Patty’s head whipped to the side. Goldman stood in the doorway of her bedroom with his arms crossed and his eyebrow arched up. A black box dangled in his hand. He had on a black dress shirt and dark jeans. Rufus didn’t bark for the hell of it. He had barked because someone else was in the house.Her mouth dropped open at the sight of Goldman in her house. “How the hell did you get in here?” she yelled.Carter blew out an exasperated breath. “I thought you were going to let me soften her up before you made your presence known?”Patty’s head snapped in Carter’s direction. “What?”“I didn’t know your softening up method was letting her strip for you,” Goldman quipped.Patty whirled around to look at Goldman. She quickly adjusted the shoulder of the robe back on her shoulder. “I wasn’t strip - You know what? It’s none of your business what I was doing!” she yelled. She turned her attention back to Carter. “You let him into my house?” More of a statement than a question. “How could you do
Three months later . . .Goldman woke up with morning wood. His dick was throbbing with want for the piece of chocolate next to him. Apparently, Patty had the same idea because she slowly straddled him. She wore a black lacey negligee. She gave him a soft smile as she raised the hem of the gown.Goldman grabbed her hips as she connected them. He groaned as she boarded his thickness. He grinded his pelvis against her moistness. Patty got on the same page, meeting his rhythm. Goldman squeezed her hips as she rode him. Patty rubbed his light bronze muscled chest.He loved watching her when they made love. That’s what it was. Love. Goldman and Patty had been dating for three months. He would do anything for her and hated it when she wasn’t around. Three months of heaven, and he never wanted to wake up.Last night, he had come over to check on her because she wasn’t feeling well that afternoon at work. She had said it was just an upset stomach and she was fine. Goldman had agre
Twins, Jodi and Jackie Garvey, sat in the doctor’s office at the local hospital. Jodi and Jackie had the same general practitioner. Jodi had made an appointment a few days ago to get tested. She thought she was pregnant again. Her and her husband, Matt, had been trying to have a baby. Jackie had been sick for a week and a half and had finally made an appointment to get checked out. Dr. Uston’s secretary had called them to say they had their results. The twins had decided to go get their results together. Dr. Uston had been their family physician since they were teenagers. Dr. Uston’s office had white walls. Posters about birth control, the flu shot, and healthy eating were all over the walls. His desk was light brown and small. He was in the office at the hospital twice a week. He had his own practice outside of the hospital with a beautifully decorated office that was warm and inviting. His hospital office had a sterile and cold feeling to it.
It was around 10 a.m. when Jodi Garvey-Kirby burst into the sheriff’s station. She was upset, pissed, and downright disappointed at the same time. The last time she got pregnant she wasn’t even trying.“Oh, hey, Jodi,” Lawrence said. “Glad you’re here. I was wondering if you could do me a favor.” Lawrence was one of the deputies at the station. “What is it?”“Ten minutes ago, Patty just jumped up and ran down the hall. She went into the ladies’ room. She didn’t try to get anyone to cover for her or anything. She just ran down the hall like a wild woman. Luckily, one of the student employees were here. He was doing some paper work for us. Anyway, she jumped on the switchboard. Do you mind going in there and checking on Patty?”“There isn’t another woman here. Why don’t you go in?” Jodi asked with a pout.“I don’t feel comfortable. It’s still the ladies’ room and God knows what kind of . . . woman troubles Patty is having in there,” Lawrence said uncomfortably.“Where’s Goldman? Hell,
Patty, Rufus, and Carter headed to Phoenix at the crack of dawn the next morning. Damn, Jodi and her suspicions. Patty hadn’t thought for one moment she was pregnant until Jodi had flapped her gums. The thought had plagued her mind all day and all night. Luckily, Goldman had to go back to work to cover the graveyard shift for Williamson. Second in command, Curtis Williamson, had a younger brother in Ohio who was a cop. He had gotten shot in the line of duty around noon Arizona time. He took the bullet in the arm, but the Ohio State Police had called Williamson anyway to let him know since he was next of kin. Despite his brother’s protests that he was fine, Williamson had wanted to see for himself. The deputies had offered to cover his shifts for a few days so Williamson could go to Ohio to check on his brother.Carter pulled into the drug store parking lot. Judging from the outside, the place was huge. It was like a drug store warehouse. Patty looked it up online yesterday. It opened
Jackie sat at the bar doing paperwork at Garvey’s. This was her third attempt to calculate the bar credit card receipts from last night. She couldn’t concentrate because she was pregnant.Nick had called her last night. She had tried to act as casual as she could. He didn’t seem to suspect anything was wrong. He had whispered all the naughty things he was going to do to her when he got back. She had giggled her head off. Once they had said their goodbyes, Jackie started worrying again.Did she want this baby? Absolutely. Jackie had always wanted a child, but she thought when it happened her life would be more orderly. She had thought she would be married to a nine to five guy before she had a baby. She had thought she would be living in a four-bedroom house. She had thought Garvey’s would be the top hotel within a seventy-five mile radius by the time she started a family. In reality, she and her sister were orgy hostesses who held the events in the bar and hotel their grandparents had
Patty paced the carpet at Jesse’s house waiting for the eight pregnancy tests she took to be done. They had bought more than that, but Patty could only pee so much at a time.Jesse had invited Patty and Carter back to his house for breakfast and for her to take the tests in peace. Jesse’s house was the first house going into town and the last one leaving town. His closest neighbor was half a mile away. Several old shacks and a few sparse trees camouflaged Jesse’s property. Nobody would know Patty and Carter were there unless they intentionally came to Jesse’s place. Andy was sitting on the sofa watching Patty pace. Carter had taken Rufus outside to play. Jesse was in the kitchen cooking breakfast. The timer on Andy’s watch went off. He cut off the alarm and sat forward, resting his elbows on his knees. Patty went stiff. Andy had set the timer to indicate when the tests were done. Jesse walked in the living room and went to th
Sheriff Matt Kirby was reviewing arrest reports from last week when he heard Patty’s dog barking. Matt ignored him because Rufus barked when someone walked into the station that he didn’t know. It was probably the delivery guy. Rufus kept barking. Matt looked up from the reports. Rufus only barked once or twice to alert them that someone was in the building then he would stop. He didn’t stop this time. “The hell?” Matt mumbled and stood up. He walked to his office door which was already open. “Patty?” Rufus quickly trotted to the end of the hallway and looked at him. He barked again and then whined. He turned in a circle and looked at Matt with wide eyes. That dog does not whine.“Patty!” Matt yelled as he trotted down the hallway. His hand went to his side arm out of habit. Rufus started barking again. Matt could hear someone running up the stairs from the basement. “What’s wro
After Juan had left, Cindy had asked Mindy to grab items to put on her Nicolette persona before they left for Phoenix. Cindy wouldn’t tell her why. She had said they were going somewhere that she needed to see and it was a surprise. Five miles outside of Phoenix, Cindy stopped the SUV at a rest area, grabbed a bag out the back, and told Mindy she had to go to the bathroom. Fifteen minutes later, Cindy returned, but she didn’t look the same. Cindy had on a pile of make-up and a red-wig, and it wasn’t the red wig Mindy had given her. When Cindy got back in the car, Mindy asked what was going on and where were they going. Cindy begged her patience and assured her that everything would become clear. They were in the downtown area of Phoenix. They parked on the street. Cindy walked Mindy to a building that looked like it had glass for walls. They got on the elevator and went to the twelfth floor. There were two businesses on the floor; Grass
It was late Tuesday morning. Mindy was packing a gift basket. She was going to drop it off as she and Cindy rode out of town. Cindy wanted to go shopping in Phoenix. Of course, Mindy couldn’t afford to buy anything but she didn’t mind keeping Cindy company on her shopping trips. Cindy walked in. “Whoa,” she said as she took in the basket on the kitchen table. “That’s a big thank you.” “Well, it is from both us. Can’t have it skimpy,” Mindy said. Cindy shrugged and opened the refrigerator to retrieve a can soda. There was a knock on the back door. “Who in the world could that be?” Mindy asked. Cindy walked to the door and opened it. The man raised his head so they could see his face from under the wide brim baseball hat. “Hey, girls,” Juan greeted. “Juan, come in,” Mindy said with a smile. He darted inside and closed the door. “I parked my car two blocks away and walk
By the time Matt had found out what was going on, it was over. He and Jodi were having a hot romp in the kitchen when Patty tried to call him. He had left his cell in the living room.Two ambulances, the forensics van, two cruisers, and Williamson’s truck were outside. Matt and Jodi walked into Garvey’s bar. “Son of a bitch,” Matt sneered as he put his hands on his hips, taking it all in.Otto was taking pictures of the body on the floor. Goldman stood tall as he was taking notes while Mindy and Cindy Pandock sat at a table talking to him. Juan was sitting at the bar looking like he had never been more relieved in his life as Carter took his statement.“Oh my god,” Jodi said with a shocked look. “I’m going to check on Juan.”“All right, just don’t interfere with the questioning. I’m heading for the lobby to see what else is going on,” Matt said seriously.Jodi nodded and walked away.Matt strode to the lobby doors which were propped open. There was a body on a gurney covered by a shee
Tyrone told Juan how they had tracked Chip down in Chicago. It wasn’t hard. Chip had left a rowdy drunk trail so anyone who wanted to find him could. Tyrone described how they worked Chip over for thirty-six hours. After being beaten for that long anyone would tell what they knew. Chip had given Juan, Sam, and Zeke up. He had even told them where he hid his cut of the money. During the conversation, Tyrone had given the girls more change to play more tunes on the box. Just like before, Chavez had walked with them. When they returned, Ginger got back in the booth and Nicolette remained standing next to a table. She didn’t look as petrified as before. Tucker James had taken a seat at the table with Juan with the gun still on him. Juan guessed he got tired of standing just as much as Nicolette got tired of sitting. It wasn’t hard for Tyrone to track down Zeke either. At least Zeke didn’t lose his mind with the money. He was enjoying a comf
Juan had gotten Tyrone to chat a little. He got detailed about how Sam suffered before he died to Juan, Nicolette, and Ginger’s horror. Tucker even had the nerve to say that at least Sam wasn’t a rat - if it was any consolation to Juan. Now, he was talking to the girls as Nod Ya Head by Will Smith played on the jukebox. Chavez was bobbing his head to the song. “Are you two sisters?” Tyrone asked. “You look like you’re related.” “Cousins,” Nicolette choked out. “Ah,” Tyrone said with understanding. “It’s shame we didn’t meet under different circumstances. You two are cute. Oh, well, back to our friend Juan. So, Juan, where the hell is my twenty million dollars?” Mindy and Cindy’s eyes bugled. “I’ll tell you, but I have to know something first,” Juan said. “Yeah, what’s that?” Tucker said and put the barrel of the gun to Juan’s temple. “How’d you figure out it was us?” Juan asked ask he foug
Tucker had Juan sit down in a chair out on the bar floor. The silence made the situation more terrifying. Tucker pointed his pistol at his chest. How the hell did they figure out it was us? “Ladies, do you want to listen to some music,” Tyrone asked. “Huh?” Ginger said. “Music,” Tyrone repeated. “No reason for the situation to be unpleasant for you because you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. What kind of music do you girls like?” Nicolette shrugged stiffly. “Some country and . . . I just started to listen to some hip hop lately.” “Okay,” Tyrone said as he nodded his approval. “What about you, babe?” he asked Ginger. “Same including R&B,” she answered. Tyrone dug into his pocket and pulled out some change. He took Ginger’s hand and placed the change in it. “Play some hip hop. I don’t like country music – oh, and no Eminem, Justin Bieber, or Justin Timberlake. I hate t
It was Sunday morning, and Juan was feeling pretty good despite what had happened last Sunday. No one in town or the surrounding areas knew about Sam being found dead at the hotel, which surprised Juan because he was sure the EMTs would have talked, but it didn’t seem like they had. Juan just thanked his lucky stars.Matt and his team were still working on Sam’s case. Forensics believed Sam’s death was an accident per cloth fibers that were found on his body and the ice bucket bag. Matt tended to agree based on the staff statements and security camera footage from the lobby and exit doors down stairs. He did have Juan come in to look at some of the footage that Matt found suspicious. Juan identified the two blondes Sam had been with. They had appeared to be in a hurry and they went out the side door exit. Juan only knew their first names. Matt had put in the Arizona state police database that they were wanted for questioning, but he didn’t suspect them of foul play. Sam’s valuables ha
Monday afternoon, Juan prepared himself for the verbal assault as he settled in the office with Jodi and Jackie. He had asked Matt not tell the twins about Sam Ellis. Matt had said that it should come from Juan since they still own a part of the business, so they had a right to know. Juan didn’t want them to know because he knew they would blame him somehow. Sam was Juan’s friend not some random guest off the highway. In the end, Juan had refused to call them about it and told Matt to do what he felt was right in regards to informing the twins. “What’s up?” Juan asked. “I think you know what’s up,” Jackie said. “Jackie, what happened yesterday couldn’t be avoided. I don’t know how you think I could have prevented -” Juan began. “Of course, you couldn’t stop it,” Jackie interrupted. “We came here to see how you were and how we can help.” “Yeah. You can’t stop someone who really wants to kill themselves – or partici
The forensics team combed the room over while Matt and Juan waited in a room across the hall, so Matt could take Juan’s official statement. Both room doors were propped open. Otto was able to just walk a few feet to give Matt immediate need to know information.Matt noted Sam’s license information on a pad so his license could stay in an evidence bag. Sam had one suitcase filled with clothes, normal toiletries in the bathroom, a bottle of aspirin, a hundred and fifty dollars in his wallet, a paper bag with eight thousand four and thirty dollars in it, no credit cards, a cell phone, a photo of a woman, a man, and three girls, a key chain with a car key, two regular keys, and a lock key, and a few business cards.“Do you know why he had so much cash on him?” Matt asked.“Sam still lived the life of a drifter,” Juan said. “Plus, he liked casinos. He stopped at a couple in Arizona before he came here. Probably had a good run.” “Hmm,” Matt mused. “Yeah, but to keep that much cash in your