Back Rake Save as PDF
Chapters (61)
  1. Rake
  2. Dedication
  3. Book Description
  4. Praise For Helen Hardt
  5. Also By Helen Hardt
  6. Warning
  7. Prologue
  8. Zee
  9. Reid
  10. Zee
  11. Reid
  12. Zee
  13. Reid
  14. Zee
  15. Reid
  16. Zee
  17. Reid
  18. Zee
  19. Reid
  20. Zee
  21. Reid
  22. Zee
  23. Reid
  24. Zee
  25. Reid
  26. Zee
  27. Reid
  28. Zee
  29. Reid
  30. Zee
  31. Reid
  32. Zee
  33. Reid
  34. Zee
  35. Reid
  36. Zee
  37. Reid
  38. Zee
  39. Reid
  40. Zee
  41. Reid
  42. Zee
  43. Reid
  44. Zee
  45. Reid
  46. Zee
  47. Reid
  48. Zee
  49. Reid
  50. Zee
  51. Reid
  52. Zee
  53. Reid
  54. Zee
  55. Reid
  56. Zee
  57. Reid
  58. Zee
  59. A Note From Helen
  60. Acknowledgments
  61. About the Author

“Thanks, Henny.” Moira pressed another button. “Lacey? It’s Moira in legal. I’ve got Zee in my office, and I have to leave for an appointment. I couldn’t get hold of Reid, so she asked for you.”

Pause.

“Brilliant. Thank you.” Moira hung up and turned to me. “Lacey will be here in a few minutes.”

“Thanks.”

“I do need to leave or I’ll be late, especially in this traffic. Will you be okay until Lacey gets here?”

I nodded. “Thank you for everything, Moira.”

“You’re most welcome. Perhaps I’ll see you tomorrow, if you’re in the office.”

I smiled. “I’d like that.”

She returned my smile and left her office, leaving the door open just a crack. I stood and stretched my legs. I felt good, oddly. Nice what sleep could do for a body.

I walked to Moira’s desk and gave it a cursory glance. She was a lawyer. Was she working on the Wolfes’ defense? I slid my fingers over a few folders on her desk. Nothing that looked important. I sat down in her comfortable leather desk chair and absently opened the top drawer of her desk. Paperclips and some lip balm. A safety pin. A measuring tape. And a short stack of business cards. Lacey Ward, and the name of a law firm. Lacey’s old firm, probably. Why would Moira have those? One, maybe, but a stack of ten or so?

I shoved the door closed and sighed. Nothing to see here.

I stood quickly. If Lacey showed up and saw me sitting in Moira’s chair, it wouldn’t look good. I stretched my arms over my head and walked out from behind the desk.

Something on top of Moira’s file cabinet caught my eye. A pink handkerchief. Did anyone use handkerchiefs anymore? I could easily see Moira using one. She was an older woman, a mother. Seemed like the handkerchief type. I picked it up and smoothed my fingers over the soft cotton.

Then my eyes popped.

The handkerchief was monogrammed.

LW.

Those weren’t Moira’s initials.

“Knock, knock.” Lacey’s voice slid through my thoughts. “Hey, Zee. What do you have there?”

I held out the hanky for her to see.

Her forehead wrinkled. “Is that…” She grabbed it out of my hand. “That’s one of my monogrammed handkerchiefs. Where did you find it?”

“On top of the file cabinet.” I gestured.

“Seriously?” Lacey fled quickly to the file cabinet. “Right here? On top? Out in the open?”

“Yeah.”

“Where did Moira get it?”

“I don’t know. She was already gone when I found it.”

“Strange. I didn’t even know it was missing.” She bit her lower lip. “This isn’t good.”

“I’m sure Moira just found it somewhere and was keeping it for you.”