Page 78 of Saltwater Memories
“Yep, he gave up without a fight. Matthew got him. How about we get out of here? I’m going to have to get a statement from you, again.”
She smiled widely. “What do you need to know? That I’m a great shot? I heard you were stuck on a high speed boat chase. You should’ve brought me along – with a harpoon. I would’ve caught the boat for you.”
“Let’s go.” He laughed, shaking his head. “You too, Will.”
Will shook himself out of his stupor and followed behind them.
After giving an exhaustive statement to the police, Will’s cell phone was returned. Along with missed calls and the strange message he got from Amanda a few minutes too late, there was an angry voicemail from Gordon telling him that he was fired.
“Everything okay?” asked Amanda, creeping toward him.
“Oh – yeah. Just had a message from my boss letting me know that he’s no longer in need of my services, and that he considers my presence here to be trespassing.”
Amanda’s jaw dropped. “The nerve! Does he know that you were almostkilled?”
Will shook his head. “I don’t think so. He called before Lenny got here.”
“Oh.”
She reached toward him and he flinched.
“Sorry,” she said quickly.
“No, I’m sorry. I’m still just – shaken up. You were amazing in there, though.” He paused. “Are you sure you’re not in the mob, too?”
She offered a weak smile and he immediately regretted verbalizing that ridiculous idea.
“Listen,” she said, “I’m sorry about all of this. I should’ve warned you a long time ago about Lenny. I should’ve…” She looked down at her shoes. “I’m just really sorry about everything. I should go.”
And with that, she took off, walking down the long driveway. A few moments later, Chief Kowalski followed in his patrol car.
Will was left standing there, trying to make sense of everything that had happened.
