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“Are you fucking kidding me?” I growled. “The man is dead and you’re worried about the inconvenience of it all. You are one piece of work,Spencer.”
“Do you have any idea how much longer it will take to get his money where it belongs?” hewhined.
“Not nearly as long as you think.” I sighed deeply. “Last night he had his will signed andnotarized.”
“Fantastic!” The fucker sounded positively giddy. “I’ll just need it on file to getstarted.”
I stood at the table and took pictures of each page. Throwing a wrench in the works, and supplying him with images of the new will improved my mood greatly. “Sending them now. You should receive them any minute. So, I guess I’ll talk to you later.” I prepared to hang up, but his screech, which told me he’d received my message, had me smiling. I could wait another minute or so before ending the call. “Something wrong?” I asked feigninginnocence.
“This isn’t the will!” He shouted at the top of hislungs.
“Right. It’s the will Devon had drawn up.” I nodded a few times and waited for hisretort.
“He left everything toyou,” hesneered.
“Yes, it was unexpected, but that’s the way he wanted it.” I grinned. I couldn’t care less about the money. As long as I could pay my bills and have a little fun, I was more than satisfied with my income. Upsetting Spencer, however, made me ridiculouslyhappy.
“We’ll see about that,” hegrumbled.
My head tilted. “You plan on contesting thewill?”
Spencer was a silent for several seconds. “You know, the police contacted me. They think you killedDevon.”
“Why would they think that?” My eyesnarrowed.
“Well, before they simply heard you ran from thescene…”
“I was being chased by a man with a gun,” I spat as I began pacing in thekitchen.
“They don’t know that. To top it all off, you now have motive. After all, Devon left you everything and then was murdered soon after.” He whistledlow.
I stiffened. “What should Ido?”
Spencer was silent. “You should probably go talk to the police so you’re no longer under suspicion, and make it sooner thanlater.”
“Okay. I’ll see what I can do,” Igrumbled.
“Oh, andPeri?”
“Yes?” I huffed, eager to get off thephone.
There was an edge to his voice as he spoke. “You should goalone.”
22
Mishal
“Wow, you look…furious,”Peri commented absently as she paused at the end of the bed before continuing into the bathroom. I heard the faucet running and when she returned, she was carrying a glass of water. “You know the drill, crankasaurus rex. Drink this. You’ll feel better.” She smiled, but it didn’t reach hereyes.
I took a few sips from the glass. More than anything, I needed her touch. I’d laid in bed thinking about her talking on the phone to another man. The way she could walk out infuriated me. Still, Peri was here now. I had every reason to calm down. “I’m not a dinosaur,” Icomplained.
“Yes, I know, but crankasaurus rex has a ring to it that crankagon and grumpagon simply can’t pull off.” She batted her eyelashes at me. “We’ll talk after I shower. I need to wash that phone call off.” Peri sighed and shook her head. “Be back soon.” Grabbing her bag from the floor, she disappeared behind a closeddoor.
I set the empty glass on the nightstand, folded my arms behind my head, and listened to her humming in the shower. While this soothed me some, I wouldn’t be completely calm until I held her in my arms again. I glanced at my cell. Already it was two in the afternoon. We managed to get in a solid eight hours and yet I was still worn out. Emotions were stupid. Leave it to me to stumble upon my mate at the worst possible time. Why now? I’d met Peri before. Of course, all those times were when she was a child, long before she’d hitpuberty.
She used to follow me around. Everyone chalked it up to a typical childhood crush. Especially me. Only I remember now how Fredo had a contemplative look on his face. I hit the button on my phone to place thecall.
“Everything okay, Mr. Draco?” Fredoquestioned.
