Olivier by TJ Nichols

Author:TJ Nichols [Nichols, TJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63533-768-6
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2017-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

IT HAPPENED so fast that Olivier didn’t have time to do anything. A yellow cab raced through the light and hit Lily. He was twenty paces behind, and he was too late, too slow. But he got the license plate. There was no taxi number on the vehicle. And it didn’t stop. In seconds it was lost in traffic—the perfect hit and run.

As Olivier rushed to Lily’s side, he realized two things. It was a yellow car, not a cab. Though most people would think it was a cab. And Lily was dead. He watched the spreading blood on the asphalt. Someone was calling 9-1-1. He didn’t want to be an onlooker or a witness and answer questions. He didn’t want to be there at all.

Lily was dead, and he was supposed to keep her safe. He stopped and edged back as others pushed forward. Someone checked her pulse and shook their head. Less than an hour before, she’d been talking to Cody.

Shit. He took a step back and pulled out his phone. He knew Cody’s number by heart—some numbers were best never stored—and called him. He hoped Cody was already on a plane and far away.

Cody answered. “Hello?”

“It’s me.” Sirens tinged the air and grew steadily louder. What did he say?

“What happened?” Cody said, filling the void between them.

“It was a hit and run.”

“Bullshit. Don’t lie.” Cody’s voice was laced with pain.

“It was a hit and run.” Not the way Benitez worked. That was the mark of the Palmerston family. They liked to keep things messy and impersonal. He wanted to be wrong, but that car had been no cab, no matter what a first glance indicated. “It was deliberate.”

How long had the cab stalked Lily, waiting for a chance? If she hadn’t stopped to pull her phone out of her bag, she wouldn’t have been at the back of the pack when they crossed the road. Someone had phoned her at exactly the wrong—or right—time. It was all a setup.

If Cody’s father was working with Palmerston, that was not a good a sign… and while he had no proof that they were working together, Olivier would have to warn Benitez.

“What do you mean? Someone ran her down?”

“You learn fast who likes what method.” He walked away from the crowd, hoping to lose himself and pretend he was never there. “Your father has dangerous friends. Leave town.”

“My father?”

“Well it wasn’t me or my friends.”

“Lily is dead, and you don’t care. You’re talking about murder like it’s a business card.” Cody hung up.

Olivier bit back his frustration. He needed to call his boss. Cody was right, though. Murder was like a business card. Palmerston was involved with Anders. Why would Anders want the help of a thug like that? Did Benitez know something was going on? Was that why Connor had been killed? Olivier thought he was getting close to the answers Cody wanted.

He tried to call Cody, but Cody didn’t answer.

Shit. Unlike Benitez, Palmerston didn’t have any ethics at all.

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