days now,â Darryl declared.
âAnd Iâm going to add that if weâre piling on Darryl for having made mistakes, then I guess that means Iâm next. Iâve been drink free for only a month now.â Marjorieâs gaze met mine. âI didnât take Miloâs leaving very well at first.â
My dinner party had turned into a disaster. Because of one man. Luckily he didnât need to be told heâd overstayed his welcome.
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