didn’t really love him, you know. She had plenty of boyfriends behind his back. I hated her for it. On the day she went missing I heard her on the phone arranging to meet her latest conquest. It turned my stomach so I confronted her about it. She wasn’t happy with me and we argued. That’s the last time I saw her.”
“Scarlett! Shut up talking about Mum like that!” Jasper shouted.
I had never seen him angry before. It gave me quite a shock. His face was bright red and his blue eyes blazed hotly.
“Jasper, you know that it’s true!” she gasped as hot tears formed in her eyes.
“Just don’t, Scarlett!”
“Sorry, Jasper,” Scarlett said quietly as she turned round and squeezed his knee.
He managed a small smile at her.
“Anyway, back to you and Dad. Do you fancy him?” she teased.
“He’s my boss. It wouldn’t be appropriate,” I told her, trying my hardest to keep a straight face.
Get your poker face on, girl!
“Dad is really handsome though, isn’t he? All my friends Mum’s have a crush on him.”
“Yes, he is certainly handsome!”
He is also off the scale amazing in bed!
Thankfully, the school was moments away.
After I had dropped them off, I carried on down the road to the police station headquarters for a meeting with Ross.
I went into the station and chatted to several people on my way to his office.
Then I saw my ex.
He looked tired and stressed out. I used to think he was handsome but he did nothing for me now. His mousy hair was thinning on top and his body looked seriously out of shape.
I tried to pass him without him seeing me but I failed.
“Jennifer, how are you. You look great,” James told me smiling.
His bloodshot eyes raked up and down my body. He licked his lips.
“Good thanks. How are you?”
“I’m living back at my Mum and Dad’s house since Claire chucked me out.”
“Sorry to hear that, anyway, I must dash. I’m meeting Razor Ross,” I replied as I ducked past him.
I wondered what I ever saw in him and I regarded him as a huge mistake. I was sorry for his wife and I regretted getting involved with him but he knew what he was doing.
I knocked confidently on DI Ross’s door.
“Come in,” he barked.
“Ah yes, Black. Please take a seat.”
“Did you receive the email I sent you, Sir?”
“Yes, it makes interesting reading. I wonder if Mrs Cole was on board for this merger.”
“I am trying to find that out. Obviously they are in financial difficulty and the merger seems like a lifeline for them.”
“Yes, I agree. What else have you found out?”
I filled him in on the conversation between Billy and Alan and also what Scarlett had told me in the car.
“Good work. What have you learnt about Zachary Cole?”
“He’s a nice guy and he was well aware of her infidelities. He doesn’t know his son and daughter know though but kids aren’t stupid. From what I can gather, she was a prize bitch.”
“We have found out that the company was started up with mostly money from an inheritance she received when she was eighteen. Zachary has a 49% share of the company,” Ross told me.
“That is interesting.”
“Well, keep up the good work, Black, and we will meet next week.”
“Thanks, Sir.”
Chapter Twelve
The following morning as I woke up, I realised it was Saturday and strictly speaking my day off but I couldn’t think of anything to occupy me.
I went downstairs and made myself some breakfast. My body stiffened as Zack came in. Turning around, I admired him.
“Zack, I will make you one of my special coffees.”
“That sounds great, thank you,” he said, grabbing my hand and kissing my palm tenderly.
“That’s nice,” I replied as I kissed him briefly in case Scarlett or Jasper walked in.
He tasted so good, so minty.
“Do you fancy a ride today? I mean horse riding, you filthy-minded woman!”
He laughed at my expression.
“That sounds wonderful, but I don’t have any riding clothes.”
“I will sort
“Scarlett! Shut up talking about Mum like that!” Jasper shouted.
I had never seen him angry before. It gave me quite a shock. His face was bright red and his blue eyes blazed hotly.
“Jasper, you know that it’s true!” she gasped as hot tears formed in her eyes.
“Just don’t, Scarlett!”
“Sorry, Jasper,” Scarlett said quietly as she turned round and squeezed his knee.
He managed a small smile at her.
“Anyway, back to you and Dad. Do you fancy him?” she teased.
“He’s my boss. It wouldn’t be appropriate,” I told her, trying my hardest to keep a straight face.
Get your poker face on, girl!
“Dad is really handsome though, isn’t he? All my friends Mum’s have a crush on him.”
“Yes, he is certainly handsome!”
He is also off the scale amazing in bed!
Thankfully, the school was moments away.
After I had dropped them off, I carried on down the road to the police station headquarters for a meeting with Ross.
I went into the station and chatted to several people on my way to his office.
Then I saw my ex.
He looked tired and stressed out. I used to think he was handsome but he did nothing for me now. His mousy hair was thinning on top and his body looked seriously out of shape.
I tried to pass him without him seeing me but I failed.
“Jennifer, how are you. You look great,” James told me smiling.
His bloodshot eyes raked up and down my body. He licked his lips.
“Good thanks. How are you?”
“I’m living back at my Mum and Dad’s house since Claire chucked me out.”
“Sorry to hear that, anyway, I must dash. I’m meeting Razor Ross,” I replied as I ducked past him.
I wondered what I ever saw in him and I regarded him as a huge mistake. I was sorry for his wife and I regretted getting involved with him but he knew what he was doing.
I knocked confidently on DI Ross’s door.
“Come in,” he barked.
“Ah yes, Black. Please take a seat.”
“Did you receive the email I sent you, Sir?”
“Yes, it makes interesting reading. I wonder if Mrs Cole was on board for this merger.”
“I am trying to find that out. Obviously they are in financial difficulty and the merger seems like a lifeline for them.”
“Yes, I agree. What else have you found out?”
I filled him in on the conversation between Billy and Alan and also what Scarlett had told me in the car.
“Good work. What have you learnt about Zachary Cole?”
“He’s a nice guy and he was well aware of her infidelities. He doesn’t know his son and daughter know though but kids aren’t stupid. From what I can gather, she was a prize bitch.”
“We have found out that the company was started up with mostly money from an inheritance she received when she was eighteen. Zachary has a 49% share of the company,” Ross told me.
“That is interesting.”
“Well, keep up the good work, Black, and we will meet next week.”
“Thanks, Sir.”
Chapter Twelve
The following morning as I woke up, I realised it was Saturday and strictly speaking my day off but I couldn’t think of anything to occupy me.
I went downstairs and made myself some breakfast. My body stiffened as Zack came in. Turning around, I admired him.
“Zack, I will make you one of my special coffees.”
“That sounds great, thank you,” he said, grabbing my hand and kissing my palm tenderly.
“That’s nice,” I replied as I kissed him briefly in case Scarlett or Jasper walked in.
He tasted so good, so minty.
“Do you fancy a ride today? I mean horse riding, you filthy-minded woman!”
He laughed at my expression.
“That sounds wonderful, but I don’t have any riding clothes.”
“I will sort
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