“It’s actually rescinded since you both lied to me,” she stated. “Because there’s no way I’m believing that you aren’t banging each other. It’s like people inHolladaythink I’m on my second day on this job.”
That caught them off guard.
“Mistake one…When you made coffee for her instead of letting Tora make it when her douchebag boss told her to. I saw you run your hand across her back in reassurance. Mistake two, is that hickey on your neck, when I know for a fact that you both were supposed to be working together last night,” she said, pointing at Mac.
Well, shit.
“Mistake three is that you quit your job when she quit hers, after I watched you about to punch your boss in the nads. Partners are close, but they don’t get punchy feely with their boss’ balls for shits and giggles. Mistake four is the lovey-dovey looks I just watched go down. I’m not an idiot, guys. It’s like you think I got this job from blowing men, when I just told you I didn’t.”
Tora knew they were screwed.
Big.
Time.
“I’m sorry we lied,” she said. “Honestly, it’s a gut reaction to protect what we have. Mac and I have been a couple for aboutseven months. Most times, it’s frowned upon, and we have to fight damn hard to protect it from men like him.”
She let them explain.
Was she upset?
Not particularly.
She had too much on her plate, to be honest. This was a drop in the bucket, and she understood it. Look at how she and Chris had to lie for years.
“We really do try to keep it out of the workplace, and especially when it can be used against us. Again, I’m sorry, and I hope you can forgive us.”
She was to the point.
“What did you find?” she asked. “Tell me, and I’ll think about how I’m going to handle this.”
Mac pulled out his little notebook.
“We were tasked with the ten people who went into the graves, and we didn’t find anything that was odd. We did notice that one worked for the church. That was the closest we got to unusual.”
Yeah, they had that too.
Elizabeth clued them in.
“We found out about Steph Lewis. Oh, and by the way, she turned up last night in an open casket with her head missing.”
Unfortunately, they heard when they arrived at the station to meet up with Elizabeth.
Tora was curious.
“So it’s tied to the church?”
She wasn’t sure.
Yet.
“What else did you find?” she asked.
Mac shared.
“We sent over the information on Ernie Kotile, and how he has a record.”
She was aware of that, too.
