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He looks at me in silence, just breathing loudly for a few seconds. I don’t break eye contact with him. Something I don’t understand is happening here and I’m not about to show any weakness.
“You can go,” he finally says. “But don’t leave town.”
I assure him I won’t, then let him escort me out of the building without saying anything else.
The sun is blindingly bright, and much too hot, scorching my skin under the cool breeze blowing from the direction of the redwood trees, carrying their pleasant, fresh and tangy scent.
And I have no idea what to do next.
All I know is that I’ll clear Bea’s good name even if it costs me my own. How, is a different matter.
I probably should call Eagle first, but I dial my mom’s number anyway.
“Ashton, finally,” she says, breathlessly. “Listen, I’m really sorry about the way we left it last night. It was too soon for a family dinner, I realize that now. And I’m so sorry for not making sure your father’s house was in order…I don’t know why I didn’t go there to clear it out…it was just...”
“It’s alright, Ma, we’ll talk about all that later.” My mother has this tendency of speaking too much all the time. I swear, if no one interrupted her, she could talk for 24-hours straight.
She gasps and makes a couple of confused sounds, just like she always does when the flow of her words is interrupted.
“Your next door neighbor, what’s her name—“
“Samantha?”
“And Beatrice is her daughter?”
“Yes,” she says slowly.
“Well her daughter’s at the police station, I don’t know if they know already, but if not they should come and get her,” I say.
“At the police station? For what?” she asks.
“Someone broke into her place last night, and they think…” I say then decide against going into any more detail over the phone. “They should come and get her I think.”
“Her daughter has had some issues—“
“I gotta go, I’ll call you later,” I say, just as the dark blue pick-up I saw speeding towards me as I reached the sidewalk beside the station, pulls up at the curb.
“Get in,” Eagle says through the rolled down window. “Cross wants to see you right now.”
If that detective is watching, this can’t look very good, but I get in the car without asking any questions. The one thing I know about MC life is that you go when you’re summoned. Not that I wouldn’t much rather sit around at my mother’s house waiting for Bea to come home.
