I put my hands up and lean back in my seat. “I think you have the wrong idea.”
Skip steps closer to me and leans down. “Oh yeah? You have no intention of having sex with my sister?”
I stand up, towering over the man by at least six inches. “No, I don’t.”
Margaret jumps up, knocking her chair down behind her. “Youdon’t?” she asks, glaring at me. “Then why the hell are we here?”
Before I can answer, her eyes widen. “You were pumping me for information. I can’t believe I was so dumb. I almost told you everything!” She grabs her purse and heads for the door.
“Margaret, wait.” I shout.
I step around Skip to go after her, but Skip gets a firm grip on my arm.
“Let her go,” he growls.
I sigh and relent. I really don’t have a choice here.
As I exit the bar in the waning afternoon light, I go over the facts. I might not have found out exactly what’s going on, but I know Lucy’s father is funding something—likely illegal—for the school’s hockey team. The question is why?
CHAPTER31
Lucy
“Well,that’s not the smile and happiness I hoped to see,” Connie says as she walks into my apartment.
I sigh. “Before we get into that, tell me how your love life is going.”
“It’s not,” she huffs. “I met a guy last night for drinks. Turned out the profile picture he used was a photo of his adult son.”
“That’s kind of creepy.”
“Right? When I asked him about it, he said his son looks exactly like he did twenty years ago.”
I laugh, I can’t help it. “I’m sorry, Connie, but that’s ridiculous. What did you do?”
“Well, I demanded he call his son and let me date him.”
I laugh even harder. “You didn’t.”
“I did. The man was all offended and said his son is married and that wouldn’t be appropriate, so I stood up and left. I’m so done with dating apps.” She walks into the kitchen and leans against the kitchen counter.
I follow her, laughing so hard, tears come to my eyes. “Thank you. I needed that.”
“Uh huh.” She rolls her eyes. “Okay, now tell me what is going on with you.”
“I saw Cody today.”
She pushes off the counter and steps up next to me. “I take it that didn’t go well?”
“Let’s sit down.” I pull out a chair at the kitchen table, and she does the same across from me. “He found out what happened with Ted.”
“Oh shit, is Cody going to kill Ted?”
“No. It wasn’t Ted’s behavior that bothered him as much.”
Connie frowns. “What else was there?”
I cover my face with my hands. I don’t want to see her reaction. “I called my dad for help with Ted.”
