His Love Was My Poison novel · Chapter 26 of 48
Chapter 26: The Chain of Custody
Micah reached over and turned the sound off, and the cream coat went on smiling in silence.
"Home to her son," Posy said. "Kit's at Royce's. He's not her son's home. He's Kit's dad's home."
"Posy."
"I'm just correcting the record."
She was gripping her fork so hard the tines had left dents in her thumb.
I put my hand over the baby, who had gone quiet.
"Eat your dinner," I said. "I'll make a call."
The call was not necessary.
At seven the next morning, my phone rang on the kitchen table, and the name on it was the retired CID agent's.
She had left the Army in January and moved to a house with chickens.
She had told me this.
"Put me on speaker," she said. "Sit down. Is Micah there? Good. I'd rather say it once."
Micah sat down across from me with his coffee.
"I read the ruling at midnight," she said. "All forty-one pages. I'll give you the short version."
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