Killing Streak by Merit Clark

Author:Merit Clark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery detective, mystery and detective, mystery and love, mystery and crime, mystery and detective adult romance, mystery detective thriller, mystery and thriller and suspense, mystery detective series, mystery in mountains, mystery adult
Publisher: Merit Clark

Chapter 34

Jack led Corie into a small interview room. Just him, not Serena. He seemed serious but she didn’t pay much attention; she was preoccupied with Evan’s prepared dismissal and all of her confused feelings.

He pulled up a chair and sat next to her instead of across the table, then handed Corie a piece of paper.

“Everyone’s gotta fucking stop handing me pieces of paper.” Corie stared at the sheet in his outstretched hand for a few seconds before she took it.

Jack raised his eyebrows but he didn’t ask what she meant. He waited while she read.

“So?” Corie shrugged and tried to hand the paper back.

“You’re the beneficiary on the Swiss bank account. What can you tell me about that?”

“There’s nothing the fuck to tell.” Wow, her language had really deteriorated over the last two days.

Jack acted like he was picking his words carefully, and while he didn’t avoid her gaze, he didn’t really look at her. “It seems odd that you’re the beneficiary, and yet you said you knew nothing about this bank account. Maybe the other night you were confused. You were shaken up and scared. You had fallen down the stairs.”

“It was last night and I hadn’t fallen, I was pushed. Which you seemed concerned about at the time.”

Jack leaned forward with his arms on his knees. “Corie, three million dollars is a lot of money. Help me understand how you could not know about this account.”

This was like déjà vu. Hadn’t she just been telling him how it was a lot of money and must mean something?

“Evan does a lot of shit without telling me. And I’m sick of everyone treating me like I’m some kind of—I don’t know—fucking ornament or something. Like I’m dispensable and can be bought off.”

“What the fuck does that mean?”

Was he mocking her? And what was with the big concerned act last night? Bringing her dinner and holding her and helping with the ice pack?

“Here. While we’re on the subject of payoffs, I have something for you to read.” Corie pulled the offer from Stu out of her purse and handed it to Jack. She would have thrown it but that seemed childish.

“I want to hear more about the Swiss bank account.”

“Then you’re going to have to talk to the person who opened it.” Corie pointed instead at the settlement. “In the meantime, since you’re so interested in our finances, read that. It’s all there. Evan’s buying me out. Like our marriage is a corporation. He had that all ready to go, even before Brice was killed. He was done with me.”

That shut Jack up.

“My compensation.” Corie practically snarled. “For being abused, raped, and having him fuck other women practically on my doorstep. I sign on the dotted line and I’m free. It pays well, apparently.”

Jack’s head jerked up. “Raped? What do you mean?”

“Oh no. Don’t even. I’m the stupid rich bitch who’s got it made, remember? I know you hadn’t seen me for twenty years and then when you did, I was standing over a dead body.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.