Page 45 of Spotted at Lighthouse Bay
“I need to see the contract she signed,” Addy said.
“Ma’am, the old lady probably got confused. I’m pretty sure I’d remember getting a bag of money,” Julian said, smirking.
“Probably her old age messing with her,” Sebastian said, his eyes slowly scanning Addy from top to bottom, then back to top.
Oh, if Rick were here.
“I can assure you my mom is not suffering from any sort of dementia,” Addy said, clearing her throat, “and neither am I.”
“You don’t have the right to –” Sebastian said, raising a finger to jab Addy.
Phil swatted his hand away. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”
Addy smiled. At least he had good reflexes. “Why don’t we call the police and ask what they think?”
Julian spun, pulling Sebastian behind him. “Yeah, whatever. Good luck with that.”
They rushed off, clambering to a van across the street. Both men hopped inside and slammed the doors. In seconds, the van peeled out and disappeared.
Back inside their own car, Mia squealed and Addy burst into laughter.
“I can’t believe you did that!”
“I can’t either! I don’t know what came over me.” Mia fanned her face with her hand. “That was crazy.”
“They were convinced you were in love with them,” Phil said. “You’re a great actress.”
“Ha, thanks.”
“What should we do?” Addy asked. “If I have their names I can file a police report, right?”
“Maybe your mom needs to do it,” Mia said. “She’ll need to come out here.”
Addy sighed. “That’s true. Okay, so a little delayed, but we did it! We found those scum bags! They lookedsoguilty.”
Mia nodded. “So obvious.”
“Wait a minute,” Phil said, leaning forward and perching his head between them. “Are you actually an actress? Weren’t you in that movie?”
Addy shut her eyes. Rick couldn’t get back soon enough.
Sixteen
Around the corner, Sebastian shoved Julian. “I can’t believe you were dumb enough to believe she was into you.”
“You’re one to talk!” Julian rubbed his shoulder, his face twisted, his lips pouting. “You pulled out your driver’s license like she was a cop.”
“How do we know she wasn’t a cop?” Sebastian looked over his shoulder. They were nowhere to be seen, but that didn’t mean anything.
“I’m pretty sure if she was a cop, she would’ve arrested us by now,” Julian said.
Sebastian shook his head. “You don’t know that.”
“She doesn’t have anything, man. That old lady gave us the money and there’s nothing they can do about it.”
“You sure about that?” Sebastian sucked in a shaky breath. “I am not going back to prison over this.”
Julian shook his head. “Me neither.”
