“They weren’t,” she said with a raised brow. “I’m telling you Ty, something isn’t right here. She doesn’t even live here, she lives with Josh.”
“Is that what he told you?” I asked, pulling the screen door open for her.
She nodded then said, “Watch this.”
She walked back into the main room and looked at John and Cynthia. “Mind if I go and have a look in Lindsey’s room?”
I kept my eyes on John and Cynthia as their faces paled, John stood up, his hands balling into fists. “No.”
Flicking my eyes to Charlie, I tried to tell him silently that something was up and from the way his brows rose, it looked like he saw it too.
“W…w…what he ...means is…” Cynthia looked at Kay and then to John, standing up and touching his arm. “She wouldn’t want her stuff to be touched.”
I raised my brows at them and turned to face Kay, she gave me a look that said, ‘told you so’.
“Right, okay,” I said and tilted my head at Kitty to come over to us. “Thanks for your time.”
Waving my hand to the door, I waited until Kitty and Kay were out and then followed them.
None of us said anything until we were in the car and I’d turned the engine on.
“What’s going on?” Charlie asked, leaning forward and popping his head in between me and Kay.
“Lindsey has a boyfriend,” Kay told him.
“We never knew of any boyfriend,” Charlie replied.
“Yeah, because they didn’t want you to know,” I said, looking at him in the mirror.
“What the fuck is going on here?” He leaned back, throwing his hands up in the air.
“We’re about to find out,” I said, pulling up to the park and spotting the group of guys sat on a couple of picnic benches.
“What are we doing here?”
“Bro, chill the fuck out and let us do our job,” I said, pulling my door open and tilting my head to Kay.
Charlie pulled his door open and I shook my head. “You’re staying here; they see a cop? They won’t talk.”
Huffing, he pulled the door closed and sat back, his face turned toward the window. I was sick and tired of all of his moods lately. He was getting worse than usual and was a complete nightmare to be around.
“Come on,” I said to Kay and jumped out of the truck, holding my hand out for her when she made her way around to my side.
“You do the talking,” I said. “He’s already opened up to you.”
“Okay.” She nodded in agreement.
I rubbed my thumb across the palm of her hand as we walked closer. Coming to a stop in front of them.
I stared at Josh and all the guys that he had scattered around the park. He waved his hand at the seat opposite him on the bench so Kay threw her leg over and sat down, while I stood behind her with my eyes scanning the whole park.
“Josh,” Kay said. “How about you start from the beginning?”
“Sure.” He shrugged with indifference.
I put my hand on my belt and pressed the button on my device. Over the years, I’d tried different things, especially with Evan always making up some new invention. This one was the best that I’d ever had, one press of a simple, concealed button and you could record any conversation. It was times like this, when you knew people didn’t want to have things noted down, that it came in useful.
“Lindsey has lived there since she was a little girl. Always looked out for her you know?” He looked around at all the guys. “We all have.”