Kelly 10 by Jan Burke

Author:Jan Burke [Burke, Jan]
Format: epub
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2010-04-07T21:37:07.775000+00:00

Monday, May 1

10:15 A.M.

REDLANDS

UNTIL we were about fifteen minutes away from the Garcia household, Ethan slept stretched out on the backseat, using three pillows, only one of which was beneath his head. The others were placed so that all the tender places on his back and shoulder were somewhat protected from the jouncing of the car. Dr. Doug Robinson had pleased him by saying he should be able to manage without the need for someone to stay with him during the day--and made him happier still when he said that Ethan could come along for the ride to Redlands--provided he continued to get lots of rest. This was not really something Ethan could avoid, much to his own frustration.

He made a sound as he came awake, one I don't think he knew he made, since he usually tries to hide any sign of his discomfort. He slowly sat up and rubbed his face and hair with his right hand.

"Need something for the pain?" I asked. Frank had entrusted me with a couple of the pills in case the long ride--about seventy-five miles in each direction--proved too much.

"I'll wait until after we talk to the Garcias," Ethan said. "I don't want to be too out of it."

The we was not lost on me. "Ethan--"

"Your story."

"Not really a story, but--"

"I won't interfere. Promise." He smiled and said, "But I have to ask, did you mention to Mrs. Garcia that you're married to a cop?"

"Ben tells me that when you first met him, you told him you had considered a minor in anthropology."

"Hmm. That doesn't seem like an answer to my question, but--Did I say that to Ben? Imagine that."

"Imagine is right, since I'd lay money you never took so much as a course in it."

The smile became a grin. "Key word is considered. You don't have to take a course to consider a minor. But I get your point--you actually are married to a cop. So you did tell her."

"I went very easy on that. It could have backfired."

"Yes, I see what you mean." He paused. "Frank told me about Anna. That maybe she had other motives for being with Ben. That sucks."

"It bothers me, too. I can't convince myself the whole relationship was a ploy, but it bothers me all the same."

"I've been thinking...if you'd let me help you out, maybe that's something I could help with. I could track down Fletchers. You know, do what I can to find out how far the branches of that family tree stretch."

My impulse was to tell him that he should just rest and recover, but I knew how bored he was. Other than doctors' appointments and an AA meeting, he hadn't been out of the house until today.

"If you think you're up to it, sure."

THE Garcias lived in a two-story house on a quiet block. Like all the other houses on the street, it was neatly landscaped and appeared to be well cared for.

Dora Garcia was a short, slender woman with dark hair that she wore in a chignon.

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