Now You See Her by Adam Nicholls & Paul J. Teague

Author:Adam Nicholls & Paul J. Teague [Nicholls, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Thursday - Day 4

The next morning, Louise brought Cory a coffee into his bedroom. It took him a few seconds to search his mind for what had happened the previous night.

She had offered to run them home, dropping off Bianca and then returning with Cory to his apartment. As they were chatting in the car on the road outside, Cory noticed that the board over his bedroom window was gone; the landlord had gotten the glass replaced after the damage to the property earlier that week.

Not wanting to stop the conversation with Louise, he invited her in for a coffee. She'd finished her shift, after all. They'd carried on talking until the small hours and he'd poured them a whiskey each. He certainly needed one after the day he'd just had. Then what had happened? His memory was fuzzy.

‘Don't worry, I slept on the couch,’ Louise said, as if reading his mind. ‘You don't have to apologize for anything—you were a perfect gentleman.’

‘For a moment there… What time did I fall asleep?’

Cory was relieved. He liked Louise—a lot—but there was his son to consider. And he loved Nadia, too, after all the years they'd spent together. He had no intention of throwing it all away.

‘I told you to go to bed, after I was talking to you and you started snoring in the middle of an anecdote. You barely made it without falling asleep. I hope you don't mind, but I couldn't risk driving with those three whiskeys we drank. So I made myself comfortable on the couch.’

‘At least nothing happened…’ Cory began.

‘Well, that's not entirely true.’

Louise was perched at the edge of the bed now, a grim look on her face.

‘Oh no, what happened?’ Cory asked.

‘Well, did you know we both have the same make of cell phone?’

‘No,’ Cory replied, preparing to grimace at what was coming next.

‘Well, Nadia called first thing to let you know that Zach's head is okay. She sounded like she was going to apologize for something, but she got all worked up when I answered your phone. She asked why I was at your place.’

Louise had a pained expression on her face, as if trying to warn Cory about what she was going to tell him.

‘I'd make a terrible criminal—I can’t lie to save my life. I'm sorry—I told her I'd stayed the night.’

‘You didn't, did you?’ Cory sighed in deep despair.

‘Sorry—Nadia put the phone down before I could explain.’

‘I'll call her now.’

‘I'd advise against that,’ Louise cautioned. ‘She was pretty pissed. I'd give her some time to cool down if I were you.’

‘This week is getting worse. I can't believe what happened to Imogen last night. It's like a bad dream.’

‘It's pretty shocking stuff for Shallow Falls. Who the hell would want to murder Imogen Franklin? I agree with you; it seems ridiculous.’

‘Well, I missed my morning run again. I'd better get showered and pick up Bianca. I want to have a word with her parents. I know she's not a minor

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