Wedding Cake by Josi S. Kilpack

Author:Josi S. Kilpack [Kilpack, Josi S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Shadow Mountain Publishing
Published: 2014-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Shawn and Sadie pulled up in front of Pete’s house just as Malloy was stepping out of the unmarked police car. He’d only beaten them there by a matter of seconds. When Malloy saw her, he scowled and said something to the officer who’d come with him, Beacon.

Sadie held Malloy’s eyes while Shawn shifted into park, then she unbuckled her seat belt, took a deep breath, and stepped out of the car to meet Malloy on the sidewalk. Shawn said something about a text from Maggie—her flight had landed early—and so he stayed in the car.

Beacon headed toward the gate that led to the backyard of Pete’s house. Sadie itched to follow him, but she had two hundred and forty pounds of obnoxious police detective in her way.

“I told you to go to the hotel,” Malloy said.

“You told me I couldn’t go home. Where else do you think I would go?” She raised her eyebrows as though daring him to argue with her logic. She’d thought of it on the drive over and was quite proud with herself. “What are you doing here?”

When he didn’t answer right away, she pretended to put the details together on her own. “Does this have anything to do with the tip you received when I was in your office?”

The slight tightening of Malloy’s jaw told her she was on the right track, and she could almost hear his brain racing to come up with a different explanation. She spoke again before he could come up with anything. “What was the tip about?”

Sadie looked past him at the house that would be Pete’s for only another week. The day after she and Pete would return from their honeymoon, the new owners would close on the house and Pete would hand over his keys. Beacon let himself into the backyard and closed the gate behind him. Did the tip have something to do with the backyard, then? She looked at Malloy again. “Did you tell Pete there was a tip regarding his home?”

Sadie knew he hadn’t told Pete because when she texted Pete, he’d known nothing about it. He’d been talking to the owners of another one of the stolen phones but cut the interview short, calling Sadie for more details and saying he was on his way to meet them. She explained what had happened, but left out the part about her and Shawn having been caught with armloads of Jane’s stuff outside her apartment. Pete had enough to worry about right now.

“It’s not typical for us to call the subject of a tip prior to substantiating it,” Malloy said. His voice was as tight as his expression.

“Even when he’s a good friend?”

“Especially if he’s a good friend,” Malloy spat back. “Do you have any idea the number of conflicts I’m up against with this investigation? It’s a very complicated situation that is becoming more complicated thanks to you and your constant meddling!”

“I’m not the one who called in a tip about Pete’s house,” Sadie reminded him, trying to remain calm.

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