Part 56 (2/2)
Saying nothing, she picked up a bottle of liquid margarita mix.
”I thought we were drinking wine.”
”And so we are. The chicken's going to drink this.”
”Where's the tequila?”
She laughed. ”Not this time. Actually the chicken I use for tortilla soup drinks tequila, but this one just gets the mixer.”
She got out a large bag, slid the chicken inside, dumped the liquid in with it. Sealed the bag, turned it a few times.
”That's it?”
”That's it, that's all.”
”That part should've been for morons. I could've done that.”
”Next time you will. It's good on fish, too, just FYI.”
When she sat again, he went back to focusing on slicing garlic, and not his fingers. ”The police were here today, all day, executing a search warrant.” He glanced up. ”And you already knew.”
”That they were here, yes. I a.s.sumed the search.” Reaching across the island, she brushed her fingers over his wrist. ”I'm sorry, Eli.”
”After they left I went through a couple of the rooms, put things back together. It started p.i.s.sing me off again, so I decided to do something else.”
”Don't worry about any of that. I'll take care of it.”
He only shook his head. He intended to do a couple rooms at a time until the house was back to normal. Bluff House and everything in it were his responsibility now.
”It could've been worse. They could've trashed the place. They were thorough, but I've seen searches before, and they didn't just dump things.”
”Fine, points for them, but it's still unfair. It's still wrong.”
”Unfair and wrong happen every hour, every day.”
”That's a sad and cynical viewpoint.”
”Realistic,” he corrected.
”The h.e.l.l with that.” Her temper spiked, making her realize it had been in there bubbling all along. ”That's just an excuse to do nothing about it.”
”Do you have any suggestions on what to do about a duly authorized warrant?”
”Having to accept it isn't the same as accepting it's just the way life goes. I'm not a lawyer, but I was raised by one, and it's pretty d.a.m.n clear they had to push the envelope and push it hard to get a search warrant. And it's just as clear that Boston cop did the pus.h.i.+ng.”
”No argument.”
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