Wild Storm: A Coastal Caribbean Adventure (Tyson Wild Thriller Book 40) by Tripp Ellis

Author:Tripp Ellis [Ellis, Tripp]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tripp Ellis
Published: 2022-04-24T16:00:00+00:00

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"I told you,” Tom said. “I just got out of rehab. I can't be involved in this. I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression, specifically my girlfriend,” he muttered aside. “I just stepped into the hallway to see what the commotion was about. I heard a scream. I think it's terrible what happened."

"So, you’re telling me this girl wasn’t in your hotel room, and you two weren’t doing drugs together," Ashford said.

"Her name is Mary Jean,” I added.

Ashford shot me another annoyed glance.

“Bro, like, I said a few words to her at the bar. You know how these girls are. They walk the halls, stalking celebrities. I don't know. Maybe she followed me up here."

Ashford looked at him with a healthy dose of skepticism.

"Look, I’m gonna step back into my hotel room before the paparazzi get here. My publicist will kill me if I get dragged into this. You know how the press twists things around."

"I need your contact information,” Ashford said. “I may have more questions for you."

"That's it?" I said.

"Deputy Wild, if you have a problem with the way I’m doing my job, feel free to file a complaint. Maybe you should go back to your hotel room, enjoy the rest of your business trip."

"I'll leave it in your capable hands," I said and slowly backed away from the scene.

Deputy Ashford took Tom Uzi’s information, then said, “Go ahead and give me your manager’s number in case I can’t get hold of you.”

Tom gave him the info, and I began to suspect what was going on.

“I hate to ask,” Ashford said. “But my daughter is a fan. You think I could get an autograph for her?"

"Absolutely," Tom said. "It would be my honor."

My jaw clenched tight. That punk was gonna walk away from this. Ashford would call the manager, money would change hands, and this would all be forgotten. Too many people were making too much money off Tom Uzi to let him go down. He’d be thrown to the wolves if his career was on the downslide. But as long as he was a hot property, he could act with impunity.

This town had a way of protecting the golden goose until that goose stopped laying eggs. It had always been that way, and I suspected it would never change.

Nothing I could do. This wasn't my show. I left it for LA County to handle and went back to my room.

It was such a waste. Mary Jean was so pretty and had so much potential. David had given her an opportunity. I wondered where she would have been in a year had she survived this night.

JD had slept through the commotion.

I crawled back to bed but couldn't sleep. I lay there, listening to the sounds of the city until sunrise, my blood boiling. I pulled myself out of bed, got showered and dressed, then told JD what happened.

Anger and disappointment tensed his face. “That’s bullshit!”

“Who knows? It’s all just speculation at this point.”

“He brought her up to the room, filled her full of drugs, and she OD’d.

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