He helped her bring in the rest of the groceries, sitting the bags on the counter. “Maria’ll put them away. She’s gonna feed the kids. We need to talk.” He headed down the hall. “What’s going on?” Kate asked, wondering why he was so serious. He hadn’t cracked a smile since she came in ...
Her face was sweaty, her torso too warm, but her legs were freezing. She opened her eyes.A stirring to her right. The man’s face appeared over hers.“Good morning, my dear.”She tried to talk, but her mouth was too dry. She worked it to produce some saliva, then tried again. “I need to use the bath...
Skip followed his line of vision. An average-sized, middle-aged man, dark hair too uniform to be anything but dyed, had come through the entrance. He was wearing an expensive business suit and a tanning-salon tan. “Uh, oh. Here comes Richard,” Skip said in a low voice. They ...
Agnes Hospital in fourteen and a half minutes. Leaving Lou to guard the house, the men had piled into Skip’s Explorer. With flashers and liberal use of his horn, he was able to keep up in the light Sunday morning traffic on the Baltimore Beltway.Kate charged up to the information desk in the hosp...
The house was full of people and laughter and wonderful fragrances wafting from the kitchen. Kate was flabbergasted by how much her niece and nephew had grown up. She hadn’t seen them since the previous Christmas. Mike was now a freshman in college and well over six feet. Kate looked up at him. “...
“My sentiments exactly,” Skip said, staring straight ahead at the road. Kate noticed he was still clenching his jaw. “If it weren’t for the fact that he called you Canfield, I could try to convince myself that he just wanted to save some money,” she said. “No way,” Skip countered. “He’s not think...
Glancing at the clock, she realized she had overslept.She hurried through her morning routine of shower and makeup. As she ran a comb through her unruly curls, she smiled at herself in the mirror.Life is good.She braced herself for the guilt, but it didn’t come this time.Also good. I’m getting da...
Kate wasn’t real sure how she stayed upright on such little sleep, much less managed to say anything that made sense to her clients. But no one ran screaming from the room. At lunchtime, Kate called Rob’s house. Manny answered. “How’s it going?” “Not bad so far. H...
Sid Collins had been dodging his questions for the last hour–playing dumb, which wasn’t a stretch for Sid. Maybe the man really didn’t know anything.“One last time, Sid. If you want Skip Canfield to drop the assault charges, you need to tell me who was supplyin’ Sam with the cocaine.”“Honest, She...
Kate felt a bittersweet tug on her heart. Last port of call. Beside her, Liz echoed her thought. “Last day of vacation.” “Are you gonna be able to relax today, darlin’?” Skip asked. “I think so. Now I feel like we’ve done all we could do for Cora. We’ve shown how someone could–” “And probably did...