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“You want to go, then I’ll take you. Say the word and I’ll arrange it.”
She squeezed my fingers. “I’d like that.”
“When, then? Would you like to go for the holidays? See the decorations?”
“Next month?” She wrinkled her nose, then made an excuse like always. “I don’t want to miss Christmas with you and my friends. Maybe in the spring, when it’s warmer.”
“Okay. Sure. The spring.”
I probably shouldn’t be leaving the island right now anyway, not with the way things were with Eden.
“You’re good to ask,” she said. “You always did your best. I know I wasn’t a great mom.”
I moved uncomfortably on my seat. “You did okay.”
“No, I didn’t.” She stared at her whiskey. “You ran wild and we both know it. Everyone knew it.”
I rolled a shoulder. “It worked out in the end.”
“Yeah. The prima made you a vampire, didn’t she? Because she thought you had parents who didn’t care.”
“Mom. It’s done and I’m happy. Don’t beat yourself up about it. I’m a fucking lieutenant now—you can’t get much higher than that.”
“I suppose so.” Her mouth pulled sideways. “These days, you look more like my grandson than my son, you know. It’s…strange.”
It was true. I lifted my shoulders, let them drop.
“So,” I said. “About Esposito. When did you see him last?”
“I don’t know. Why don’t you text him yourself?”
“I did,” I said, tight-jawed. “He changed his number again.”
Esposito changed his phone number as often as other people changed their shoes. And when I’d had the PI track down his new number, he hadn’t responded.
“It’s your fault, you know. If you treated him with any respect, he wouldn’t—”
“When did you see him last?” I interrupted.
She narrowed her eyes at me.
I grabbed for my patience. “Please. I need to know.”
“Why?”
“That, I can’t tell you. But it’s important.”
She stared at me for a beat, then shrugged. “A couple of weeks ago.”
“In Halifax?”
A shake of her head. “Montreal. We went out, had some fun.”
“Montreal. He was gambling again, right?”
“He played a few hands of poker, yeah.”
I suppressed a sigh. “How much did he lose?”
