Unbroken Vows by Christine Pope

Author:Christine Pope [Pope, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Valentine Press

Chapter 10

After passing what could only charitably be referred to as a very restless night, Will woke up to a text from Michael.

Fred did some hacking and found out that Rosemary is staying at the DePauw Inn. We don’t know what that means, exactly, but at the very least, it seems to indicate she has some autonomy. Come over to the house when you can & we’ll discuss further.

The message was time-stamped 7:12 a.m., only about ten minutes earlier. Will scrubbed a hand over the stubble on his face and then responded, I can be over around 8. See you then.

He set down the phone and poured himself a glass of water, deciding against coffee even though he knew he needed it. Anyway, if Michael wanted him over that early, then there would probably be coffee on tap at his house.

A fast shower and a change into some jeans and a long-sleeved T-shirt, since the day outside was gray and gloomy once again. No rain, as far as he could tell, but the skies looked like they wanted to open up if given the chance.

Will was out the door a little before eight and arrived at Michael’s house almost exactly on the hour. Audrey opened the door after he rang the bell and smiled out at him. She looked far more rested than he knew he did, although she was dressed almost as casually, except in a sweater rather than a T-shirt.

“We’re having a council of war in the dining room,” she said as she stepped aside to let him in. “Coffee and bagels are on tap.”

“Good,” Will replied, managing to smile despite his continued worry for Rosemary. “I was worried it might be doughnuts. Too much sugar for me.”

“Michael’s not big on sugar, either,” Audrey told him. “But you probably already knew that.”

Actually, he didn’t. Although he’d known Michael for several years, it wasn’t as though they’d really ever hung out socially. Michael called Will when he needed his friend’s spiritual assistance, but they’d never eaten together or gone to a baseball game or whatever it was that men did when they needed to bond. He’d always thought of Michael as a friend, but he knew they weren’t exactly friends in the usual sense.

Once this was all over — and once Audrey had gotten her Ph.D. and the couple had returned to California — it was nice to think of a time when the four of them maybe could go out together as couples, to dinner and the movies or whatever else sounded like fun. Of course, that particular scenario imagined a future where Rosemary was safely back from Indiana with no harm done, and at the moment, Will couldn’t be entirely sanguine about such a prospect.

He followed Audrey into the dining room, where Michael and Fred Peñasco were seated at the long table, each of them with their laptop in front of them and a mug of coffee nearby. A plate piled high with bagels sat in the

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