The 6:20 Man by Baldacci David
Author:Baldacci, David [Baldacci, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thriller, Suspense
ISBN: 9781529061994
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2022-06-27T14:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER
40
âWELL, TWICE IN ONE DAY. What a lucky girl I am.â
Michelle Montgomery had answered Devineâs knock on the front door of her walk-up. She had taken off her business suit and wore faded, holey jean short-shorts, a white short-sleeved T-shirt, and no shoes. Her toenails were painted scarlet.
âDepends on how things turn out,â he replied.
She ushered him inside, and he took in the space. Clean, uncluttered, minimal furniture, some decent artwork, colorful rugs on the hardwood floors, a couple pieces of what looked to be African sculpture, and the scent of reefer.
âWell, a couple more breaths and Iâll be feeling quite mellow after my long day of toil at Cowl and Comely.â
âIâve got some good weed if youâre interested.â
âIf you have some cold beer, Iâd be very interested.â
She got the beers and said, âCome on, I know where thereâs a breeze. The AC here isnât the best.â
She led him up to the flat roof, where a couple of deck chairs were set up. He took off his jacket and loosened his tie. They sat and she pointed out a sliver between two buildings and said, âWater view. That apparently costs extra.â
âAnd worth every penny. And so is that breeze.â He turned his face and let tendrils of air slide over his skin as he drank his beer.
âHowâd it go with Brad?â
âSurprisingly well. We reached a mutual understanding.â
âI guess thatâs good for you, then.â
âGood for us both. Hey, were you with Brad last Thursday night?â
âThursday night?â She thought for a minute. âNo. I was at his house, but he wasnât there. He probably was in the city.â
Maybe at the place where Sara died.
âDo you know a Jennifer Stamos?â
âNo.â
âOkay. Chilton said you were family friends. Since I know his family dates to the Mayflower and his blue-blood family comes from money, I guessed you did, too. But then you mentioned staying in a student hostel in Italy.â
âWeâre not blue bloods and my familyâs not rich. My father worked on the Chiltonsâ Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, and my mother cleaned their house and took care of their kids. I was the wild and fun daughter of the hired help who lived on the premises.â
âInteresting. You have any siblings?â
âTwo sisters. One younger and in college and thriving, and one older and married. To a doctor. And very happily.â
âGood for them. Do they look like you?â
âI think my younger sister is better-looking than I am.â
âNot what I meant, but thatâs hard to believe.â
âBelieve it. My older sister, Beth, is the one with the brains.â
He thought back to the disparaging remarks Cowl had made about her. âI donât think youâre too shabby in that department, Michelle.â
âI couldnât even make it through college.â
âYou probably didnât want to be bored with all the cookie-cutter courses in return for a boatload of student debt. And you wanted to see the world, like you said. And look where it landed you.â
She fingered her beer. âYeah, I get paid to hang on the arm of a wealthy man and look wonderful. I like to think of it as living by my wits, but itâs not really that.
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