The Sugar Hill Collection by M L Bullock

Author:M L Bullock [Bullock, M L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2017-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen – Avery

Naturally, Reed wasn’t anywhere to be found at D & D. The sweet receptionist smiled but didn’t provide me with any additional information. I mused over waiting for him, but I got the feeling he didn’t want to see me. Well, if he wasn’t here, then he must be at Sugar Hill. That’s where I headed next. It was time to have it out—over a few things. Like how dare he kiss me without my permission! And how dare he hold back vital information from me.

I found him easily enough, sitting in the back of a truck talking to a man I didn’t recognize. I could see an ambulance leaving as I pulled up. That could mean one of two things. Either they found a body—or two—or they found nothing. By the look on Reed’s handsome face, I could tell which one it was.

He shook his friend’s hand and they said their goodbyes as I got out of my Lexus. I wanted to punch him in the face. That all changed when I saw he’d been crying.

“What is it, Reed? What happened?” I touched him discreetly on the shoulder. As always he was the picture of Southern perfection with his perfectly starched shirt and creased trousers.

He rubbed his eyes quickly, like he had never intended to let me see him crying. Maybe he wouldn’t have, but I didn’t give him a chance to hide.

“They found the bodies, just like Jessica said. I can hardly believe it. How can she know that, Avery? Now the police want to talk to her. They think she has something to do with this.”

I couldn’t help but laugh. “They think Jessica played some role in a two-hundred-year-old murder case? What is she? A time traveler? Sounds like the local police department has a problem with logic,” I said dryly.

“If you want to know the truth, it’s not Jessica Chesterfield they suspect. It’s us. They think the Dufresnes are pulling a family stunt. They think we knew about this and wanted to put it all on television. Or you wanted to put it on television. They have this idea that you’re using it as your big break back into News Quarter.”

“Do what? They think I wanted to find our dead ancestors buried in a wall? Why would I need to pull a publicity stunt? I’m doing everything I can to stay out of the press, not invite them here.” I sat on the bumper of his vehicle with my arms crossed.

“Well, that’s not how they see it, and you can’t blame them.”

“How is that, Reed?”

“Well, they only know you as America’s Newscaster, the woman who went after Senator Greeley and humiliated him in front of the nation. They don’t believe you have any qualms about playing this family secret to your advantage.”

“That’s just great.” Once again that interview came back to haunt me. For the first time I truly felt regret over it.

“As far as the bodies go, the initial examination shows that one was a young female and the other was likely an older female.

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