Rising Tide (Coastal Fury Book 5) by Matt Lincoln

Author:Matt Lincoln [Lincoln, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Although Alice wasn’t thrilled that Ethan and his partner Robbie left her with agents she hadn’t met, she understood their rush. Even so, she was surprised to see Ethan’s car in her driveway when Sylvia pulled in.

“I thought they were going to see that environmentalist guy,” she said to the agents. “They didn’t say they were coming to my house.”

“You can ask when you go in,” Lamarr suggested.

The large man reminded Alice of Michael Clarke Duncan, one of her favorite actors who had, unfortunately, passed away several years earlier. Alice had been lucky to meet the man once, and she’d always remember his graciousness toward her. Special Agent Lamarr Birn was cut from the same cloth, she decided, and she was glad to know Ethan worked with some great people.

“You and Sylvia are welcome to come in and get whatever cold drinks my mom ordered,” Alice said as they walked past the catering truck. “She always gets more than food than her guests could possibly eat.”

Her mother’s excess was one of Alice’s pet peeves. Mounds of food were discarded after her events. Alice used to argue that the leftovers could go to a shelter or soup kitchen, but her mother hated the notion of sharing with the poor. She’d paid for the food, so the food was hers to do with as she pleased.

“As long as those drinks aren’t spiked, I may do that,” Sylvia said.

Special Agent Muñoz had one of the prettiest smiles Alice had ever seen. Mei would be sure to tell Alice she could get the same smile if she went to a high-class dental clinic… not that Alice cared about her mother’s opinion anymore. Usually.

As they were about to enter the house, Alice looked back and saw a black limo park in her driveway. She swallowed. The wake was going to begin, and there would be more early birds than she cared to entertain. Fortunately, that was her mother’s domain.

“They’re going to love seeing you all,” Alice told Sylvia and Lamarr with a nod to the limo. “I don’t suppose you could stay through the wake.”

Sylvia’s sympathetic smile just about choked her up. Not many people who learned of her upbringing accepted that Alice had divorced herself from most of her family’s doings.

Alice took a breath and went inside. She headed to the living room and saw Ethan before anyone else. Something about his presence in her house made her feel warm all over. When she noticed her mother’s presence and sharp look, Alice shifted her gaze to her father and prayed that nobody noticed the original target of the smile that now faded from her face.

“It’s good to see you away from your newspaper,” she told her dad with a wink. He chuckled, and her mother rolled those judging eyes. Alice looked at Ethan and Robbie. “I didn’t expect to see you here.”

Robbie nodded. “We finished our other errand and had time to stop over and speak with your parents.”

“It was just a few questions,” Ethan added as he walked over to Alice.

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