Surviving Mateo (Morelli Family, #2) by Sam Mariano

Author:Sam Mariano [Mariano, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-04-26T22:00:00+00:00

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Once the shopping trip is finished, we head home. I told the girls in the car on the way that they might be able to have a sleepover in Isabella’s room tonight, and as soon as they got here, they both ran straight to her room to get started.

Adrian carries my bags to Mateo’s bedroom for me.

“Do you know when he’ll be home?”

“I’m not sure. He’ll be here for dinner though, so should be soon.” He drops the last of the bags on the bed and takes a step back.

“Can I ask you something?” I hesitate, but given he was the one who told me about the water that first day, I figure maybe he’ll talk to me. “Mateo told me about Beth last night.”

He seems surprised by this, but recovers easily enough. His eyes move to the necklace then, and he nods. “Okay.”

“Well, he told me about Beth, but I didn’t ask about specifics. It was a lot to absorb. It also seemed like potentially a sore subject, so I didn’t push, but in the interest of not repeating my predecessor’s mistakes, I was wondering if you could give me those specifics.”

“What did he tell you?”

“That she betrayed him and cheated and he…” I trail off, touching the necklace. “You know,” I say.

“He told you that? Huh. That’s an interesting wooing technique.”

My face catches somewhere between a smile and a grimace. “Isn’t it? And yet, here I am.”

Cracking a smile, he says, “You didn’t have a lot of options, I understand.”

“I don’t think he would mind you telling me,” I assure him, since I really don’t. “I just really don’t want to ask him again. He has a tendency to be suspicious, and I don’t want him to think I’m too worried about it.”

“Right,” Adrian says, nodding his understanding. “Well, if he already told you that much, I suppose it doesn’t matter. There was this cop on Mateo’s payroll who had a little crush on Beth. It was harmless enough, Mateo knew and didn’t care. What he didn’t expect was that Beth would get tired of him—though I sort of expect that of all Morelli women sooner or later. The Morellis have a lot of flaws, and Mateo seems to collect them. Anyway, so Beth seduced the cop, tried to get him to turn on Mateo. He found out – because Mateo always finds out,” he tells me, eyeing me pointedly, like he’s giving me a warning, “and once he knew he couldn’t trust her, that was that.”

“Did he give her a chance to explain herself?”

He cocks his head to the side, thinking. “I mean, he confronted her. There wasn’t a whole lot to explain though; it was pretty clear what happened.”

“She didn’t try to deny it?”

“Of course she tried, but there was evidence against her. The cop caved under—” He stops, cutting a look in my direction. “—Given a little incentive,” he amends. “Told on her, hoping Mateo would spare him. Don’t know why he thought that might happen.

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