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“I will admit it’s a shame we don’t have any way to contact
her. It would have saved us a bit of time. We could have been
doing some homework just to get the ball rolling. Still, I will
admit to a bit more than normal curiosity about her given what
you told me.”
Josie set aside her wine. She’d had more to drink since
meeting Stephen Kyle than she’d had in the last six months.
Between these two days, her trek to Washington and back, she
was getting sluggish. She needed to pick up a volleyball game,
a run, to sleep in her own bed – preferably with Archer. Truth
be told, what she really needed was to wipe the world away for
a while was to be lost in lovemaking with Archer.
Stephen raised a finger and ordered another drink for
himself. Josie swiveled around and planted her elbows on the
bar. Stephen remained face-forward, keeping his eyes on both
the door and the ladies.
“What kind of homework were you thinking?” Josie asked.
“We might do a quick look on who owns Ha Kuna House,”
he answered. “The only interest I usually take in my clients is
in their credit report and the timeliness of their checks. In this
case, it might be interesting to know a little more about the
place. Reynolds obviously has someone he answers to.”
“Or he’s just checking with a lawyer,” Josie speculated.
“That’s what I’d do.”
“It is odd that he runs such a wonderful house for a handful
of people,” Stephen noted lazily.
“You can have anything if you’re willing to a pay a price,”
Josie said. “But that would mean my mother has money, and if
she has money, where did she get it? My father’s military
pension ended when he died. I would have known what we
were paying out, especially after he got sick. I handled all the
bills then.”
“Do you think your mum might have found someone else?
Some rich man who pays for her keep?”