Innocent Little Crimes by C S Lakin

Author:C S Lakin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
Publisher: C. S. Lakin
Published: 2011-10-15T05:00:00+00:00

Lila was aware of her hands shaking. She had spoken the truth. Fifteen years she had waited, fantasizing this moment in her head. Rehearsing it more than any part she had ever performed. And each time, the scenario played the same. She would expose Davis, and he would plead for mercy. Then she would refuse and watch him suffer.

"Lila has you pegged, Davis," Della said. "You're the expert on laziness. Look at how you got through school—getting girls to cram for your exams and give you notes. Smiling at the teachers so they'd let you slide. Even giving up acting to take over your father's business. Go for the lazy way to make money—handed to you on a platter."

"Now wait a minute, darling. I work damn hard in that business, sometimes twelve hours a day."

"Whoa. Let's rewind back a few frames, lover boy," Lila said. "The boy with the golden spoon in his mouth. Money for cars and other toys. Varsity team, summers in Europe, college. Leads in all the shows, all the women flocking around him. Passing the scut work off on everyone else and reaping all the rewards."

"Yeah, you sure did that to me," Dick said.

"Cynthia, you innocent, come closer. I don't want you to miss a beat."

The group turned toward the hallway, where Cynthia stood in shadow.

"Leave her alone, Li," Peter said.

"It's time she learned the truth."

"Oh, get off it, Lila," Davis said. "For two days you've been threatening to tell her the truth about me, like there's some deep, dark secret that will scare her away."

"Oh, there's more than one. Where would you like me to start?" Lila's voice sped up. "How 'bout your charmed business life in wealthy Marin. Particularly the northern Marin sub-division. The not-so-legit way you put that together."

"What about it?"

"Like pushing all the permits through by greasing the necessary palms. Someone has it all in writing—dates, names, amounts. You get the picture."

Davis snorted. "You're bluffing. There's nothing you can hold over me. Nothing,"

"And when the main investor split town, you dipped into Cynthia's T-Bills." Lila put her hand across her mouth. "Oh dear, Cynthia wasn't supposed to know about that."

Lila watched the slender silhouette move in closer. That should pep things up in their relationship.

"Something on the order of fifty grand, I think it was."

"Tell me this isn't true, Davis," Cynthia said. "You told me that money was untouchable—for our children. It's in our agreement."

Lila smirked. "Sweet-talk her, Davis. The way you did me."

Davis's face flushed. He reached his hands out to Cynthia. "Darling, I didn't want to trouble you with it. It was a temporary loan."

"But you promised."

"I paid it back."

"With my money," Lila said. Gotcha.

Silence fell like a curtain across the room.

Davis froze. "Excuse me?"

"Your principal investor. Brand and Martin. Los Angeles." Lila waited a beat. "I own your northern Marin subdivision, or at least the controlling stock." Lila threw in another well-placed pause. "And the adjacent shopping mall."

"Oh, I love this. This is too much," Jonathan said, gushing with glee.

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