Judith (Queen's Birds of Prey Book 3) by Kathi S. Barton

Author:Kathi S. Barton [Barton, Kathi S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: World Castle Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Piper was just packing away the last of her things when someone rang her doorbell. She’d not wanted to be interrupted, but duty called. As soon as she flung the door open, she knew something had happened.

“What is it?” Aryne Peterson asked if he could come in. Inviting him in was easy—getting information from him was another matter altogether. “If you don’t start talking, I might well have to hurt you. What is it?”

“The Martins. The ones that had their home burnt down just before Christmas.” He looked around. “I hadn’t realized you’d found a place to live. Shall I congratulate you now?”

“I’m moving back to where I came from. All of us are.” Aryne looked so crestfallen that she nearly laughed. “We’ll be coming back from time to time. And I’ll make sure you have my new number once I’m settled. We decided that we love it back there. It’s our roots, I guess you could call it. My sister Jude, she’s marrying the king of the place there. She’ll be his queen in all things.”

“That’s wonderful. I’m so happy for all of you. Not so much about you leaving the area, but that you’re going to be all together. But about the Martins. They’re claiming I’ve doctored my report on what I found out there. That I poured gasoline all around so their insurance wouldn’t pay off. I’m glad more every day that you bought me the body cam I’ve been using. The recording of it all, including our conversation out there, is being reviewed by the sitting judge.” Piper asked him why he’d come to her. “You’re going to be called as a witness. It’s not a bad thing. The judge, I believe you know him—Arthur Montgomery. He likes you and said that if he was to trust anyone with the truth, it would be you. He asked me to come by here and let you know he was going to have you summoned.”

“When is it?” Aryne smiled. “Today? He is making this thing start today? What would have happened had I not been home? Would he have just waited me out?”

“Yes. As I said, he likes you and knows you’re going to be honest with the court. He is going to tell the Martins you were on scene with me.” Piper asked him what capacity she was testifying in. “He’s making you a part of the fire team, as the one to head up things like this, discordances with insurance companies and families. I think you’d be a pro at it. Not to sound mean, but you don’t take shit from anyone, and that would put you in favor of anyone I know. A straight shooter is what he said.”

She looked around her apartment. There really wasn’t much left to do. She was just making herself busy work, so she’d not be in the middle of something when she was to meet with her sisters. It was their party night, the only night of the week they were able to get together as a family.

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