Huh. She guessed he didn’t look much older. But he had an older energy.
Old grouch energy.
“Really? Huh,” Cash said. “I guess frowning really does give you a lot of wrinkles.”
“Asshole,” Butch said. “Was talking about the body.”
Addie tensed. What about the body? Had they discovered what had happened? She glanced around the room. What time was it? How long had she slept?
She was shocked that she’d fallen asleep. She’d thought that there would be no way she could relax in a strange place with everything going on.
It was like Cash had drugged her.
Right. But he was the drug. His touch seemed to calm her. Well, parts of her, anyway.
Other parts of her heated up.
“You think she made up seeing a guy carrying a dead body?” Ralen asked incredulously.
Wait.
Butch was accusing her of lying about that?
“There’s no evidence.”
She grew so still that she was barely breathing. No evidence? What did he mean? Had they been unable to find any camera footage? That didn’t mean that something hadn’t happened, though.
“That doesn’t mean it didn’t happen,” Cash said.
Warmth filled her as he defended her.
“Why would she have jumped into the pickup if she hadn’t seen something? She was terrified,” Ralen pointed out.
Ralen was defending her too. This was why she was on their side and not Butch’s.
Butch was definitely an old grouch.
“And she didn’t even want to tell us what happened,” Cash added. “We had to coax it out of her.”
“Don’t know why she’d lie. Just saying she could have.”
There was silence. What were they thinking?
She moved up to the door and pushed it open, staring out at the three of them. Ralen looked slightly guilty. Cash seemed concerned as he ran his gaze over her. Meanwhile Butch just crossed his arms over his chest and stared down at her.
As though he’d already found her guilty.
“I didn’t lie,” she said.
Butch actually raised his eyebrows. Was he surprised that she’d talked or that she’d overheard them?
“But I don’t c-care if you believe me.” Darn it. This would sound better if her voice was stronger. But nerves and pain meant her voice couldn’t get much louder than a whisper.
“We believe you, Addie,” Cash told her.
“There’s no reason for you to make this up,” Ralen added.
“And you need to apologize to Addie,” Cash said, stepping slightly between them.
