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“You’ll make him pay?” she asks in a small voice, echoing the words I offered her before.
“I will. I promise.”
We walk in silence back to Andino’s office. Once inside, I pull out my cell phone and the money from my pocket and hand them to her.
“Look for a swanky hotel near your son. Choose a room, and I’ll pay for it and book it under a fake name so your husband can’t track you. You show up tomorrow for your regular scheduled visitation, and if he asks questions, you play dumb. Tell him that due to a gas leak, you were sent to an alternative motel along with the other guests, fully comped.”
She nods and does as I ask, scrolling through my phone as she shoves the cash into her pocket. She hands me the cell once she’s found one. I look it over and upgrade the room before paying.
I hand her the cell once more.
“Forward yourself the booking email or send yourself a screenshot. Once you get there, you’ll be Sarah Parks. Add your cell number once you’re done, and I’ll text you so that you have my number too. You call me if you have any issues with your jackass ex.”
She nods her head taking in everything I say with a look of shock on her face.
“What about when you’re back home? Will he bother you then?”
She wraps her arms around herself. “No. I’m an afterthought. He doesn’t think of me at all until my visiting day is due. I’ll be okay until next month, but then…” her voice trails off.
“You call me before, and we’ll figure something out. I’d also like you to send me all court documents and any information you have on your husband. I’m not going to make you any promises, but if I can get you more access to your son, I will.”
She swallows and starts crying silent tears. “Why are you helping me?”
“Why wouldn’t I?”
She stares at me in awe, which has me shifting uncomfortably and looking away.
“Thank you. Shit, I don’t even know who you are.” She chuckles.
I smile. “Neither do I most days, but you can call me Sugar.”
CHAPTEREIGHT
Itake a sip of my lukewarm beer and focus on the man in front of me digging a grave instead of the man sitting beside me, his arm brushing against mine as he drinks his own beer. It’s a brief touch here and there, and yet every time the bare skin of my arm touches his, a rush of heat threatens to engulf me. On the outside, I’m as cool as a cucumber, but on the inside, I’m one stroke away from incinerating.
“You sure everyone is gone?”
I nod. “Yeah, I double-checked the rooms myself.”
“Any issues?”
I think about Calisa and shake my head. “No, everyone was happy to take the money and go somewhere nicer. I checked the reservations while I was at it, and nobody is due to arrive today.”
“Probably because he already had two girls lined up and wanted a little time with them without running the risk of being disturbed.”
“Probably,” I agree as the sun beats down on us.
Andino stops to wipe the sweat from his brow before looking up at us. “That has to be deep enough.”
“A little deeper. You don’t want her body to be found by an animal, do you?”
He sighs but shakes his head. “Can I at least get a drink? It’s so hot out here.”
“When you’re done. We don’t have all day, you know.”
He grumbles something but goes back to digging.
“You’re calm,” Calix says, finishing his beer and placing the empty bottle on the step beside him.
