Chapter 187
Chapter 187:
He stepped out to make a call and returned with two men, who hauled Maxwell to his feet and dragged him out.
“Now, just the family left.” I turned to Franklin and Preston. “So, you set me up. Is Miss Davis actually on her way here, or was that just bullshit?” I hadn’t believed it from the start.
The voice message had sounded too convenient.
Still, it had been her voice. Just like I remembered. Just enough to make me second-guess myself. Maybe Caroline had bumped into her. Maybe they were all in on it.
But it was hard to believe Miss Davis would willingly collude with Caroline and Franklin.
“Where’s Caroline?” I demanded.
I’d long since stopped calling her “Mum”; she’d forfeited that right a long time ago.
Franklin blinked himself back to the present. The shock on his face hadn’t worn off, though.
He kept looking at Ashton, as if he still couldn’t believe he was really here. “She’s, um p>
“Don’t say she’s on her way here.” I rapped on the table. “That lie’s getting old fast. And Miss Davis, call her. Ask her what’s going on p>
“She’s…” Franklin licked his lips. “Miss Davis was here for a conference. She was supposed to leave in two days. But, um, apparently something came up. She had to leave early p>
“Bullshit. She sent the invitation at six-thirty. I got here at eight. That’s barely ninety minutes. She vanished from the city in that time without a word? Try again. And don’t tell me you don’t have her number p>
He flushed a dark pink.
𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓮:. c𝗈⃟𝗆
Preston stole a glance at Ashton, whose silence seemed to embolden him. “She said she had to go. What were we supposed to do? Cuff her to the bloody table p>
“So, that voice message was fake?” I reached for my phone. “I’m calling the police p>
“Wait—don’t!” He would have lunged for my phone if there hadn’t been a table between us. “So what if it was fake? What’s the big deal? Why must you drag the cops into everything p>
“Why are you so afraid of the cops if you’ve got nothing to hide?” I shot back.
His eyes darted away.
Ashton looked up from his phone. “The police are on their way p>
I looked at him. “You called them p>
“Dom did. To arrest Maxwell. But they might as well take a look into this case.” He reached for my hand. “Let’s go p>