The Cheater's Game (Glass and Steele Book 7) by C.J. Archer

Author:C.J. Archer [Archer, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

I tried to pull my hands away but his grip was too firm. His mouth twisted into a teeth-clenching grin as he ground my palms into the bricks.

"Let me go!" I cried, struggling to free my hands.

Something thudded beside me. "Let her go," Matt growled. How long had he been here?

He reached over the wall and grabbed Danny's collar.

Danny released me and put up his hands in surrender. "She was spying on us!"

Matt shook him so violently, Danny lost his footing and almost fell off the barrel he was standing on. I stood straighter. The top of the wall came to my chest. Behind Danny, May stood with hands on hips. In the pale moonlight, it was difficult to tell if her glare was directed at Danny or me. With a click of her tongue, she stormed off down the alley.

Danny pushed against Matt.

Matt punched him in the jaw, snapping Danny's head back. "That's for frightening my fiancée."

Danny rubbed his face. "She was spying!"

"I heard an argument," I told him. "It sounded heated, and I was worried for May's safety."

He snorted. "And I'm the fucking queen of England."

Matt punched him again. "That's for using bad language in front of my fiancée." He must not have hit him too hard because the punch didn't draw blood. "I'll let you go when you answer some questions."

"What questions?" Danny whined.

"I'm getting to them. Have some patience." He shook Danny.

Danny pressed his teeth together and looked as if he wanted to hit Matt. But he did not. He stood there, hands in the air, and waited.

"First of all, a statement," Matt said. "You were in a cheating scheme with Emmett Cocker."

"No!"

"That's a quick denial, considering you don't know what scheme I'm referring to."

"I can guess," Danny spat. "You think we cheated at cards together. You think I lost on purpose to reel in other players. I didn't. We didn't cheat."

"I don't believe you," I said. "I heard you tell May that you didn't need any luck with Emmett. Why wouldn't you need luck?"

"Because I sometimes won against him. A lot, as it happens. You just didn't see it."

"That's not what everyone else says." Matt jerked his head to the pub's rear entrance.

"You can't trust gossip."

"In the conversation you had with May," I said, "it sounded as if you are having money difficulties."

He shrugged one shoulder.

"May said Emmett cut you out. She was referring to the cheating scheme, wasn't she?"

"I don't know what you're talking about. Why are you asking these questions? None of this has anything to do with you. You're winning tonight, Glass. You ain't being cheated."

"You cheated my cousin," Matt said. "You and Emmett."

"Emmett probably did, it's true. But he's gone now, and if he did, it ain't my fault. I never saw him cheat, and he's never been caught. Not once."

Matt merely smiled, a wicked slash of white teeth in the night. "It was you, wasn't it? You killed Emmett."

"No! I ain't no murderer!"

"You weren't home at the time of his death.

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