Her Scream in the Silence by Swank Denise Grover

Author:Swank, Denise Grover [Swank, Denise Grover]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Romance, Suspense, thriller, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781940562346
Amazon: B085Q5D17L
Goodreads: 52250598
Publisher: DGS
Published: 2020-03-10T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

“You think Greta got Bingham to stop Tim from bothering her?” I asked in shock. “Why would he do that?”

“That is the question of the hour. What would Greta have that Todd Bingham wanted?”

I paused. “Information about Lula?”

“Maybe. Or maybe information that would help him in his business ventures. I bet you a hundred bucks Melody won’t call the sheriff about her sister. She can’t afford to have them snoopin’ around. In fact, I suspect she’s scrubbin’ down her trailer as we speak.”

My stomach knotted. “You think Melody hurt her sister?”

“No, not in this instance. I’ve suspected she’s sellin’ drugs for a while now. A few months ago, I found a link connecting her to the operation Carson Purdy was runnin’.”

“But all of those men were killed. Isn’t that operation done for?”

“There’s no tellin’ if that was all of them, but Tim was stalkin’ Greta back in August, when Carson and his people were gearing up their operation. Bingham would have found any information about her sister helpful.”

“So Greta either sold out her sister or her best friend.”

“Or she could have given him information about Hines, but the miserable bastard is still alive and kickin’, so that one’s more doubtful.”

“Bingham would have killed him?”

“Depends on the level of betrayal, but yeah. Bingham’s a stone-cold killer, and you need to bear that in mind.” Something about the way he said it led me to believe he hadn’t yet finished his thought.

I turned slightly to glance at him. “You think I should talk to him again.”

“I don’t know yet. He didn’t threaten you yesterday, and you seemed to get away with mouthin’ off to him at the tavern, but the man has his limits. Ones you might test if you drop by to start askin’ questions about Greta.”

Facing Bingham scared the shit out of me. I had to think this through.

“One possibility is that Tim Hines took Greta,” I said, “but that seems unlikely. I think he would have needed a trigger, but so far we haven’t established one. And if it was Tim, it seems unlikely Greta’s disappearance is related to Lula. I don’t know about you, but I doubt it’s coincidental two best friends went missing in the same forty-eight-hour period.”

“My thoughts too.”

“Let’s say Greta did go to Bingham for help with Tim. What does that have to do with her disappearance now?” I asked.

“If it was Bingham who helped her in August, and if the price was information about Lula, he might be watchin’ Greta now. Maybe he doesn’t want her passin’ anything along to you.”

I felt like I was going to be sick. If that was the case, I’d gotten Greta kidnapped.

“And if that’s so, goin’ back to see him is a fool’s errand,” Marco said.

We were silent again, and I let all the possibilities run through my head. “Does Greta have any other association with Bingham?”

“Not that I know of, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything.”

“And then there’s the second possible father to consider,” I said. “And the man who stopped by the café to ask Greta about Lula.

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