Page 51 of Gin & Jewels
I watched as she walked out the door and then got into the car with Nevada plates. I rushed to grab a pen next to the register, and as the car backed out of the parking space, I wrote down the plate number.
“Is everything okay?” Mom asked.
I smiled tightly. “Yeah, everything’s great.”
“So, you like her?”
It wasn’t that black and white. “Something like that.”
“What does—”
“I need to make a call.”
Mom blinked. “Oh, okay. I’m almost done and ready to go home.”
“Great. I’ll be outside.”
I walked out the door, grabbing my phone from my pocket to dial Seth as I walked down the stairs. Leaning against the rental car, I dialed him.
“Hey,” he answered.
“I found her.”
“Cassie?”
I sighed. “Yeah.”
“Where? How?”
I took a deep breath. “I’m visiting my mom in Tennessee, and somehow Cassie turned up working at the same diner as my mom.”
“I thought you said she didn’t fly or drive? How’d she get there?”
“I don’t know. She wouldn’t tell me anything, but she’s with someone with Nevada plates.”
“Did you get the plate number?”
I nodded, even though he couldn’t see me. “Yeah.”
“Give it to me.”
I gave him the plate number and then asked, “Why do you think she’s here?”
“You know her better than I do.”
“It makes no sense.”
He was silent for a minute. “Do you think she was in on the robbery?”
“I …”
“You don’t know her all that well, and she left town without telling you.”
My brain was on overdrive once again. I never once suspected that she was involved. During the robbery and right after, she looked scared. I’d seen it more times than I could count during my tours when civilians were put in danger. Cassie hadthatscared look on her face—the one where her face turned white and she went into a daze. If she were involved, then she was the best actress ever and should be in Hollywood and not working at Dovie’s.
“I’ll find out.”
“You’ll find out?”
