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Mrs. Waddle eyed us some more. “You all do look alike. I was impressed they’d find actors who look so similar.”
“Is Aspen here?” I asked, anxious.
She shook her head. “No. You’re too late.”
Oh shit. What the hell did that mean?
“Too late?” I asked, a little afraid of the answer.
“She’s gone on TV to find herself a new man. It’s happening right now.”
50
ASPEN
* * *
Mark Rasche pulled a wallet from his back pocket and flipped it open just like it was done on TV. Yeah, I didn’t have a TV but that didn’t mean I hadn’t seen some shows.
Sierra came over and I wrapped an arm around her.
“I’m here to talk with you about your involvement with Senator Bergstrom and Duncan Pounder.”
I frowned. Sierra looked to me.
“This is my daughter,” I said, not only as an introduction, but to remind him that there was a child present, and he shouldn’t say things not meant for little ears.
“Sierra, right?”
She nodded to the man. She may have noticed my hesitancy and felt it herself. I didn’t like that he knew her name because that meant he’d been studying up.
“These are my friends, Mallory Mornay and Georgia Gantry-MacKenzie,” I added.
He nodded at them but didn’t give them much attention. It was clear he was only interested in talking to me.
So I told him what he wanted to know.
“I have no involvement with Senator Bergstrom or Duncan Pounder.”
“You saw the senator the other night in California and Mr. Pounder is after you for a ring. Or money, correct?”
Why was he asking me this? And how did he know these details?
“Yes, I saw the senator the other night for the first time in ten years.”
“No birthday calls or holiday cards?” he asked me, but eyed Sierra.
“No.”
“And Mr. Pounder?”
The trailer door opened again, and Theo entered. With him was another man I hadn’t met before. It was getting really crowded in here.
“Hey, Aspen,” Theo said to me. “Sierra, how was camp?”
If he recognized how freaked I was, he didn’t say anything.
“Awesome,” Sierra said. “Your brother is sooooo cool.”
