Page 14 of Wild Escape

"Did you know Gabby was pregnant?”

His eyes rounded. “Pregnant?”

"Of course you did. I'm guessing that's why she ended up in the ocean. That would destroy your marriage and kill your teaching career.”

Joshua's whole body went stiff.

"Don't play dumb with me,” I said. “You got her pregnant. She came to you and threatened to expose your relationship if you didn't step up."

He shook his head. "No. That's not true. If she was pregnant, it wasn’t by me.”

"According to her friends, you're the only person she was seeing.”

"You’ve been misinformed. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an important meeting.”

"Where were you Friday night?”

Joshua gathered his things, then marched off stage.

I called after him, "I'll just leave my card right here.”

I put it on the podium, sure he would never get it.

He climbed the steps and exited the auditorium.

"Guess we should talk to his wife," Jack said with a grin.

“I'm sure she would love to hear about the whole thing.” I wasn't in the business of wrecking marriages, but Joshua had blatantly lied to us.

We left the auditorium and hustled across campus to the sorority. I thought I’d give it another shot, banging on the door again to see if Rachel had returned. Jack stayed in the car.

Another delightful beauty answered the door. “Can I help you?”

“Is Rachel back?” I didn’t flash my badge this time.

“Yeah, I think she’s here.”

“Could you get her for me?”

“Well, who are you?”

With a smile, I said, “I’m Tyson.”

She smiled back. “I’ll go get her.”

She closed the door, and I gave an optimistic look at Jack.

The cutie returned a moment later with a sad face. “I’m sorry. You just missed her.”

I played along with it. “That’s too bad.”

“I’ll let her know you stopped by.”

“Thank you.” Before she closed the door, I added, “Did you know Gabby?”

She gave me a curious look. “Gabby who?”

“Templeton. She was a potential new member.”