Into The Heat (Sandy Reid Mystery Series Book 6) Read Online Free

came back home an hour later. I tried to make amends, but he gave me the silent treatment.”
    “Where was he last night, the night of the murder?” Sandy was making notes all the while.
    “Not sure, he came in late again.” The woman covered one hand with the other to hide a slight tremor. Apparently, the seriousness of the situation was beginning to seep through to her. “I sincerely hope you can help.”
    “I’ll meet with your husband in jail today. If he’s cooperative, truthful and I feel I can work with him, then I’ll defend him and draw up an engagement agreement for you to sign.”
    “But you’ll clear him of all the charges?”
    “You know I can’t answer that. I don’t yet have all the facts.”
    “What if he’s guilty?”
    “Mrs. Bardner, you are retaining the best defense lawyer south of Philadelphia, and I’ll defend your husband to the best of my ability whether or not he’s guilty.” She wasn’t the best lawyer by a long stretch, but that’s what the woman wanted to hear. “Now, this might surprise you—you may need an attorney for yourself. The police will soon be around to see you. Don’t talk to them. Don’t talk to anyone about the case. In due course, the prosecution will depose you, and you have to tell everything. At that point, you’ll need an attorney at your side. In the meantime, no talking.”
     
    After leaving the law office, Julia walked to the parking lot beside the building, stopped and looked back. She then continued across the narrow stretch of grass into the parking area of the adjacent office building. A black Lincoln pulled up and stopped. The driver leaned over and pushed the door open for her. “How’d it go?”
    “I engaged her even though she has an attitude. She’s the suspicious type. My guess is she doesn’t always play by the rules.”
    “You’re right, she’s a bit of a wiseass from what I hear. Just hire her and let her do her thing. She’s successfully defended dozens of people just in the past year. The toughest defense attorney this county has seen for a long time. She’ll straighten out this mess and have your husband out in no time, and we can go on as if nothing happened.”
    “You’re probably right, only that I don’t usually hire people I can’t control. They can take off on their own.”
    “Well, you need her, and your husband in jail is the last thing I need. The sooner whatever happened in that incident gets out of the paper the better. Was she able to tell you much? Did she say why he got arrested?”
    “Sounds serious. The police say he walked up and shot some guy sitting in his car. She had the police report right there.”
    “Someone’s mixed up. I realize Lester has his problems, still that doesn’t sound like him. Have they identified the guy who was shot?”
    She hesitated before lying, “I guess Sandy didn’t have the name of the victim.”
    He shook his head. “Is that all she said? This guy was shot while sitting in his car? This can’t have anything to do with Lester. He must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. You think he possibly knows the guy?”
    She shrugged. He didn’t realize how bad it was, and she didn’t want to be the one to tell him.
    “This might be worse than I thought.” He took out his phone and dialed, “Yeah, it’s me. Hey look, the police arrested someone last night for shooting some guy in his car. Yes, in this morning’s paper but no details. Make a few calls, Claudia, and find out what the hell is going on. And call me right back… no, no, merely curious.”
    “Why did the blockhead shoot that guy?” Julia said after he hung up.
    “He didn’t shoot anyone, sweetheart. Now don’t worry about it until we find out what really happened.”
    “I feel so guilty about getting him involved in this mess.”
    “What do you mean?”
    “I definitely knew he was running around with someone. I should have kept quiet and let him have his plaything. After all, he was out