Chapters (54)
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- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40
- Chapter 41
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 43
- Chapter 44
- Chapter 45
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 49
“Never mind the boat guy,” I said. “I’m going to ask you three questions, and then you’re going to start this . . . this . . . thing and drive off. Got it?”
Jung opened his mouth to protest, but I waved him quiet. “Three questions, then you’re out.”
I could tell Jung didn’t like it, but, resigned, he nodded once. “Fine. Go ahead.”
“Cap in the marina office saw an attractive redhead visit Tim the same day his brother came by to check on him. Do you know who she is?”
Jung’s brows knit together, his thin lips twisted. “No idea.”
“She carried a briefcase, wore a suit.”
Jung shrugged. “Maybe she works for Felton? Tim’s lawyer. Well, he’s actually the Ayers family lawyer, but he handled Tim’s stuff, too. Tim had a lot of papers to sign off on, end-of-life stuff. Maybe she was delivering them, or something? You were on the boat. What’d you find?”
“I found where a lot of money went to die. Exactly how rich are the Ayerses?”
Jung gripped the steering wheel, looked away. “Why’s that important?”
“Because maybe somebody killed Tim thinking they’d get some of it.”
“Money’s a dumb reason to kill a person.”
I let it go. Even Jung couldn’t be that naïve. “How’d you fall in with his crowd, anyway?”
He didn’t answer.
“Jung?”
He fiddled with the binoculars. “Prep school.”
“You went to prep school . . . with Tim Ayers.”
He cleared his throat. “Our families are similar. Mine’s in textiles. But that doesn’t mean I’m an asshole. I mean, look at me. Do I look like an asshole to you?”
I stared at him, my mouth hanging open, really taking him in. Jung looked like he’d dressed from a Salvation Army bin. “If you come from money, why the hell are you delivering sandwiches?”
“Because that’s the way I like it, okay? Now that’s all you’re going to think about when you see me . . . the money. That’s all people ever see. You know what they don’t see? They don’t see the hundred little strings that come along with it, all the ‘dos and don’ts’ and ‘better nots.’ I gave it up, so did Tim. He was an artist in a family of pinch-faced tight asses. I’m not an artist, but I’m free to be whatever. My folks are gone, but they left the money behind. Still, I make my own way. I’m proud of that.”
Jung Byson is wealthy. Huh? He was right. From here on out, that would be the first thing I thought when I saw him. I shook my head. What a waste of good money. I thought about Reese. “Would Tim have hired a hooker?”
“A woman?”
I nodded. “Redhead.”
“Not in a million. Not in two million. I told you he was gay.”