No Returns by Rhonda Pollero

Author:Rhonda Pollero [Pollero, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780692630471
Publisher: Pollero Enterprises, Inc.
Published: 2016-03-15T23:00:00+00:00

Sometimes a lie is the best option

Chapter Six

I left Liam in the waiting area as a nurse showed me to Becky’s exam area. When I saw her, I tilted my head to one side and let out a short breath. She had a small square of gauze high up on her hairline and some dried blood on the neckline of her dress. “Are you okay?”

She nodded. “The attack of the airbag,” she said, gently exploring the bandage with her fingertips. “Four stitches and an ugly scar on my face.”

I gave her a hug. “Your hair will cover it,” I reassured her. “What happened?”

Before she could answer the curtain fluttered open and Liv and Jane came rushing in. Worry registered on their faces. Liv’s perfume replaced the scent of sterile hospital. We’d been friends for years, even though she was the most beautiful woman on the planet. She had dark hair and eyes that were an exotic shade of blue-green. Liv owned her own event planning business and was very successful. Jane was successful, too. Though she and Liv were polar opposites in the wardrobe department. Liv dripped designers while Jane tended to wear body-huggiing leather and lace. I didn’t know another accountant who looked like one of the Pussycat Dolls. Jane worked out maniacally, so she had the body to carry-off her revealing outfits without looking slutty.

“Are you okay?” Liv asked.

“Yep.”

“What happened?” I asked again.

“Some asshole cut me off on I-95 and I ended up going off the road and hitting a tree. My car is toast.”

“Don’t worry about that,” I insisted. “You can get another car. We can’t get another you.”

Always practical, Jane asked, “Was the other driver insured?”

“I have no idea. The bastard didn’t even stop.”

“Did you get a license plate?”

Becky looked at Liv. “Uh, it happened really fast.”

I asked, “So nothing?”

She shook her head again. “It was a big, dark car. That’s all I’ve got.”

My mind immediately went to the suspicious, dark car parked on my street last night. I was being crazy. The two couldn’t possibly be related. Obviously I was dangerously low on caffeine.

We stayed until Becky got her discharge papers, then agreed that it made more sense for Liv and Jane to drive Becky home since they were going in that direction. I went back out to the waiting area to reclaim Liam. He was watching the silent Marlins game on the television mounted high on the wall.

“How bad is it?” he asked.

“Coupla stitches. Probably a bad headache.”

As we drove back to my place, I told Liam all about the computer back trace. “Have you ever heard the name Gerald Cavanaugh?”

“No. But he shouldn’t be hard to find. I can log into my databases from your place and we can check him out. What about the photos?” he asked.

“Four out of five. The butler’s picture isn’t there.”

“So what’s your take on Deacon?”

I shrugged. “Seems okay. He’s the kind of man my mother marries.”

“And what kind is that?”

“Rich and twenty-plus years her senior. If he doesn’t ask for a prenup, I say he’s in.

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