Filed to story: The Lingering Kiss of Farewell Novel
“Did you speak to her?”
POMES
“Yes I did, she even signed my book again, it’s the same handwriting… that woman is not Marrin, but Marilyn Riddley. Marrin said she knew her. Maybe she is actually related to her… A twin perhaps?”
He thought about that; anything was possible. He knew that, he felt the plane corning to a stop.
“Don’t show that to Calvin, or bring it up. He has just had another one arrested and imprisoned for identity theft. Let me look into it.”
He heard Calvin snap his laptop shut and Wil pocketed his phone even as it chimed with a notification. He was not about to walk next to Calvin and text Anabell with regard to that. The man would at some point look at his phone out of curiosity and see what they were talking about.
He was already ticked off.
“Is that important?”
Calvin asked.
“Just Anabell, she misses me.”
he smiled and got up.
“Did she get to meet that author she likes?”
Calvin asked him.
“Mm, she did, signed her book a second time as well.”
Wil nodded with a smile.
“Get a pic with her, isn’t that what they all do, so their fans can share it on all their social media and get some free publicity too?”
he asked.
“Not that she said,”
Wil stated, as they disembarked the plane and walked across the air strip to the waiting car. He hoped not because if she had and shared it, s**t was going to hit the fan when Calvin saw it, and he would at some point he was sure of it. Calvin was likely to look at this woman as if she was just another one of those that were out there trying to get their hands on his money.
Though from all Anabell said about this Marilyn Riddley over the years, she was a bit of a recluse, always had been. He even recalled Marrin stating it. Though his brain was ticking on that now, they’d gone to the same college Marrin had told them that herself. He recalled that. He wondered if he could check that out. He knew which college Marrin had gone to. rtainly weren’t any of the
He also knew there were no pictures of Marilyn Riddley or not back then. The back covers or with any of the author bios in any of her books. He’d have to read that and see what it said. It might actually state where she studied or lived, if she was married, single or had a family. That would depend on what she, as the author, was happy for her fans to know about her.
It was a quiet drive into the city and Calvin was already on the phone, so Wil took a moment to google this author. There was no picture of her. All it stated was that she lived in the state of Virginia, with her two sons and enjoyed being out on the nature trails when not writing. Okay, so that was making him lean towards her, definitely not being Marrin. The woman didn’t live here in Texas and had two children.
There was no mention of a husband or where she’d grown up, what college she attended, so it was likely she grew up in Virginia as well. Though Marrin had gone to college in California, at Caltech, that was a curiosity to him now, and he wondered what Marilyn had studied at Caltech. How did those two know each other?
He checked the study options at Caltech and was still perusing them when Calvin stated
“Why are you looking at that?”
“Curious about what one can study there is all?”
His Obsession Begins
“Why?”
Calvin frowned at him now.
That was a good question, and how did he explain that one to Calvin?
“I was just reading something, and the link took me there, so I’m just perusing.”
He shrugged closed out of it, like it didn’t matter, but yes, one could minor in or major in English at Caltech he’d seen.
“How’s that deal coming along?”
he asked changing the subject.
“Annoyingly slow is how, they state they’ve got another buyer and want to see if I’ll match their offer.”
“Ah, playing you off each other to get them a better price.”
Wil nodded, that was nothing unusual.
“Yes, however, I can’t find this other buyer. I think they’ve dummied up a company and are trying to play me.”
Calvin nodded.
“It wouldn’t be the first time,”
he murmured.
“Ah, but you look into every deal like a blood hound.”
