Broken Promise
Book 1 in the Jade Pearson Mystery Series 2
What were a school teacher and an escaped prisoner doing in a dark alley?
That’s the question Jade, who’s a Private Investigator, tries to answer when they are shot. Both survive the gunshot wound only to die a few hours later due to cardiac arrest. Was that just a coincidence or is someone behind all this and what secrets are they trying to hide?
Jade must dig in deeper to find the answers before any more victims fall prey.
Broken Promise
Book 1 in the Jade Pearson Mystery Series 2
Broken Promise
EXCERPT
Chapter 1
The pair walked silently through the night, just enjoying each other’s company, unsuspecting that someone might be watching them. Willow Knight and Lee Burke were more than friends, despite having known each other for less than a few hours. They’d met at the bar earlier that night. Lee had taken to Willow and was now escorting her home. It was the gentlemanly thing to do and even though Lee had time and time again proven that he had no such thing as manners, he was attempting to make a good impression.
The night was still. There was no breeze and the clouds hung low in the sky allowing only a sliver of moonlight to pass through. The two didn’t mind it though. They could see well enough with the half-lit streetlamps and neon signs that hung in the store windows long after closing. Unfortunately, they weren’t sober enough to see that a truck was slowly following them quite a ways back, lurking in the shadows when it could find some.
“We’re still a few blocks away. You don’t have to walk me all the way home,” Willow said.
She was very pretty with her short hair and spiked earrings. Her leather jacket gleamed in the low light of the street. She was, to Lee, breathtaking.
“Look, when I say I’m going to walk you home, I’m going to walk you home. I’m not going to quit, especially with someone as fine as you,” Lee said, giving a broad smile.
He had a handsome smile and Willow could feel her heart melting when she saw it.
“Well, thank you,” she replied, and they continued on in silence.
The couple heard the car door slam behind them but didn’t take any notice. It was a normal enough sound for a normal enough evening. They also heard the cocking of a gun. It was a sound that Lee recognized instantly. Without warning, he pushed Willow to the ground as a shot went flying over her head.
“What’s going on?” Willow whispered, attempting to find her voice.
“Run!” Lee yelled, picking her back up.
They huddled close together and ran down the street, taking a turn into an alleyway as soon as they could, shots flying out around them.
“It’s a dead-end!” Willow yelled. Lee swore loudly.
“Come on!” he grabbed her hand, and they began to run out of the alley.
But it was too late. Two figures stood before them, each with a gun in hand.
“You two!” Lee yelled.
Two shots went out and flew through him. Lee went down quick. Willow screamed and backed up, but there was nowhere to go. She huddled in the corner of the alleyway.
“We can’t leave a witness,” one of the figures said. Another shot rang out, and Willow went down. The figures ran out of the alleyway and drove off into the night. It wouldn’t be long before the police were there, and they intended to be long gone, leaving behind two bodies just waiting for investigating.
END OF EXCERPT