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He moved past her, giving her his back as he went for the house. “When they’ve decided you need to know, they’ll let you know. Until then, get the fuck off these premises.”
Her eyes bore a hole in his back. “You’ll be hearing from me, Detective…”
He didn’t respond, just followed Howard, who’d led the way inside.
Billie hadn’t said a word. She was still pressed against me, and I didn’t move, not even as their lawyer turned, taking us in. A thought passed over her face, but her mouth stayed in a flat line.
“We’ll…we’ll be in touch, Mallory. Thank you for coming out.” Vicky watched as the other lawyers were escorted to their vehicles. They were still arguing, but one by one, they got in and left. The squad cars moved so they could proceed down the driveway.
“I strongly advise that you have a lawyer present for whatever this detective has to tell you. And do not, under any circumstances, let them search your premises,” Mallory said. “They don’t need an entire arsenal of police here to make sure no one is lurking. A handful would suffice for that.”
“Yes. Well…” It was apparent that Vicky wasn’t thinking about that at the moment. She wanted Ms. Christening to leave so she could go inside and find out why the detective was here. “We know Travis. He’s a family acquaintance. If he’s here for any reason other than what he’s stated, we’ll call you.”
“Don’t let them search—” she ground out again.
“I’m aware of that as well. Thank you. Goodnight, Mallory,” Vicky said firmly, as she came over, touching Billie’s arm. “Come on, Billie. Let’s go handle this, whatever it is.”
Handle this.
She was going to go in, hear him out, discover the new battle, and then proceed to do what was needed to protect her daughter.
I liked that plan. I liked it a lot.
I started after them.
“Mr. Broudou,” the lawyer’s chilled voice halted me.
I looked her way, not saying a word. She was watching all the cops who had spread out, waiting for their command to get searching.
“Cops sell information too.” Her eyes held a warning. “Just so you’re aware.”
Right. Our relationship.
That would be handled when and if it needed to be handled. Until then, she was a lawyer.
I didn’t like lawyers.
I smirked at her. “Leave.”
30
BILLIE
The room felt different.
It wasn’t normal anymore.
It was cold now. Alien.
I drew in a breath, knowing it was me, not the room. The room was fine.
Travis was waiting. Howard too.
Vicky came right behind me. She’d left the door open.
I didn’t like this. I didn’t want to hear that someone else was dead. Because even though Travis hadn’t said it, I knew that’s why he was here.
It wasn’t Lo. At least we knew that.
